Natalie Portman on "Eating Animals," rise of factory farming, and Harvey Weinstein

[@Vic_NuRom]

I had no idea Natalie Portman was vegan. Becoming vegan is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

[@rafaelpena4269]

YES!

[@marisapacker4987]

Me too.

[@castropolous8784]

Same!

[@MrRasZee]

vegans get on my nerves, they seem to eat constantly, and then they got to take protein supplements, and they go on about food that looks tastes smells like meat but its not meat. why dont they just eat meat?

[@jackbauer5455]

Many people are vegan because they don't want to harm animals therefore if there are plant meats on the market it makes senses for us to consume them as we didn't stop eating meat because of the taste we did that because we don't want to harm animals. Also, there is plenty of protein in plant foods no need for protein supplements if you have a whole foods plant-based diet then there is no problem.

[@lingoniGERMAN]

love her and the message she is spreading. I have been vegan for over three years and vegetarian for almost 20 years and I don't regret a single day. And she is right, what happens in slaughterhouses is a truth that no one wants to be confronted with... 90% of people would be vegan if they knew or saw what happened there...

[@aliciadishman]

Learn German with Jenny a little high optimism. Many just won't care and are lazy even in thinking how to eat less let alone none! 75% optimism me thinks!

[@helenan.i.kristiansen1635]

Hi jenny You are so right!, if people only knew, but almost noone wants to know, it is to inconvenient, to learn new habits!. The first time 3 years ago, I went shopping after going Vegan, it was overwhelming, I did not know what to buy, to eat. My list was like this: No Meat No Dairy No Wheat/Gluten No Eggs Mostly Organic food. It was daunting!. But today I am so happy, to be Vegan, and in good Health, with good consciousness!😃👍🏼 Today, I'm the one teaching my friends about how to shop and eat Vegan!😍 Go watch Earthlings, on Netflix, or Cowspiracy, or Forks over Knives!!!!!!. You will never be able to look the same way at eating Meat again.🤔😰😭 Its easy to let somone else do the animal killing for you, if people only knew, and saw the suffering, heard the crying, and looked the animals deep into their eyes, most people could not eat Meat again, I think!?🤔😰 Now I follow a Channel called cooking with plants, posted by Anja, it has changed my Vegan life, so much, cause now it is so Quick and easy, to make many different tasty Vegan dishes. Try it out!.

[@wolfgangbuck841]

Learn German with Jenny Of course, they would starve to death.

[@wolfgangbuck841]

People are too lazy to clean themselves let alone hunt, fish and clean or know how to clean and prep the food.

[@John-lf3xf]

Learn German with Jenny I slaughter my own animals so....

[@1LiviaOliveira]

So nice to see a interview of vegan and meat eaters being respectful and polite and non judgmental. Great Job Natalie, you are a great advocate for vegans !

[@elenasingleterry5854]

I don’t know how the concept of respect factors into it: meat eating automatically disrespects the right of animals not to be slaughtered. Vegans simply try to protect that right of animals, not their own right “to dictate what people should eat”.

[@elenasingleterry5854]

It is far more judgmental to decide that animals who owe us nothing are meant to be slaughtered for food. You can't talk about animal suffering without talking about animal suffering.

[@elenasingleterry5854]

SO how does one talk about animal suffering and slaughter without talking about animal suffering and slaughter? I am curious

[@elenasingleterry5854]

I understand your point and there is of course validity to it. Some people find it hard not to be sincere with what they really care about with regard to animal products. If they are truly disturbed by the fact that animals who feel pain and terror in the face of death the EXACT same way people do are dragged to slaughter and are slaughtered (factory farms or local farms), it is hard for them to sit there and talk about other things, like how does a local farmer make money if they stop slaughtering animals. When every day your heart gets a little more broken over this never ending horror of abuse of the innocent, it is hard to do what you're proposing, even if at the end of the day that still helps the general cause. And speaking of caring about fellow men and women: VEGANISM is not a type of compassion that steps over humans and goes straight to animals. Ethical veganism is the EXTRA mile of compassion, that you, (having being born with extreme sensitivity to ALL abuse, INCLUDING the kind that is still legal,) walk. It starts with humans and then extends to animals, not any other way. I see your point however, also wanted to give you the insight on this end. And most ethical vegans would not ever adopt this concept proposed by this documentary that there is such thing as humane way to take the life of someone who doesn't want to die.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@MakeupFMSxo]

I’ve been vegan for two years, and it’s transformed my health and life. I’m so glad to see Natalie using her platform this way!!

[@cgrimes72]

If only she would have used her time to stop liberals from MURDERING babies.... I mean abortion!

[@cgrimes72]

You will begin to notice the downfalls of your NO meat diet when you get older. The brain needs Chlolestrol to stay sharp and focused. I know many Vegans and they end up ALL being AIR HEADS because they get zero chlolestrol to the brain! Meat is the ONLY real good protein machine that gives you the cholesterol you need for your brain. There is a good chance you will end up with Altheizmer's because you are not getting your protein cholesterol.

