Musician Moby Talks About Being Vegan

Moby talks about veganism and how tough it can make touring in foreign countries. He shares tips for maximizing storage space and keeping things spontaneous in a small city kitchen.
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Musician Moby Talks About Being Vegan

[@hheartbeats]

love it when celebs are vegan, talk about giving an example

[@ricardo_valadez]

Vegan isn't a example, it's unatural & unhealthy

[@whitemisa]

VEGAN is BEST!..so happy he is vegan...love his music so much..

[@parrotplayhouse]

I love your music and I love you even more now that I know that you have compassion and empathy for the animals! Vegan is the only way to be.

[@lepetitchat123]

parrotplayhouse maybe he does it for health benefits

[@abby-jg6lr]

sawadee no

[@Dizzylex]

He's lovely! It's important that he goes out of his way to share this bit of his existence and knowledge. Cheers, Moby!

[@makepurethyheart]

We are all made of vegan stardust. 🙌🏻 Moby rocks. ❤️

[@QuistJam]

interesting

[@GeneralArmorus]

Moby was the first person that I knew was vegan

[@6eloved]

I think being vegan isn't something that can be done over night. It's like any change in habit where you have to slowly substitute things for others a day at a time. I think a lot of people are closed off to alternative foods for many reasons, but it also has to do with the fact that they've been eating a certain way for a loonnnnggg time. I can't see myself going vegan, but I have a lot of respect for pescatarian, vegetarian and vegan eaters alike. I'm glad he touched on that.

i need the recipe in spanish for the pancakes!!

[@Trustthevibesnotthewords]

Moby i like you and your music and your way of life But please please where is the respect when someone eat something that kills him/her (meat is one the main reason of cancer and many other diseases and it causes of acidosis) and that hurt other species? SO NOT ONLY THEY DO NOT RESPECT THEMSELF BY EATING SOMETHING THAT KILL THEM BUT ALSO THEY CHOSE TO KILL AND EAT CARCASS We do not need meat to be alive! We need more celebrities to raise their voice but not like "half half": "yes it is good to be vegan but others do what they want, i respect that" No they do not do what they want they have to respect Life

[@marjoy]

This aged like gold ❤️❤️

[@madmercenary]

He actually practices what he preaches. I can respect that.

[@JeremyPwnstall]

i went vegan for a week and ill tell you it was not easy, i obviously didn't have a system put out seeing as i relied on peanut butter (no butter was not actually in this product) and Peta bread(no eggs) and it got old and disgusting really fast. I now respect Moby even more than just his music, he is a great man.

[@JuliaNineteenEighty-Four]

love Moby, he's so clever and pacific... so cute :)

[@msgerto]

It's hilarious that before the video there's a commercial for Spam in Mac n' cheese! lol

[@Waterjello]

Teehee oh moby is awesome! This makes me enjoy his music all the more.

[@ljyong21]

@AirSimming Nobody is denying the fact that meat is a lot more packed than veggies. That's why meat and other high fat/protein foodstuffs are high on the food pyramid. Eat only little of them. It's very easy to overeat/indulge in meat compared to veggies. Meat has much more calories and high-danger nutrients compared to veggies. That does not mean the consumption of meat itself is wrong and unhealthy, nor does it mean that some of the essential nutrients provided by it are useless.

[@helladopename]

Did he say " I should be talking about metal heads and drugs" ? 😂 I can't figure out what he said but that made me smirk

[@ChilenoPiscean22]

This guy is a Pisces and just like Jesus was a Pisces as well. We are compassionate,loving,emotional and sesetive, spirtually evolved individulas who care about our animal friends. I for one could not have made a better decision in my life then when i choose to be a vegan. I thank all of you who go out and spread the truth and continue to do so despite the consisent ignorance,fear and hate directed to us.We are ALL warriors of the light and our next life will reward us with the peace and love

[@DanielleNewmanIzumiSensei]

It's so common for people to ridicule vegan or vegetarian diets. I liked when he said how we should both respect each other's choices. That should be the way to go.

[@101101101777]

There has been interesting work with plants and how they react to stimuli. Also interesting is they can scream from being burnt and yet when a stem is cleanly cut with a knife it grows back with more tenacity. Cutting necrid leaves off a house plant can encourage a better flow of it's internal resources. The secret life of plants and other works detail this. There is however every indication that for flesh creatures a cut is much more tramautic.

[@waratahNSW]

Rabbits back on the menu after flood isolation Friday, 21/01/2011 Floods have forced rabbit stew back on the menu in regional Queensland. Southern Queensland melon farmer Dennis Dieckmann, along with Sudanese workers and Irish backpackers, were isolated by flooding near the town of Chinchilla. Food was running low, and after several days of scrounging onions from the farm, it was decided meat was needed.

