The Conspiracy Theories Behind Veganism.

[@ed.winters]

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[@v.a.n.e.]

why are you so quiet about pignorant events? well, that's pretty conspiratorial

[@UnlimitedHangout]

​@@v.a.n.e. poor old i.n.s.a.n.e. still i.n.s.a.n.e. after all of these years lmaoo

[@SupermotoZach]

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[@stevethewindsurfer8911]

It is disappointing that you advertise supplements in this way. Contrary to what you are implying, magnesium and other nutrients are very easily obtained from a vegan diet. Promoting such products may harm your credibility within the vegan community. Please promote a healthy vegan diet, not this!

[@Veganarchy-Zetetic]

@@SupermotoZach What makes it any better than any other simple vitamin supplement?

[@dohpam1ne]

"impossible meat tastes so much like real meat" yes, it's almost as though it was specifically designed by a team of scientists doing years of research with the explicit goal of making it taste like meat

[@Olivetree80]

I know right, unknowingly being a positive advertisement for it by making that statement

[@janb3938]

There is a little rabbithole concerning the heme-iron they use being originally taken from cows though

[@HiddenStr3ngth]

Tastes better. It has the same overall flavor but still lacks that unique tinge of flesh, and the smell, or stench. Mixed in with the herbs and spices. I'm guessing lab grown crap does have it. Plant based imitations don't, which makes them straight up better.

[@veganizeeverything2769]

@@HiddenStr3ngth I wouldn't trust Impossible Burger to be legitimately vegan with that patented ingredient in there. It's for non-vegans transitioning, so it definitely serves a purpose - the realer the better.

[@Empathy4Animals411]

Well, there is that patented ingredient but it's certainly not human flesh. I wouldn't rule out animal blood, as these companies are in it to make money. But most vegans don't like to eat something too real anyway.

[@kurtcrean]

Of all the decisions and beliefs I hold, I had never thought that not feeding my daughter the flesh of slaughtered animals would be what caused my family to treat me terribly.

[@andreasrylander]

Sorry to hear that. The world is insane.

[@AFTERPUPPET]

Same here. But my little girl is now a happy healthy 5 year old

[@peterlol7858]

I feel your pain my Family except my grandma treated me like a criminal Just because i went vegan. We Vegans have to stay strong and Support each other thats the only way to endure this irrational crazy world.

[@jonathonbaker-guntang4163]

They are the murderers, remember that. Void of morals.

[@rmac3217]

​@@peterlol7858 The grandparents think the kid will be another statistic and their son/daughter put in prison like other parents we have seen trialing vegan on their kid.

[@Tirel123]

People would rather believe vegan food is human meat than just stop supporting animal abuse

[@estinhewart]

Soylent Green is people! - a story, not reality

[@sgjdsyevkfhao]

Omg so true lol

[@carstenaltena]

Damnit you beat me to it :D@@estinhewart

[@veritavitalis4159]

problem is vegan food shouldnt be made in a factory, animals or not.

[@HuplesCat]

@@veritavitalis4159why not?

[@m.j.golden4522]

"As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together." -Isaac Bashevis Singer

[@elizabethdean0187]

The famous Russian philosopher once said ‘If there were no slaughterhouses, there would be no battlefields’. Indeed, it would be hard to not be compassionate to other human beings if we respected non-human animals. Professor-Elizabeth

[@timothys9288]

Meanwhile there is no conspiracy theory about how horrible the existence is of animals in the agriculture industry. How they suffer and have their lives taken from them. You would think knowing that reality would be enough to convince people that plant foods should be the answer.

[@noah8236]

There kind of is. In the eyes of some of the people who just cannot face reality, veganism is exactly that. A weird conspiracy.

[@Empathy4Animals411]

The conspiracy theory is how humanely the animals are treated and how nutritious eating their flesh is. It's all lies, which is what a good conspiracy theory aims to expose.

[@rachelgoodkind6545]

Sadly, most omnivores are fearful of being an outsider and making that serious change...

[@thewhitedwarf3846]

raise your own free range, pasture fed animals that you care for deeply, name, cuddle eat. problem solved

[@elizabethdean0187]

Well said. Professor-Elizabeth

[@rahtsnake144]

People are addicted to misinformation. Science is too long-form for the modern mind. I was at work today and my coworker was looking at my carton of almond milk and he said "I heard this stuff was really bad for you" and I said "oh yeah what specifically did you hear?" and he immediately got defensive and back-tracked. "you can drink your almond milk, I'm just saying, I'm not judging, etc" but when I said I was just against the spread of misinformation he left the room and didn't speak to me the rest of the night. Yikes.