[@simonkendra3079]

where do i start?

[@jonasrmb01]

@@cgrimes72 what a nonsense based on your imagination

[@cgrimes72]

@@jonasrmb01 It isnt nonsense. The brain needs chlorestral to keep it sharp. Meat has chlorstrol in it. Vegans don't get meat and therefore dont get chlolestral, hense they become airheads and spacey.

[@Blindian971]

She's so pretty outside and inside.

[@lepetitchat123]

Candyprincess971 She is a breeder and she campaigns for Dior who exploits animals. She is a hypocrite

[@piercinglikelightproductio9382]

@@lepetitchat123 how do you "know" this??? What do you mean exploits, anyway?

[@piercinglikelightproductio9382]

🙂That is the best kind of women.🙂

[@mozhgansobhani9557]

Yeah inside😂😂😂🤣

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page....

[@SprinkleofWilly]

Thanks Natalie for speaking out.

[@truegrit7697]

Thank you Natalie - eating meat is unbelievably cruel. People cry when they get high cholesterol, high blood pressure, gout, etc., all related to meat consumption, yet they can't put the fish, chicken, or ribs down. Dairy and eggs are just as cruel in 'factory farms'. I have met people with dangerous meat-eating health issues that refuse to give up meat. It is akin to a person with lung cancer refusing to give up cigarettes, only with cigarettes, an individual only harms himself/herself. Karma exists.

[@chahinebinsaleh6954]

True Grit I'm sorry but I tried vegetarianism for 9 weeks and I got unhealthy and lost a considerable amount of iron in my blood, and got very frail and out of energy. I tried but i think we've evolved as meat eaters our bodies need a high amount of protein from red meats.

[@rafaelpena4269]

H Neilson..you can get protein from beans, nuts..there's high protein oatmeal, dark chocolate..quinoa..other alternatives..you don't NEED meat 2 get protein..In-fact..I think that's why Asian cultures are so productive..They have a more "vegetative diet"..Meat can hamper your energy down..from the thing's my man mentioned before..high obesity rates in the united states..low productivity

[@LITTLEMUSTANGFILLY]

True Grit its not meat consumption its an unhealthy and unbalanced level of meat consumption. There is a difference.

[@castropolous8784]

H Neilson sorry your first time didn’t work out....you clearly weren’t eating enough is all. Human bodies thrive on a vegan diet, you just need to learn how to eat enough! If you want to try again, check out challenge22.com- it’s a free 22 day vegan challenge that gives you all the support you need to make the transition. Highly recommend it!

[@jjbutterbeans1515]

Amen... I feel amazing nearly a year into this way of eating. I could never go back to eating animals or dairy. Never.

[@Sorsha]

The truth is slowly but surely coming to the surface :)

[@ericbryant6097]

there Is no revenance to the wholesale slaughter im not vegan but vegetarian have been for over a month now im awake to other living things plant consciousness is another but we do have to eat to survive

[@Michael-cl9mb]

Sorsha Eat meat. Not too little. Mostly fat.

[@itswrongtokillanimalsifyou2837]

If one is against animal abuse, and considers unnecessary killing worse than abuse, veganism is the ethical answer.

[@Michael-cl9mb]

Abraham D meat is necessary.

[@itswrongtokillanimalsifyou2837]

Michael Robles "meat is necessary" How would you explain so many people being able to live healthy lives without it?

[@Monicalala]

I was a hardcore meat eater. 15 years ago I went vegan and never want to eat meat again.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

You know nothing about this lifestyle! SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@RadioactiveGoose]

Natalie Portman failed to point out that those "traditional farms" are even less sustainable for the human population. This is the very reason why factory farming is over 99% of all animal farms. Because the demand is so damned high that this is the only way to do it. And even if the conditions in traditional farms are better, that doesn't justify the animal exploitation. It is a sick and unnecessary industry to begin with. But I think she is aware of it and being careful not to scare people too much at once. Babysteps ":)

[@OrangeHealia]

🤔🌱🙏🏻 44 years vegetarian, 26+ vegan and will stay so forever...

[@John-lf3xf]

BeeZee beta spotted

[@crosswind76]

BeeZee ~ ok. i gained weight eating nuts & nut butter, even single serving nut butters, so i didnt overdo it. Nut allergy shown on lab test. So hard to get enough calories on Vegan diet when you have to avoid *Nuts, Soy, Grains, Yeast, Nightsgade plants, Gluten, Coconut, lentils, legumes...so No potatoes ir tomatoes(nightshade) And vegan cheese is like eating plastic! just clogs up.your colon. avoid it.

[@ES11777]

John Landon Miller lmao what does that even mean

[@ScotCampbellwindowpainter]

Wow! impressive! I'm 8 years!

[@thatfrenchfryyouleftintheb7028]

Oh so you’re a Karen?

[@gordonstewart6757]

A whole 3 minutes on one of the most important issues of our time . Way to go CBS. How about a full 60 minutes story ?

