Watch his video when he spends a month in the monastery. He explains he’s been going there since his fiancé died in a car accident years ago. He explains how it broke him and he suffered so much. He then decided he didn’t want to cause anyone to suffer and that’s what drove him to become vegan. He wanted to love/show compassion to all living things and to not harm them. It was not his brother. Funny thing, I went to culinary school and worked as a chef for years. Also owned a designer cake company years ago. My favorite class in school was meat theory. And here I am ethical vegan for 3.5 years 😊❤ I’m no longer in the food industry today. When I started culinary school I’d been a vegetarian for 14 years. They were not accepting back then of this and you had to eat what you made, which always heavy on animal products as I was trained mostly in classical French cuisine. If you refused you’d fail. So I sadly started eating meat. Funny I was always sick with one thing or another, hated the feeling of food in my stomach, developed gut health issues…until I became vegan and now feel happy, at peace with my food, and no more gut issues. Wish I’d seen the light sooner and gone vegan sooner. But here we are at 48 years old…better late than never ❤
I'm a chef and a vegan. I was a chef first, and I still have to sling filet at my job, but I've been able to introduce vegan options into the menu where I work.
Thanks for the Derek Sarno video. I started following his channel after watching his lion's mane mushroom steak videos. Sauce Stache also has a fun video for lobster mushroom rolls.
Shew! I enjoy Derek Sarno’s videos including the cringey bits. It’s so refreshing to come across vegan folks who don’t have nutty restrictive diets. Also the photography is great, aside from the delicious food. What I remember most strongly about Fully Raw Cristina was her advice to ingest a bunch of essential oils. How many people had to go to the ER after following her advice I wonder. BTW I love your shirt! Good luck with the start of school.
you're so right about people always finding the flaws and assuming the worst. It's one of WORST traits in humans. It reminds me of 'religious-tok', christians and muslims judging their own for having a tattoo or showing a strand of hair or what not. Or when a fat person simply exists, or even makes any video like 'what i eat in a day as someone trying to lose weight'', there's tons of people making fun of what they're eating because it's not 100% 'clean' foods even though they're clearly in a calorie deficit. SO counterproductive. They really don't give ppl any compassion.
The things that really bugs me are some of my non vegan friends will make comments about items that I should avoid because they aren',t vegan like vitamin capsules, etc. Like I don't know how to read a label. And besides why is that person so invested in being assured that I stay a vegan while they are not,?? Also comments made about what I "can't" eat. As if I have an allergy to animal products and choice is being made. Ugh!!
Oh yeah, those digestive issues. One that I recently discovered is that I have a reaction to fermented foods. I've been eating kimchi and drinking kombucha for months and suddenly I developed hives after eating a few tablespoons of kimchi. So that was off the menu. Then this week after drinking a glass of kombucha ... BAM! ... the hives are back. Apparently I'm one of those unlucky people that have a histamine intolerance. I love Derek's videos. The video where he cooked at a Buddhist Mediation center for a month was mind-blowing! If you haven't seen it, it is worth a look. I think he posted it about 2 months ago. PS. I think Derek is no longer involved with Wicked.
Hi Swayze, I just started watching your channel this summer. I love hearing your thoughts on veganism. Your sense of humor alone would be reason to watch, but I appreciate your thought-provoking messages. Interestingly enough, when I previously watched Derek's video, that sandwich he created made me think it would definitely meet with your approval. (cont'd) It looked absolutely scrumptious. P.S.: Your shot of "versus my food" still looked good to me. Broccoli and avocado... 🥦🥑YUM. Keep up the amazing work. I appreciate all that you do. ♥
LOL I'm the same. I will spend like an hour or two making vegan cookies or cinnamon rolls but for some reason I won't do any regular vegan dinner recipes that look too complex. I recently made millionaires shortbread and had to make the caramel and condensed milk by hand! But still I'll just throw random veggies, and beans into an instant pot and have that for dinner. Idk what's wrong wrong me
@@idunsgarden True enough. Their Vegan/Plant Based section seems to be getting more expAnsive month by month. As I say, I try to avoid Tesco (reasons I won't go in to) but all supermarkets here in the UK seem to be keen to cash in the Vegan "Fad" (as GB News calls it). I'm not complaining… "The animals, the environment and your lower colon, don't really care WHY you go Vegan, all they care about is that you DO." - Emily Moran Barwick. Thanks for the reply Idun. ☺️
The digestive issues…I had more of them from eating animal products (which was the catalyst for me to go plant based) than I do from eating beans, lentils, and vegetables. As far as I identity, I call myself plant based. My husband is an omnivore, so this means I still purchase and prepare animal products even though I don’t consume them. I will say his consumption of animal is greatly reduced but I doubt it will ever be zero. I’ll take that as a win.
I am trying to convince my husband to eat less meat with me and possibly try vegetarianism. I would love an updated video of the 5 reasons to go vegan as motivation for him. I've seen your older version of that topic!!