[@lloydgar01]

@terminsane but they don't have any sensory system to tell them "oh no, my branch was cut off" as opposed to a fauna that has a sensory system that tells it "oh no, my leg's chopped off". and as i said above, it's the farming that renders it well or not, NOT the killing itself.

[@HopyHop1]

It's 2 when it's empty. Food dilutes the stomach acids and raises the pH. I didn't observe these experiments firsthand, but that's what at least one source says.

[@Cteeal]

Love Moby.

[@HandballNinja]

@ljyong21 1. I'm a fruitarian and I do not take pills (so much for "requires supplemental pills for it to work") 2. The human body is self sufficent, which explains the more and more cases of breatharians popping up in the media, an efficent body (i.e not damaged by the animal products society tells us we need for B12) will produce it's own B12. While this is common knowledge with vitamin D this for some reason shocks all those against vegan/fruitarian/liquidarian/breatharian diets.

[@101101101777]

Being vegan makes me feel like I'm doing something positive for animals all the time, even when I'm just walking down the street. It is a great feeling. By refusing animal products and voting with my dollar, I am saying no to someone who was paid to beat the animals, kick them, skin them alive, or any number of other violent, invasive, exploitive treatments that would make anybody freak out in anger if they saw it done to their mom, or wife, or sister, or pet.

[@101101101777]

Funny that some think based on unique body types they cannot stay on a vegan diet while many grow up finding they cannot even tolerate the lactose in dairy.

[@truth2748]

@Aurelius27x Awareness in relation to pain and suffering as we(sentient beings) understand it, yes. There is simply no possibility for a plant to remotely be able to process any stimuli. This is a good analogy we use with our biology students. 1) Do you agree that animals like dogs and cats should receive pain-killing drugs prior to surgery? 2) Do you believe that plants should receive pain-killing drugs prior to pruning?.

[@MrTristam]

Its really long but covers every argument and then shows what the science says

[@CJWarlock]

Way 2 go, Moby! :) Great musician and great man.

[@NekoKamiko]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love Moby

[@Dangazm]

You said it best Moby: Veganism makes you eat foods you wouldn't normally; and it makes you discriminate more. Nice lifestyle choice.

[@BeldnerFilms]

Great Video. Thanks!

[@colevandais]

That's great Moby. I'm vegan (for 22 years) and a singer too! :-)

[@makepurethyheart]

❤️

[@gurumagoo]

@SurlyCalifornia That would indeed. Congratulations. You are now certified.

[@wentworthandmandi]

20 years?! That's so inspiring.

[@FathomlessJoy]

Rotting Chicken carcasses (and rotting cow carcasses and fried pig's ass and fowl menstruations) are all you know. But you said it yourself: your way of eating is habit, which is addiction! If you are ever interested in learning a bit, there is a world of food and health and compassion available to you that is phenomenal!

[@jagerbomb7810]

I never said the lion was evil / cruel. The point I was trying to make was that all animals including us do what we have to to survive even if it does seem rotten and nasty. The fact is that You and I are omnivores. Our natural diet should consist of healthy amounts of Meat, grain and vegetables/foot. This has been our diet since before our earliest ancestors climbed down from the trees and if you want to live on a natural healthy diet this is what you have to eat too.

[@Zeratchi]

@BiohazardBunney Just from a pro's / con's site. "A major concern for those who subsist solely on plant foods has been vitamin B12. While meat, milk and eggs have ample vitamin B12 , plants contain none. Vitamin B12 deficiency can have serious consequences such as early dementia, lack of coordination, forgetfulness, nerve dysfunction, memory loss, disorientation, difficulty with concentration, and difficulty with one’s balance when walking." Why not just eat as nature intended?

[@lloydgar01]

@terminsane but in the end there are 2 main reasons for being vegan: 1. u feel better. no point in turning vegan if it makes u feel worse. 2. u're not supporting the farming of animals. from most perspectives that i've heard the farming of animals takes WAY MORE precedence over the killing of animals.

[@Cheesiechan]

There's nothing wrong with being vegan or vegetarian. I'm a vegetarian and I have plenty of friends that eat meat. I may not like their diet choice, but I still respect them and treat them with the same love and kindness that I believe they deserve. Just like I do with animals. :)

[@ljyong21]

@Seedr0 For that "Plants can't feel pain" argument, I already wrote a shit load of points down there in the comments. Basically, YES they do possess a nervous system, and have the functional equivalent of 'pain'. Not being able to move away from a source of pain proves nothing. A paraplegic in a burning house can't escape on his own either. Pain or suffering is not a quantifiable thing. If you are willing to ignore the pain of some life forms for a practical reason, why shouldn't others?