[@LariFari333]

I have been vegan for 11 years. It was the best choice EVER! :)

[@John-lf3xf]

Jonna G beta spotted

[@thatfrenchfryyouleftintheb7028]

Beta spotted

[@cd2659]

I did not care for Gayle changing the subject to Harvey Weinstein. It took a lot of time away from the movie.

[@crosswind76]

it was a very weird twist by Gayle mentioning Harvey. Conversation didnt flow from that and even seem to catch Natalie off guard. She handled the question like a pro though.

[@l.ellei.sorensen4121]

I agree. I think it's the position someone put themselves in. Then, didn't get out of. I met Harvey, discussed business...he treated me wonderfully.

[@Selenite11]

L. Elle I. Sorensen So he just wasn’t that into you. Aren’t you lucky...

[@l.ellei.sorensen4121]

No. I'm saying...I didn't go alone with him. I didn't see or meet him alone. It takes more the Harvey to create a deal and, I probably learned that because of the titles I've held. PLEASE DON'T DRAG THESE WOMEN THROUGH A COMPARISON CHART IN REFERENCE TO A PREDITOR,@@Selenite11

[@l.ellei.sorensen4121]

Don't drag me through it. This is a platform to forwarn should be for this project, my project is about inhuman treatmeant of animals being rasied for consumption in a production heavy producing meats among others. My project is entitled, "Growth Included" about those private independent farmers and ranchers.

[@pamayers8681]

In 50 years we will all be eating a Whole Foods plant based diet.

[@chahinebinsaleh6954]

Pam Ayers what is 'Whole Foods'?

[@pamayers8681]

H Neilson Fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes ect.

[@rafaelpena4269]

Pam Ayers..I hope so

[@melrose9252]

Pam Ayers You might!

[@seanbrassman8135]

Unprocessed: whole grains; potatoes with the skin cooked in your kitchen; rice with the bran cooked in your kitchen. Basically freshly prepared foods as opposed to factory produced ready to eat foods. There are mass produced foods that are plenty nutritious like canned stewed tomatoes or fruit preserves, but the problem is when excess salt, refined sugars, preservatives and stabilizers are added to frozen and vacuum packed foods so they can sit on a shelf for a long time. In a nutshell freshly prepared with unprocessed ingredients.

[@rafaelpena4269]

Go Vegan..you don't need meat..You can get your daily amount of protein w/o it..All you're attracted 2 is "the seasoning"..alternatives are beans, nuts, potatoes, there's high protein oatmeal..dark chocolate..@tleast half your diet should be fruit's & vegetables anyway..

[@LeafEater607]

If your health sucks you should watch What the Health, Forks over Knives and Cowspiracy. All are on Netflix. Great Reporting.

[@honeybee2356]

Mr. Plant-Eater lol

[@REGENETARIANISM]

All those films you listed are just vegan propaganda, with a lot of stats taken out of context, spun and presented without any understanding of how any of the stats were derived. Regardless, Unfortunately "plant based" doesn't mean something is necessarily good for you or healthy for the environment. Many of these plant based options are made from hyper processed ingredients sourced from industrial farms that are terrible for your health and the environment. Se my article, A Tale of Two Expos : lachefnet.wordpress.com/2018/03/31/a-tale-of-two-expos/ illustrating this.

[@truegrit7697]

I have seen 'what the health'. Also consider watching "fat, sick, and nearly dead". Both documentaries are excellent. Here is the trailer for the latter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goPXhKJjjtWKmM0

[@veganologa2179]

LOL really? says the men who raises animals to slaughter... the only propaganda here is yours...

[@eatpigsnot]

Eating You Alive is also great

[@GingerGingie]

She's so well spoken. Congrats on the new documentary, I look forward to watching it!

[@valhalla1240]

It's so crazy to me that the mild suggestion that maybe you can have one meal a day without meat, to an american is the equivalent of a european going "should I try only eating meat once a week?"

[@castropolous8784]

lucaboden vegans do not only eat vegetables. We eat ALL the same foods you are used to, just the vegan version. To learn more about nutrition that our bodies actually need, check out the documentary WHAT THE HEALTH. I used to be a meat and dairy consumer myself for 33 years, but after educating myself and realizing the harmful effects of the animal agriculture industries, the only logical choice for me to make was to go vegan.

[@lizzichi]

Castropolous, fellow Greek vegan? There aren't many of us! 💚

[@valhalla1240]

@lucaboden I never said "become vegan!" I'm not a vegan myself. But eating meat every day, with every meal is simply crazy! There are food-charts that doctors came up with and they make it very clear that meat should remain the smallest portion of your diet.

[@sarahjacob5163]

A fellow Bulgarian vegan here haha There aren't many of either.