[@OilCanHarry2U]

Correct

[@nicolesapphire3696]

I have reflected a lot on how much of what people know is learned by conversations starting with “I heard/hear…” and wow accurate or factual information seldom comes after those words. The whole “I heard it through the grapevine” is fun for gossip but it’s not how to learn science or facts.

[@rahtsnake144]

@@nicolesapphire3696 this, exactly. anytime someone tells me something like this, I ask a specific question about it and they just have no idea what to say beyond the initial tagline. I try hard myself to not repeat things unless I've had a good briefing on the facts.

[@basbleupeaunoire]

"People are saying..."

[@Paraclef]

@@basbleupeaunoire hominidae is better, but you can also say satanists, macaques or baboons etc...

[@taurusgal75]

I appreciate Ed so much. My husband works with folks who watch Fox news on the regular and initially turned their noses up at my vegan food and snacks. I sent in portions of everything for them to try - zero risk, zero cost. They love it! He also watched Ed to get info on talking points so he can advocate for veganism. Huge thanks to Ed for all of his research and how he presents information. ❤🌱

[@thelastvbuck]

I've never seen someone do so much positive work for a cause. I feel like I could show any meat eater your videos and they couldn't possibly disagree because your logic is just so sound. Keep it up Ed.

[@noah8236]

Bold of you to assume that carnists will use logic. But I agree with you, Ed is a total gem.

[@rmac3217]

Still disagree, an animal still doesn't = disabled human

[@EricLewandowski-vn7ky]

@@noah8236bro talking to a meat eater about veganism is like talking to a spoiled child.

[@julienfroidevaux1143]

​@@noah8236Agreed never underestimate the stupidity of carnists when they are defending carnism .

[@pearcat08]

Ed is absolutely a light in the dark. I remember a long time ago he posted a video with something in the title about him finally losing his temper, or getting angry, something like that, in an argument with a carnist. I just remember thinking damn, him when he's angry is calmer than I usually am on a good day 😅 I only wish that carnists based their beliefs and actions on logic. If they did I would absolutely agree with you. Sadly, as the saying goes: you cannot reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.(I know all such rules have exceptions but this one seems so very often true.)

[@dlm972]

If they're so afraid of the impossible burger, then just eat something else. I don't like fake meats at all because I think anything that resembles a dead body is gross. I'm doing fine with chickpea patties

[@gaiagreen2690]

😂 💪🏽Me too. With too many superb pattie recipes to even try each in one lifetime, I have no need for the imitation of what I oppose.

[@jean-chritophedesjarlais8435]

Yeah, and that processed stuff can only impair our sanity end lead us back to meat.

[@NeneChan203]

Chickpea patties are A BANGER. I often make them for the whole family and they absolutely love them. Even the anti-vegan side of the family love them and praise them to be even better than the meat counterpart lol.

[@11235Aodh]

Merle O'Neal has a 4 burger recipe video, and the sweet potato/white bean burger is absolutely delicious.

[@jakeh491]

Not to be that guy but I'm a very fussy eater underweight as it is. Chickpeas are vile, most vegetables don't taste great excluding the sweeter ones and I hate the tastes and texture of nuts. How on earth can people like me survive without eating animals? I'd be even further underweight and on tablets to stop me dying. I only eat TASTY stuff. Pizza, pasta, steaks, burgers, bacon, cheese on toast 😋 (obviously more as well) or ill gag and bring the food back up.

[@alexharris7103]

The face Alex Jones was making, is him internally calculating how much he would get sued by the company if he were to start spreading the misinformation that the Impossible meat is made out of missing children

[@celinepa8246]

This would be a pretty good conspiracy theory I must say 😂

[@veganizeeverything2769]

Alex Jones is despised by many conspiracy theorists as a gatekeeper - not to mention how obnoxious he is and rude to his guests. he's also an avid hunter.

[@benwaggler3541]

@@veganizeeverything2769 his absurd theories discredit conspiracies with very real evidence. Almost seems as though that is intentional...