[@OriginalRoughStylez]

WOW finally I found a veggie video thats not all about animals. Finally somebody really showing facts about vegan life. Now if there would be a vegan video in this style, with a person that has a strong body... Then veggies would also get critical people to think about it.

[@KatillacKato]

I waited on Moby at a veg*n restaurant in Austin, TX!!! :D

[@makepurethyheart]

Whoah!!! What’s the best vegan in Austin? We go there during SXSW.

[@taytaymarie92]

No matter the comments, being vegan is wonderful it has been one of the best decisions I have made in my life.

[@Howbee]

Did they really just show a Cheez-It advertisement before this video started? Hahaha

[@positivenergylife]

3 years later (after this video was recorded) I became vegan

[@ljyong21]

@mysticwoodfaery Meat production IS less efficient than regular crops. However, crops require MUCH more land to produce. If we hypothetically stopped all meat consumption, than we would need to switch to soy for general protein source, which means we probably need much more soy than we do now, requiring a large land mass, which will probably come from South America, causing further deforestation. My argument still stands.

[@ismokereefer]

@angbayemay B12? Milk, yogurt, or even supplements, though that isn't my bag. I know, milk and yogurt are dairy, but the cow lives, and keeps living, and dies naturally, as long as organic milk is utilized. Calcium is easily obtainable through a wide variety of sources, not only in meat. Also, it's irrelevant to find something that grows everywhere. Food can be shipped from place to place. Sure, we will always have meat. I'm not a vegetarian myself. But portions can be drastically

[@truth2748]

@PrincessChronicles From a medial stand point, you can not tell a person's nutritional state by looking at them, a complete blood panel must be taken. Malnutrition is likely to affect more than just your facial complexion, but mood, and behavior. These people do not seem malnourished from a physiological stand point.

[@foxyblonde73]

Be kind to all ❤🌿

[@ITSROBHERE]

Im glad he was mildly respectful to people who do consume animal products like myself. Being vegan in my opinion would only be worthwhile If I knew of a vegan diet that can compete with a non-vegan diet as far as simplicity and nutrition goes.

[@Plumjelly]

Where's your vitamin B12 now! HAhahahaha!!!

[@JonahMightDie]

Ironic that I was shown an ad for KFC's new zinger sandwich before the vid started.

[@therightwrite]

hahah the cheezit ad was pretty hilarious.

[@HopyHop1]

Our stomach pH is between 4 and 5 when digesting food, but an omnivore like a bear, weasel, or raccoon’s stomach has a pH of 1 or lower with food in it. There are many other features omnivores have that humans do not, but I'll stay within the 500 character limit. Even if a raccoon ate only nuts, seeds, and fruits it would still have the classification of omnivore because it is a classification based upon immutable anatomical features and not behavioral or cultural habits.

[@BiohazardBunney]

@Zeratchi I never said organic farming was not important, it was just off topic. I personally believe we are herbivores, based on our similarities to herbivores in our physiology. B12 is simply not on our plants because they are too highly cleaned, but I'm not going to eat dirt, so I take a vitamin. veganism is not about perfection you still seem stuck on that. It's about doing whatever I have to, to not support animal exploitation. if that doesnt work for YOU, thats not my problem.

[@lloydgar01]

@terminsane given that something has to trigger a plant to regrow a branch. but they have adapted to be continuously eaten from (it's happened over millions of years). the reason why an animal pains when it dies is because u can't just snap a branch off and hope for the best. if u snap a limb off, it dies. needless to say that the killing of anything isn't cruel if pain ends quickly.

[@101101101777]

@xATOMICxDROPx Not quite, there are leftover plant materials cows can digest well but we cannot. There are plant foods that are easier on us if slightly steamed, starchy roots or beans for example. We eat a variety of meats, some raw, but most cooked to avoid bacteria or to make them more palatable. The cooking changes the protein chains. We are the only species to cook meat, strange considering we have no long incisor teeth, rather our "canine" teeth which many herbivores also posses,are

[@101101101777]

You have no problem with Moby respecting your choice despite proving his point about vegans recieving automatic ridicule from some. If I didn't realize at some point it wasn't all about diet, I wouldn't have gone past being vegetarian. Start by respecting my choice of diet by giving it a try. I was on your diet for 25 years.

[@elsjemassyn8921]

Mobi - one of my favourite humans and ethical vegan!!