[@papparocket]

*Valhalla* The USDA and other food charts are constructed first and foremost by people who themselves eat meat and live in a meat eating society and so view meat eating as natural, normal and necessary. Second agricultural agencies are in the business of promoting agriculture. Animal agriculture makes up a significant part of most nations agricultural system and so they natural advocate for animal foods. And lastly these agencies are part of a political system and so are susceptible to political pressure directly from the animal industry or through elected officials who depend on money and votes from the animal food industry and farm state votes. The best available science however says that animal foods are completely unnecessary for human nutrition. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has issued a policy statement saying that vegan diets are nutritionally appropriate for all phase of life including infancy, pregnancy and lactation. The science also says that even small amounts of animal products do not promote long term human health, and that regular consumption actively harms long term health. So if those creating the food guidelines actually followed the best available science they would not advocate any consumption of animal products and suggest that if animal products are consumed they only be eaten in small amounts and not more than once or twice a week. But to the degree they even think about doing this, they know that it would be political suicide if they recommended cutting out all meat. And so meat, dairy and eggs remain as recommended foods.

[@PeterDobbing]

How can a grown-up intelligent American citizen have 'no idea' what factory farming is?

[@skellys1948]

Especially when she appears to be being paid as a professional person on a news program. Doesn't she watch the news? Oh, wait. She does...and since they never talk about it, she's never heard of it. And so it goes...

[@nematoaddd]

This is awesome. Thank you Natalie.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@ShufflingYogi]

she is taking it way too easy on them. she has to stay poised i understand but they don't even bother to put up images of the horrors of these factory farms? these people are not picturing what she wants them to picture in regards to the horrific conditions these animals live in

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@TheSinaTown]

I believe it's so important for conversations like this, because the more aggressive activist vegan is often too much to handle for a typical meat-eater. As humans we tend to oppose anything that is completely opposite to our own beliefs. So giving alternatives and new ideas is much more effective. Kudos to Natalie.

[@TheSinaTown]

Abel Abel I understand your point.. I suppose certain extremists are necessary too. But it is true what they say, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

[@erisincarnate]

Sinahearts my family and i have been trying to transition from meat eating to vegitarian and possibly one day vegan. my biggest issue is money. its so expensive. as a mother its hard to watch my children sit with hungry bellies vs. just throwing a cheap meal with chicken together. we could eat pavkaged processed junk quite cheaply but they need vit. and such that veggies provide but they cost so much. meat and can beggies are way cheaper than fresh veggies themselves. and to buy quiona is outrageous. im a single mother and the cost to go veg or vegan is not easy to manage.

[@pamayers8681]

For all you naysayers consider the environmental sustainability. It’s not. Also there is plenty of protein in green leafy vegetables. Where do you get your fiber?

[@globalSchelmuffsky]

"Yeah, I'm cutting down on meat...", "I don't really eat so much meat...", "I mostly look, that my meat is organic an ethicly produced..." Let's be honest! That's BS. The right thing is to stop it all together. I'm far from being a perfect human being, but I know as much: Today and under the circumstances the majority of us live in, eating meat is just wrong.

[@patgogan7324]

globalSchelmuffsky not your choice

[@ES11777]

Pat Gogan ?

[@RG-em2lg]

Keith Silva it took me 3 months to go completely vegan. I know it’s not a short process for many vegans. Imagine eating a way your entire life and then have to change it. That’s extremely hard. I don’t think many vegans expect others to go vegan over night, since a lot haven’t done that themselves after what I know.

[@Selenite11]

Keith Silva And I suggest you continue observing your health. Veganism is not for every body, it can seriously damage your health. Been there.

[@RG-em2lg]

Keith Silva ayy good on you. Everyone’s body is different. Mine didn’t have a hard time adapting to the changes in my diet. I guess I’m one of the lucky ones, because of course all bodies aren’t the same, and aren’t going to react the same. I hope if you go vegan that you use maybe 2 hours of research to know what you need in order to not be missing out on anything. Because you need to supplement b12.

[@pinkcloud5046]

it would break most peoples hearts if their own beloved family pet dogs/cats were being treated the way factory farm animals are treated.

[@caramelunicorn8023]

Yeah in China, dogs are being eaten and in South Korea.

[@avartarjp]

It's so "funny" how they treat her with respect, because she a celebrity and on the other hand vegans and vegan activicts are treated like trash in the media. But that wouldn't be something you could do with someone like her and that is why it's so important, that celebrities spread the message :-).

[@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist]

Go Natalie! Speak the truth.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@alexdoe784]

If I was Natalie, I would have been so frustrated that this newscaster brought up HW...she was there to talk about her production.

[@juanmonge8]

There are no surprise questions. She was told before hand what questions she was going to be asked. She is coming on the show to push her agenda - maybe she wanted to talk About that.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@lovalundquist]

love her, appreciate her using her voice for the animals

[@honeybee2356]

SMH... We cannot trust the USDA OR FDA!! God bless you all ❤

[@wolfgangbuck841]

If a person will lie about what they are, how can you take them seriously, seriously now?

[@jonjohn855]

what on earth made you bring up trans people LOL.

[@SarahRamsingh]

Food Inc (might still be on Netflix) will change the way you eat. Factory farms are disgusting. Choose local when you can.