Not recipes, but fitness -- I really enjoy Mark Lewis's channel. He did a good one about "no longer being vegan " -- describing himself as a "fussy" eater instead of vegan, even though he was still vegan. Extremely funny man. I've decided I really need to eat vegan at home, but realistically vegetarian as need be out in the world, especially at people's houses. Best I can do right now. I also struggle with leather and wool, as I have a lot of outdoor pursuits, and those are practical and long lasting
wickeds big here in the uk, is pretty much exclusively at tesco (one of the biggest supermarkets here) and has a huge range so is pretty popular (edit: albeit not the best, some of the stuff like the pizza is ok)
I’ve been following you since right after the Woodstock days when Harley first started talking smack about you. I could never get into the fully raw militant mindset and his comments made me curious enough to look you up and I’ve adored you from the start. Sometimes I think it was his way to have you turn more people vegan by sending his critics to you, enemy of my enemy mindset and you’re so intelligent and opposite to him in almost every way 🤔 If it wasn’t a reverse psychology move and was truly out of spite then it backfired in my case 😂 It’s been so nice watching you for a decade and even without much personal info and no family pics I’ve really enjoyed watching how much your life has changed for the positive. Fellow ‘84 baby sending love 💕
It has been three months since my last confession. I just bought a car and the trim line I got doesn't have an option for non-leather seats and I feel bad about it. I don't know what to do about that.
I love tvp but it's so hard to find in my country. I've gotten disgusted with the Beyond burgers and sausages which is what I used to use in my pasta sauce. I prefer tvp in my spaghetti sauce now.
Full disclosure: not vegan. But my boyfriend and I watch Derek Sarno. Love his channel. My favorite was watching him cook 1800 meals in 30 days during a silent retreat. My boyfriend even bought his cookbook, and will start trying out his recipes.
So, the only thing I disagree with you about is the weather...I live in a city in Oregon that is also in the Willamette Valley, and was born here in the late 60's (only lived in so. Ca for 6 years for school). All I can say is, when we get into the 90s, all I do is complain! 😋I don't live here for the heat...😉
Wicked Kitchen has mint chocolate chip ice cream that's so good. I have to avoid buying it because I'll be too tempted to eat a whole tub in like 2 sittings
Perhaps the strongly flavored ones are OK, but the vanilla and birthday cake flavors are atrocious, IMO: You can TASTE the fava bean bean base, and it's like eating rancid soap.
Finally derek sarno on the channel!!🎉 If you have time for a reaction I would really recommend Socktastic's yes I'm a vegan yes I eat meat video. Keep up the great work!!❤
i bought the boars hair brush when i was in jail because i had no idea what i needed apparently the brush i got was for afros and i am a 100 pound white guy so I just gave it to someone that was black in the jail
Oh that's me, I don't love animals. I'm a bit nervous of dogs, I can say hello to a cat but a little love goes a long way. However, I'm with you I don't want to hurt them. Similarly I don't want to hurt people, I can't buy things from Temu or Shein where I believe its peoples lives or the environment that get hurt to get prices as low as they can. I'm far from perfect, but I do my best.
In my profile photo on RU-vid, there is a leather chair in the background. I have been told i am not vegan because i have a leather chair with a fur rug on top. The photo was taken a my nan's house and i have no control over what furniture she buys.
@jonahwhale9047 that is true. On the other hand, I normally take phones where I am not in the centre of the photo. That way I can use the photos in thumbnails for videos too. I might change the photo though.
i got celiac disease and im about to just start eating gluten again its way too hard to be gluten free everything is so expensive i cant do it anymore i have to buy 10$ spices because its the only gluten free certified ones im so sick of being ripped off, its the same spices you see on cooking shows that use the expensive glass container of spices pfft i gotta go back to 2$ spices that will make me sick what a life
Can't you just buy whole spices and grind your own? Vastly cheaper, better flavour, you can vary the flavours as you want, no hidden ingredients. If manufacturers are putting extenders like wheat in their spices it is because they don't care about their product.
The grey area in art supplies is difficult to leave 💀💀💀 I can’t afford vegan art supplies or the companies available in my area don’t disclose if they use animal based glue for sth like watercolor papers (which I just learned they can be non vegan)
Can you do a video looking into the claims about “30 plants a week improving your gut microbiome”? My assumption is that it’s preliminary data still, but I’d love to get your breakdown on what the research actually says. Tiktok creator PlantYou is always quoting that study but I don’t know what it actually means. Her recipes are delicious, but this focus on adding as many plants as possible is really not practical for a lot of us!