[@vgman94]

@libed91.. Was tested after a lifetime of eating meat, it wouldn't pass the US standard for pork. Your grandparents have/had the right idea. If one is omnivorous, one must eat meat in moderation. But that does go with everything. I've never heard that saying before, a very wise one by the way. I think the other factors include the chemicals in meat production, the unsanitary conditions the animals are kept in (who you eat meat filled with crap?), and the changes in genes brought by the chems.

[@Zeratchi]

@BiohazardBunney I do as intended, what is natural. We're equipped with an all-purpose set of ivories equally suited to liver and onions. Humans are omnivores such as pigs, badgers, bears, coatis, hedgehogs, opossums, skunks, sloths and squirrels (a lot of other animals as well). That is the true reality.

[@101101101777]

@ljyong21 Gohan-chan, whose name means "meal" in Japanese, was literally, meant to be the snake's dinner. "When we first found Ao-chan, the snake refused to eat so we went to a pet shop but was told they were out of frozen mice and suggested we try a hamster. However the moment we put it in the cage, it was instantaneous friendship and the snake seemed to have no appetite for it," said zoo keeper Kazuya Yamamoto.

[@truth2748]

@BastardfromtheBush Actually now a days, you repair wood with a solvent-based synthetic petroleum filler that hardens like wood. Most carpenters use this. Horses do eat insects inadvertently, this however is not their natural diet nor it contributes to their nutrition.

[@lacievlogs]

There was a bacon strips commercial before this video started :P

[@ljyong21]

@Seedr0 Again, "suffering" is also a very vague term. What about the "suffering" of countless bacteria, fungi, plants, insects and so on? What makes them "lessor" than these animal life forms?

[@dschwarz1980]

Right. Which is why Inuit tribes living in arctic climates and living mainly on animal protein do not exist. Oh, wait...

[@ih8mcfly]

@ignoranttwat nope, its a genuine question, meat and veg do taste great, do they not?

[@101101101777]

The assurance of meat to the consumer I believe is also helping drive faster the unsustainable trend of overpopulation. People feel safer at all times of the year when they can just go to the store for food, come home and make babies after dinner. Then begins the vicious cycle of more meat to feed more ppl to get more meat to feed more ppl we are now in.

[@Seedr0]

@ljyong21 ""My instinct tells me..." is not a good point in any argument." It's an absolutely terrible point in an argument. However, I don't think I used it to back my argument. I used it merely to state when and where I draw the line, which in my eyes is really the only way to draw that line, instinctively. Which leads me to an easy answer of this question: "Isn't that enough?" If you think it's enough (or the theoretical person in question); Yes. Yes it is.

[@truth2748]

@fett5551 Just to clarify. Plants CAN NOT feel pain.

[@ronaldsneek]

Are you saying that KRS-ONE is wrong? (song; 'Beef')

[@angbayemay]

@Abnormalproductions2 Protein, Iron, Calcium, Enzymes, Vitamin B12, Amino acids- these are just a few things found in meat that you need every day. When the source of these things are meat, they are digested more easily by the body than other foods. If everybody was vegen think of all the things you'd need to eat. What if one of those sources depleted? Malnutrition, disease and death. Meat has it all in one food.

[@georgegraffiti]

I find that since becomming a vegan i am much more open and have a clearer mind. For those that are intrested in vegan life styles try Natural-food-earth its a free site dedicated to veganism and better mental and physical health. This is were you can find information that will help with becomming a vegan. And its free

[@nofiction]

That guy is so special

[@McTofuwuerfel]

@ljyong21 Pets means animals you have keep in your house, like cats or dogs,... So, 25 Megatons (about 27%) go to livestock, meaning products containing soy beans going directly to us. 1 Megaton (1%) to pets and the rest , 65 Megatons (about 71%) goes to something else, which means animal food (excluding pets in houses). So, read my first previous post again, where I stated that it is about 70%, quite close, isn't it. ;)

[@tonofstone]

@NormalInc Vegan food is cheaper than meat I found. Animals cost more to feed, grow and keep than plants, so meat cost more than plant derived food usually. Since being vegan, my food bill has gone down.

[@ljyong21]

@Seedr0 Even if plants can't feel pain, how does that make it okay to eat them alive and exploit them thoroughly? A person with congenial analgesia can't feel any pain at all. Does that make it okay to torture and abuse them so long as they don't die in the end since they can't feel anything?

[@caseyjams]

Previous post not directed at the speaker in this video.

[@truth2748]

@hunthicks I didn't know Vegans needed B12 supplements. After 27 years on a plant based diet with no supplements, I'm doing pretty good. A substantial b12 deficiency does not exist in America. However, omnivores are more likely to have a cobalamin deficiency when malnourished.