[@judecrapper3354]

TheSarahRamsingh they all go to the same fate and local meat is still bad for you

[@vegantina6565]

TheSarahRamsingh choose vegan 🌱

[@vegantina6565]

Erica Tally funny you say that. I have been to “family run” farms and not one of them has allowed me on to film what happens there. I have done it under cover and filmed some atrocities that have even gone to court. There is abuse/pain/suffering/death on EVERY farm

[@jonjohn855]

while 97% of farms may be family owned, it doesnt mean that 97% of meat in stores is from family owned farms. in fact its not even close. literally everyone I know buys non family owned farm meat. Its mostly all tyson, or other big brands like that cause its cheap. but yea, like vegan tina said, its still killing animals unnecessarily no matter who owns the farm.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@sleepinggiant51]

Natalie Portman I love you.

[@LennarthAnaya]

Not abusing animals is in my opinion firstly an act of intelligence and secondly an act of morale.

[@JasonGastrich]

Food is a fuel source. I stopped eating meat when I went organic.

[@mole62ssf]

Factory farming is horrific. Twenty-five year vegetarian I long have not been able to tolerate eating the flesh of an animal. I from the middle of my life (I'm 56) connected meat to an animal's body and the idea of eating it grew to be anathema. Force-feeding geese to fatten their livers? Repugnant. And yes, I do realize eggs and dairy still manipulate and use the bodies of animals I would be hardpressed (as keto) to shift what I eat. But easily half of my diet is plant-based. I hope the industry does change. So may it be.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@LariFari333]

IT IS NOT UNREALISTIC THAT EVERYBODY GOES VEGAN NATALIE! It's the future!!!!!

[@sonny888100]

Anyone know where i can watch this? My google doesn't seem to know. Thanks

[@pamayers8681]

Guys, I am not talking about Whole Foods the grocery store, I am talking about unprocessed food. A vegetable, an apple, a slice of watermelon or legumes.

[@dee4435]

Well done, Natalie! Thank you for your advocacy for the animals.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@AustnSpace111]

Great interview CBS and Natalie Portman! I've been plant based for over a year. I feel better than ever and I don't plan on eating animals ever again. Thanks for shining light on the benefits of veganism!

[@rhead1811]

I'm glad to see a film addressing the harm that factory farms are causing to small family owned farms. I live in an Agricultural state and I've seen so many people have their livelihood stripped down to nothing because of the industrialization of meat production. I'm not going to eat animals, but I still want them to have a chance to live well before they die.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@melissamullenfilms464]

Great stuff. An animal's life is not less important than human preference. We already think this way about dogs and cats, we just need to apply this logic to pigs, cows, chickens, etc. as well. It'll take time but more people are seeing our inconsistency in how we love certain animals and look at other animals as mere objects of our consumption. It's not a coincidence the 3 animals referred to most for people to make fun of each other are pigs, cows and chickens because those are the animals farmed the most in the west and so there is a need to see them as less than other animals in order to feel okay with how they're being treated. Check out this video 'The Vegan Zeitgeist' by a KZbinr Neo Human Eve - it's entertaining, informative and eye-opening; kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3TUY6qYbrCcoaM

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@incredibleletdownman8094]

I’m not a vegan but it helped my sister with her health problems. Very happy she found something that worked for her!

[@sarahdell4042]

Plant based diet is the best decision I’ve ever made to my health.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

Good! But she is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@derektilley669]

Became vegan for the environmental reasons, and then got a look behind the curtain. One of the best and most meaningful decisions of my life.

[@conceptcs]

Love her since Leon, love her even more for standing up for animals. True Compassion.

[@artbygilik]

Grateful for people like Natalie using their voice for good

[@Jordannicole66]

Yesss go vegan

[@John-lf3xf]

Jordan McDaniel beta spotted

[@John-lf3xf]

Dylan O'Hara LOL

[@NipponCat]

Natalie Portman is so compassionate. What a beautiful human being on the inside, but it's also easy to see she is beautiful on the outside as well. Vegans and non vegans, let's hold hands. Together we can save the animals from a life of torture and misery, while simultaneously saving our earth. We will get there eventually, one step at a time.

[@Succeshero-yw1rl]

I love Nathalie!!! Such class

[@spiritwingz]

Great work, Natalie Portman, bringing this huge environmental issue mainstream.

[@puurrrr]

*black swan will always remain my fav movie of her!!*

[@thetruthhurts599]

Anonyme User "where the heart is" that's my favorite.

[@saurabhtapkir433]

I support her. From INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@samanthab6642]

Come on Natalie. Grass fed wouldn’t be sustainable either with the amount of water and land that would need to be used. It’s actually impossible to feed people of this scale with grass fed meat.

[@phoebeel]

Whigh is why you should cut out meat altogether or have it only once a week. Then it would be sustainable

[@ruthschambers]

Is it great to see Natalie exploring these issues to bring them to a larger audience. It would be great if Natalie could highlight some of the issues concerning animal testing and animal products used in the cosmetics industry, as she is model for Dior.