People definitely over do the "ideal" with things like the paint brush bristles in your child's school supplies having boar's hair bristles - people really need to use their noodles on this. There are not farms of boars and pigs being raised for brush bristles. Nor are cattle being bred, raised, slaughtered for bone char used in sugar production as well as many other products, including most every product with leather in them. Now, obviously there are the high end goods but I am talking about for the things that the vast majority of people can afford. We will always have some small niche farm that might grow boar for a few products BUT that would clearly not be the norm. Now, back to the things like bone char for sugar productions, boar bristle brushes, etc - they are simply using by-products of the raising animals for meat industry. If there wasn't the meat industry the amount of money that would have to be charged for the dozens of other products that come from the leftovers would end being priced out of the market as there would be cheaper alternatives. does anyone really think that the sugar industry specifically seeks out bone char versus other ways to get and use carbon (or alternatives to making the sugar a pretty white). With as many animals that people eat there is simply lots of bone char and since the animal agriculture sector is so huge as well as subsidised in many countries, there are lots of low cost leftovers that can be used in any number of ways. Obviously it would be ideal to have as little of that stuff as possible, but this is also why the biggest impact you can make with animal welfare is to convince people for their health, quality of life, life span and health span. Cutting back on meat, dairy, egg intake or cutting it completely out lowers the supply of all those other inputs that go into other products that there are substitutes for. The less meat, dairy and eggs that people eat, the higher the prices on the remaining items due to supply and demand. That will then push manufacturers of other products that use animal inputs to move to alternatives that will then be cheaper as the previous input goes up and up and up in price. biggest difference to make the change is get people to stop eating animal products and everything else will adjust just due to the economics of making all these other products. Leather couch - not coming from cattle just raised for leather while all the other parts of the cow goes to waste. There are around 3.5 to 4 billion cows, sheep, pigs slaughtered for food each year which means lots of hides to sell to the leather industry. Drop that supply and fewer leather couches get made, fewer cars with leather seats, etc. But having a car with leather seats in it is because someone eats meat and your car seats are just left overs. And no, I am not talking about some $750,000 high end luxury car that 99% of the people cannot afford.
I just had a pretty emotionally heavy discussion with my non-vegan partner and how I don't understand how he doesn't care about the animals that he eats I'm emotionally exhausted after that conversation with him cos I cried a lot, and it was really difficult to explain to him fully he's very understanding and listens to me and my points, but he says to me he doesn't care as much as I do I'm so torn because I love him and we've been together for 7 years but him not having any interest or want in going vegan for any other reason than it'll make me happy, is crushing me
Oh wow, I literally had the same experience today but with my brother. Ended up crying a lot. It's the same reasoning. A retort to that could be - you dont have to have personal attachments to not cause harm to someone. It's the bare minimum. It's not compassion or care. Anyway for me personally, I decided to not engage with any of my family other than my parents at this point.They aree all lovely people but they react like Twitter trolls when veganism is brought up. So now I guess I'll be less offended by the troll comments I get seeing my family act similarly. I don't have the mental capacity anymore. I really tried because I do love these people. So now I'll love them from a distance I guess. I deserve a good life, and so do you. Hope you're able to recover and communicate your points well. Watching earthlings Ed debates massively helped me. Good luck to you, friend. Hope everything goes well for you ❤.
@@GST6647 thank you for your kind words 💚💚 I appreciate it I relate so hard to what you said about not having the mental capacity anymore it's so difficult for me to accept my partner is a good person but he's also not for not having compassion for animals
When I met my wife 5 years ago I told her that animal rights and veganism is a big part of my identity. A day after our second date, she called me crying. She watched Earthlings and couldn't believe how cruel the industry is. If I'm being honest, I couldn't date a person who isn't on the page with me on that topic. I understand your frustration, I often feel the same with friends. Like I cry bc I'm so frustrated and they feel like it's just an opinion difference but for me it's so much more. Did you already showed him the videos? Do you feel like he truely understands but just doesn't care?
i think you need to sit down with yourself and see if you could continue to handle the pain of knowing your partner isn't vegan. Yes you love him but if loving him hurts you, please rethink. have you told him it bothers you to the point where you don't know if you continue to be with him? i cant imagine going through this so I'm really sorry
Check out some of the early videos from the channel "So You're Dating A Vegan" on why Liz isn't vegan. They are both good at articulating where their respective positions.
Could you do a video on vegan vs vegetarian as far as animal suffering and environmental impact? I just don't stick to a vegan diet and am wondering if vegetarian has a positive impact. It doesn't seem like it does.
vegetarianism absolutely has a positive impact on climate! Nature has a study from 2023 showing how vegan, vegetarian, and pescetarian diets reduce co2 emissions and water use. Even just eating less meat causes a big shift. don't let perfect be the enemy of good, even small changes can have a big impact!
You keep saying that, but I dont buy the not loving animals thing. I saw how you cried when talking about your last cat. Nah-uh Swayze! Your heart still beats for the furry little shits. But your point is well taken.
I tried the plant based diet for 2 years after stopping smoking because I expected better health but my health deteriorated very fast, I needed to switch to a meat only diet to correct all of the following health problems: obesity, prediabetes, loose teeth, bleeding gums, sensitive teeth cold sores, blocked sinuses, mouth breathing, left eye twitches (tetany) heartburn, calf cramps, yellow stool, blood in stool edema below the knees, painful feet when walking, sunburn is less shoulder, back and neck pain after waking, lower back pain and stiffness 5+ Years on the carnivore lifestyle now :) Eat Meat, Not Too Little, Mostly Fat
@@Unmasking_Viandalisme It doesn't please God if we kill animals. Every creature with mothers who produce milk weans off after their baby phase. We humans are so messed up and God didn't design us to do all this nonsense.