[@101101101777]

Respond to this video... "Either way they die regardless" That is EXACTLY the kind of thinking that let's people in slaughterhouses abuse animals in the first place. cuz they're just gonna die anyway, so any abusive violence is "ok"

[@101101101777]

Another great thing with plants is it feels like you are eating air, sunlight and other cool stuff (except for the modern day contaminants). It will be interesting to see if GMO cross-gene contamination fucks over the people.

[@jagerbomb7810]

your half right but i think you got it a bit backwards. Like some other omnivores our stomach acid does have a low ph. this limits the amount of meat we can eat and is why we have to rely on other sources of food as well. we can still eat meat and eat it raw but only small amounts. (except fish we can eat as much fish as we like. ever try sushi?) but then we discovered fire and started cooking our meat this broke down the protein for us so we could eat more.

[@samskateboarderking]

@PollutedMonkey :Vegan foods aren't at all expensive. As long as you aren't eating meat substitutes all the time, you'll most likely be spending less than the average omnivore.

[@HandballNinja]

@LTS1287 Saturated fat goes hand and hand with increased LDL cholesterol, problems with insulin function, and saturated fat is highly acidic. "Try to get them in the proper ratio" ideally a 1-1 or better ratio would be ideal seeing as you want more omega3 to counteract the fact omega6 is inflammatory. Meat based diets have 3-6 ratios from 1-5 to 1-40. Yes I have acknowledged grains are bad, I'm an advocate of fruitarianism and will reap its benefits for the rest of my life.

[@StephanieLisaTara]

HAIKU I hatch! Crawl! And swim! Oh how I love my sweet life, Please don’t hunt me. -A Green Sea Turtle

[@101101101777]

Veganism is so much more than just what one eats. But kiddies I really would love to waste my time pwning random (often rude) peeps on insignificant comment boards noone will ever look at but I have to go and find more yummy recipe vids. Thanks Moby, really enjoyed the Play album.

[@truth2748]

@fett5551 There are many relevant published studies on the subject. Here is a simple and short explanation. Plants do not have a central nervous system, or nociceptors to interpret stimuli. Therefore plants are not capable of perceiving pain.

[@jaries12]

The vegan component is what makes animals products taste good? I would love for this to be explained more thoroughly.

[@droidpink]

I think whether or not we respond well to a vegan diet, or diets comprising of varying degrees of vegan components will really depend on how our system processes it. (The same is probably true regarding new or old information, depending on where you get them since the veracity of it's sources can be debatable these days) Truth is, what works for you might not work for others and vice versa. We just have to be mindful and respectful of that.

[@ljyong21]

@101101101777 Case in point - Pasture requires significantly less land mass than regular crop farming. The invasive non-environmentally-sustainable method applys to all agriculture, not just the meat part. Read my comments down there.

[@amerlionne]

i love you moby!

[@Lucitaur]

Wow, first vegan that didn't piss me off.

[@BiohazardBunney]

@Zeratchi B-12 is definitely a concern, but it's not animal derived, its bacteria. And the reason plants have none NOW, is because they arent dirty. I take a vegetarian B12 supplement, and its just dandy. veganism isnt meant to be perfect, but its the best we can do for our health and the planet--but you would rather live in denial wouldnt you? If you have a QUESTION, ask, but if you havent done the research dont blame vegans for your lack of understanding. We know what we are doing.

[@Cteeal]

@foxyroxytm Yep. Totally correct. Thank you.

[@PrincessChronicles]

@truth2748 I am aware that just looking at a person doesn't determine their health, but we were talking about how most vegans appear. The people on veganbodybuilder are an exception because they're body builders. They're probably taking all sorts of protein drinks and stuff.

[@ljyong21]

@Seedr0 "My instinct tells me..." is not a good point in any argument. It's the equivalent of saying "I just feel this way." I am perfectly okay with you refusing to eat meat on moral ground. Do not however, force your moral codes on others or think that it is superior. That has been my point from the beginning. You are willing to relax your moral codes for a practical reason. Others do that too. Plenty of people eat meat and thank the animals that provided them such gift. Isn't that enough?

[@truth2748]

@MindofaJedi Can't help it, one more thing, someone who consumes no animal products is called a person on a plant based diet, not a Vegan.

[@GangstaBroker]

@Maxaker67 i personally come from a rural area, and i see all my meat get slaughtered before me. I don't eat that industrial garbage which most people do. and no matter what people say, meat will ALWAYS be part of a balanced diet, remember what your grade 1 health teacher told you? there are other ways to acquire protein yes, but meat is the best way when consumed in proper amounts.