[@RandalSlisz]

“So called... “ factory farming?!? Gail hadn’t ever heard of factory farming before Natalie Portman told her so?!? These are the people that we trust with the news?!? 😕

[@TatianaOConnor]

Very courageous woman to SPEAK up for HEALTH and speak up against FACTORY FARMING CARTEL... Thank you Natalie

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page///

[@firangele8094]

Fantastic woman! Thanks for all you do Nathalie Portman 🌱🙏❤️

[@sandeeppalla004]

Lot of props to the interviewers/news reporters. I have seen so many of them bashing vegans on their shows. These people patiently listened and were open to learn about what goes behind those horrific slaughterhouses.

[@acyutaatipriyajambavatidas7954]

"Being conscious" is not enough! Going vegan, and staying vegan, is the only thing that helps - it's the only compassionate way. Love & peace.

[@mehreally9673]

Acyuta Atipriya Jambavatidasi Love and peace lol. More like greed, war and wanting to dominate over everything. Humans are naturally war makers and we have weapons for mass destruction. If we were peaceful, we would give the money for peaceful purposes rather than weapons.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page/./

[@bibit3856]

Why did they ask her about that guy. They should have given the entire time to the discussion of "eating animals " that was the most important part.

[@PapayaJoy]

Thank you thank you Natalie! Amen!

[@AnnaElizabethI]

People, just get it into your thick skulls: if you're eating meat, you make yourself sick, obese and shorten your life. The last moment of that slaughtered animal is utter fear and horror and that's exactly what you're injecting into your body: fear and horror. Because that energy doesn't go anywhere. You become a fearful sheep yourself. Even if you don't care about the animals, they make the animals live a horrible life so that then they can make you sick with it in tern and send you off to the hospital with a huge bill. It's clear as day. If you're eating meat in 2018, you're an uneducated cave man.

[@joselinema]

Vegans rock!. 😁✌👏

[@archie73in]

Thank you Natalie for speaking up for animals and investing your money in a compassionate cause for a kinder earth 💚I’ve been ovo-lacto vegetarian all my life and vegan since the past 4 years. Honestly, I wish I was born vegan because I haven’t felt better both physically and emotionally! Motherhood made me go vegan because I learned about the horrors of how animals and their babies are treated in the diary industry, slaughter houses, and factory farms. I understand that food habits and especially when rooted in culture and tradition are hard to change however we can make small changes everyday to be kinder beings and reduce suffering for animals and destruction of our planet.

[@aaaaab360]

The obvious extra body fat (the harbinger of lifestyle diseases - diabetes, CAD etc.) on the interviewers (the other two are also likely meat eaters) vs that on Portman is another reason not to eat meat.

[@mineraljunkie]

I love Natalie, so professional and well spoken.

[@Pinkoflove3]

It's about time someone is curious about the behind the scenes of the slaughter houses. One place the is so secret. Wake up ppl. For her to call it meat... it's pig, cow. Etc. don't sugar coat it.

[@papparocket]

Agree. *_Something_* didn't die to put meat on your plate, *_someone_* did. Pigs, chickens, cattle, even fish are sentient individuals with their own unique personalities, as anybody who has owned more than one pet can personally attest to. Even my neighbors big Koi (fish) are individuals. One will come half out of the water and eat from your hand while most come right to the water's edge, but shy away if you get too close and a few stay out in the deeper water and only come to the surface once you throw food in.

[@Pinkoflove3]

Just because it has no voice doesn’t mean we can eat it. Notice how they don’t sell dog and cat. That’s because we would have a fit over it. Why do we stop there? Why do we have a bond only with dog and cat. Would ppl still eat animals if they had a voice? No

[@kommentator9524]

What an eloquent woman. Apart from her being a vegan, I think she also uses Pai skin care, which is also 100% cruelty free unlike many, many other skin care brands.

[@Gabriela-ts8nt]

Vegan Love And Peace To Everyone ♥️♥️

[@jessicastephens1568]

Forks Over Knives, and What the Health? are really decent docs too. There's so many, really. There's such a body of evidence, research and a host of doctors and scientists that support a plant based diet for our health, the planet, and the animals.

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

I like meat however i get her point of view, but 2 things. Firstly, is Natalie aware of the price of the "Substitutes" she suggest? We don't have millions and a disposable income for food. Vast majority of Americans need a meal to cost 5-8 USD per person. Secondly, what if anything is being suggested to do to fix the problem and the corporate structure and bringing back the salt of the earth farmers. Im all ears for any suggestion to make real change and bring them back...you can't fight greed. And im not hearing how either. Still good for her bring it to our attention, but solutions need to be realistic.

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

Yes vegetables are cheap, but the imitation meats she was talking about are not cheap at all.

[@castropolous8784]

Supply and demand. The price of vegan meats and cheeses etc will come down as veganismo continues to grow.

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

While what you say is true it still doesn't answer the questions posed.

[@nematoaddd]

You can skip meat without buying those substatutes completely though.

[@nematoaddd]

Well its just supply and demand and the salt of the earth farmers are coming back you can see with farmers markets, local produce, and small urban communal farms getting hip. We are starting produce farms in food deserts now. A lot of young people are interested in produce farming. You can see that if you look up WWOOFing. Everything that is small scale is what is coming into style and people are becoming much choosier consumers. the future is bright. Just the other day I went to a local pizza place and the server procided to tell me what local farm each ingredient came from lol! We just need to keep going to all these places I mentioned. Idk if you have Kroger where you live but that is the main big chain grocery store where I am and some of theyre produce is from local and small scale farms. That is the or a solution. A step in the right direction. Its on us.

[@jesss3725]

I wish people would just think about the facts around animal farming and the consumption of meat. Bad farming is the raising of animals in production oriented facilities that are fundamentally inhumane. Raising free ranging animals who have great lives and are raised at great expense to farmers and are then harvested as a return should be okay to most Americans. We are Omnivores. Being human though, it just hurts many of us seeing anything bad happen to any animal. People cry on safaris in Africa watching a prey animal killed by a predator, but that’s JUST NATURE. We are part of nature. There are inhumane farming methods that need to be ended, but c’mon. Humans will and should eat meat. How we raise and treat food animals should be the real issue. Thanks CBS!

[@dawna2278]

Really well said Jess. Thanks!

[@thankunext1625]

i agree with this 100%

[@abdelrahmanelsherbini4985]

Finally, some one got it right. That is what natalie said though, she just wants more traditional farmers meat sources.

[@rafaelpena4269]

Jess S..YOU DON'T NEED MEAT 2 SURVIVE!

[@abdelrahmanelsherbini4985]

Rafael Pena now, sure you dont. Before supplement existed? Absolutely. You would have died from b12 defeciancy.

[@saranicoli3318]

anyone knows where I can find the documentary? please I'm so thrilled to watch it

[@greglindstrom1705]

it would be nice to see a vegan that actually looks healthy

[@katiesmith-di3mr]

Greg Lindstrom I think she looks healthy

[@Snacktime12345]

There are multiple professional athletes that are vegan.

[@jensmith5994]

Yes, it was nice getting to see Natalie :)

[@LennarthAnaya]

It'd be nice if every single animal eater would actually look healthy

[@scorpionbrains]

I see parallels to "The Jungle" a book about worker's rights which was about the meat industry. It led to a change in laws about meat packing and processing. This could start some new regulations.

[@susanrunyon2483]

This has been going on for over 40 years, factory farming. Support small local farms. Some of the vegan alternatives are not as environmentally friendly as they seem. Local food is best for the environment hands down.

[@nematoaddd]

Susan Runyon or don't eat those alternatives either than.

[@papparocket]

A veggie burger will always have a *far far* lower environmental impact than a beef burger, even one from a small farm. So vegan alternatives will always be the more environmentally responsible choice than any animal product.

[@dvdgalutube]

papparocket I disagree. I think buying the latest smart phones/electronics, using plastic bags, using sunscreens that contain oxybenzone that kills corals, etc.. are far worse than meat industries. Ooh and not all farms are evils. Please focus on big food industries who have lobbyists and donate to government officials, not local clean farms and people who choose to eat meat.

[@papparocket]

Interesting rationalization. So you eat meat because it isn't as bad for the environment as plastic bags, etc. I fail to see how the environmental impacts of non-food items has any impact on which food items have greater or less environmental impact. My comment only discussed a comparison of environmental harms between plant and animal foods and that for a given number of calories animal derived foods will always have a greater impact on the environment. After all it is simple physics. Cattle for example have about a 20:1 ratio between calories consumed and calories of beef on your plate (even from the local "clean" farms since this is a basic part of bovine physiology) while plant foods have about a 1:1 ratio since you are eating the plants directly. Of course it isn't that simple. Some plant foods are more energy and resource intensive than the plants that are fed to animals, and so the ratio of resource utilization isn't always the same as the ratio of the calories. Also cattle has about the lowest conversion of feed to muscle. Other animals such as chickens have closer to 10:1. But from an environmental impact perspective all animal foods will require more food calories to a put a calorie on your plate regardless of how they are raised than plant foods.

[@susanrunyon2483]

papparocket never said I eat meat. You made an assumption that I did. I became a vegetarian in the early 70s.

[@LilyRose-theOne]

I am an animal lover. I am also aware how animals are abused and mistreated in these factories, and I would love to stay off meat, but not everybody can do that... I have tendency toward anemia, low iron, and there is no plant that can put me back on my feet when I feel exhausted and foggy. Only beef can do the job. The improvement is instant. Spinach, broccoli, and other iron reach foods are useless in this instance. I know meat is very acidic, but it is also strengthening, warming and grounding. It is especially helpful to eat meat during cold seasons, because it warms up your body. I wish I could stop eating meat, but at this point in my life I can't.

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page

[@highlander200268]

there is no alternative to meat, we require meat and veggies, more propaganda

[@ES11777]

Highlander Nope. You are wrong, my friend. Here's the position of the American Dietetic Association on a vegan diet: ''It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. ''

[@highlander200268]

ummmm well actually you need to learn to read,, it says a vegetarian diet is appropriate, not vegan, it says a vegan can be healthy.. maybe learn to read you all do this without knowing how to understand what you are saying, second this is a position about vegetarians not vegans... not science a position you cannot get essentials on a vegan diet no matter how you want it to happen, it is physically impossible proper for all ages, i guess it is proper for numerous babies who died as a vegan , yup proper to them, proper to the countless ones with heart attacks, and cancers, yup worked for steve jobs , up till the day he died.. yup pregnancy with no A, which the baby needs, there is no A in any plant in the entire world, pregnancy has to have A which vegans do not get,yup appropriate sure damaging your baby, dang that is smart yup appropriate if you want to damage yourself

[@highlander200268]

**Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes. ''?** hmm mysteriously absent is vegan, which well is not appropriate at any stage, which well it says.. but alas you vegans love this nonsense

[@ES11777]

Highlander ''including total vegetarian or vegan diets'' ...

[@ES11777]

Highlander Don't argue with scientific research of one of the best dieticians and doctors in the world, you look stupid.

[@igloozoo3771]

I eat meat because a 4 day trip to Vegas in 2009 in my mid 30s healed me and I haven't been sick since. I am turning 50yo this year. I used to take antibiotics 4 times a year for strep and prednisone for eczema. I don't take any Pharma drugs today and I can go to the gym and workout for two hours and do it all over again the next day. Diets are different for everyone.

[@elisamastromarino7123]

When she was pregnant she went back to eating meat. If they made wholefood stores cheap, a lot more people would be happy to go vegan.

[@nevesdarocha]

I'm watching this as a vegan. My family has had diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and more because of complications of eating animals. They see that I'm healthier than they are but they refuse to even consider only eating meat once a week.

[@TheCrimson147]

I love this comment section and the positive vibes of it!

[@MyNameKeys]

I used to be vegan. I was vegan for two years. Now I eat mostly meat & no carbs. Best decision I ever made. I am healthier than ever before. Factory farming is NOT the way to raise animals, but there is nothing wrong with eating animals if they are free range.

[@imrandma]

Yeah I believe you Pinnochio.

[@kevincanavan9372]

Every time the lower third pops up I think it's an ad and try to close it

[@plantsforlife1120]

You have only two choices..... choose your health or choose your tastebud's habits at the expense of other animals. There is no grey area. And time for the existence of our planet as we know it is running out. It is possible to make the change individually which then will collectively create the bigger change for all of us, animals, to have a planet to exist and thrive on. Our only choice, ultimately, has to be plant based.

[@davlor86]

The perfect way to combat global warming

[@sachinraghavan4556]

I've seen celebrity vegans think of veganism as a fad, I really hope the ones who claim they're vegan keep it up unlike Joaquine Phoenix and James Cameron who are merely plant based dieters. Respectively they both supported animal riding and dolphin captivity, they're not ethical vegans who oppose practically avoidable cruelties.

[@spicybiscuit88]

I like the way she is encouraging small changes- baby steps all add up, and it doesnt stop people going veggie or vegan if they decide to after that.

[@DairyStateVegan]

Such a great message!!! Being vegan is the best decision I’ve made!

[@Verbsdescribeus]

SHe is a fraud! For over a decade Natalie Portman built her image on preaching being vegan (which involves more than just eating options), but she also endorses a brand like DIOR that allows animal testing for their products. So much about ethical living! She better have gone haunting for her food in the woods and stop promoting a brand with a history of animal torture... Now I understand why comments are closed on her insta page ///

[@stebarg]

Become conscious and you’ll see the true. The only reason people still eating meat and doing other stupid and bad things like smoking and drinking or harming others is they’re unconscious. Step back and open your mind. Support the good. Let love guide you not fear. We all will benefit from this. 🙏🏽

[@reggieshmeggie4219]

Stefan 4-5 generation of strictly vegan diet with no artificial supplies and planet will be overpopulated with animals whereas humans will die out greatly. Is that what you call being conscious?

[@michaelkuhne3816]

I like Natalie Portman.

[@sydneynicole837]

I'm so glad someone is finally bringing this into the light

[@grzegorzjuchniewicz7158]

I became vegetarian and quit meat 11 yrs ago to get rid of allergy and weight. And it worked. Now I am moving into vegan diet.

[@joannemazurek9075]

people don't understand factory farmed animals don't have any rights. They torture they get is STANDARD PRACTICE. WHY WAS WEINSTEIN brought up in a story about a movie about the horrors of eating meat? I know some of you will connect dots somehow but it still had no place in this story

[@lanlo1924]

Thank you so much, Natalie.

[@jamlym4974]

I knew there were farms that raised animals in a more humane way, but I had no idea the percentage was so low. Holy cow.

[@ScotCampbellwindowpainter]

I eat WFPB but go to WFPB too, back and forth. Ciao cheese is SO GOOD! ...especially over roasted brussell sprouts!

[@syriecaestar7914]

It is great that an Israeli national is doing the narration for this documentary on meat, because the long, boring, animal sacrifice regulations in the bible and it's concept is so misunderstood. It actually was less religious ritual and more about conserving meat, that to take an animals life even for food should be a thoughtful and sacred process.