[@FreeDharmasangha]

You're funny asf 🤣

[@FreeDharmasangha]

Alex Jones and Joe rogan went to the same acting school

[@m.j.golden4522]

"Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good (hu)man." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

[@zanirani]

There were so many gems of wit in this video, I just can’t 😅 Ed’s sense of humor is superb!

[@biancat.1873]

His sarcasm & snarky sidemarks are the best! **chefskiss-emoji*

[@kazukimoto12]

One of the frustrating things about Friends is that the character Phoebe is vegetarian and also believes in a lot of pseudoscientific BS, giving a bad connation to veganism like most sitcoms do.

[@karmicbreath]

Yep. How I Met Your Mother also went hard at making vegans look insane. It sucks when it's from a show I actually love

[@Corilo91]

Sure, but it actually represents the problem Ed talks about in this video: Conspiracy Theorists are attracted to what is against the mainstream, and being vegetarian/vegan has been against mainstream for decades. Fortunately, things are changing! :)

[@jean-chritophedesjarlais8435]

Not to mention how the Simpsons, totally leaving out the issue of health, portrays vegetarianism as a pseudo ethical doctrine. It’s not just for the pig that we refuse to barbecue, but our arteries!

[@henrikpetersson3463]

If it had not been for the free thinkers who question the status quo there would not be any veganism. Also, veganism is a strictly ethical and moral idea, not at all scientific. The scientific arguments for veganism is a very recent construct and really has no foundational basis for the ideology. If you want to eat for your health or for the environment you might just as well go plant based and it will have the same impact.

[@kazukimoto12]

@@henrikpetersson3463 Without nutrition and environmental science backing up veganism, you end up with people thinking that eating plants exclusively is gonna make you malnourished or cause greater destruction to the environment and animals than animal agriculture. There's free thinking and then there's outright science denial. I hope you're not mixing the two together.

[@jonathonbaker-guntang4163]

My family asks me everyday if I want to eat meat, I politely decline and say thank you. Honestly, just smelling it cooking this morning made me think of a rotting corpse of a wrongly murdered and innocent animal. The stench of the former is putrid and makes me wish to vomit. Getting pretty hard to be polite at this point, I want to look directly at them and be like, "do not ask me that EVER again, I don't eat corpses." The whole idea is just nauseating. Be glad when the meat eating becomes illegal.

[@jurajslafkovsky3956]

be glad when the meat eating becomes illegal 🤣 keep dreaming soyboy

[@monemori]

Fantastic video. Thanks for tackling this often overlooked topic!

[@vasisimari92058]

As ethical vegans, it gets more and more in our face. It's annoying like hell!🤦🏻‍♂️

[@m.j.golden4522]

"Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission -- to be of service to them whenever they require it." -- St. Francis of Assisi

[@143ForeverYourz]

He says "and I know u are a theorist" to fucking Alex Jones. I'm dead

[@veganizeeverything2769]

Alex Jones is known to many conspiracy theorists as a gatekeeper. He's been suspect and a joke for years.

[@XeLYoutube]

freedom for everyone but billions animals

[@XeLYoutube]

13min mistake "believe in science" its not about belief

[@cocershay]

You know how insane your conspiracy theory is when Alex Jones looks at you like you've lost the plot... 🤣

[@basbleupeaunoire]

HA! "This guy is OUT THERE!"

[@sophisticateddenial6510]

Thank you for calling out pseudoscientific bs 🙌🌱

[@TheSapphireLeo]

Also spirituality is really quantum physics, too?

[@someguy2135]

@@MS-ib8xu Ask your questions here. Maybe I (or someone else) could answer them for you.

[@magicolmos]

Excellent video, can't stand how much people can't face reality when it comes to veganism

[@discursion]

We need so many more cool-headed activists like Ed at the forefront.

[@vansan3211]

I so agree. His approach is the biggest reason why people take the time to listen to him. He’s THE reason I went Vegan for good and stopped going back and forth.

[@thewhitedwarf3846]

not really, most people are not going to ignore science

[@ThatVeganTeacherYouTube]

Are you one of them?

[@thewhitedwarf3846]

@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin nope, the science is settled, human guts don't digest plant matter, eat corn for 2 days and your shit will look like a corn cobb

[@thewhitedwarf3846]

@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin nope, the science is settled, human guts don't digest plant matter, eat corn for 2 days and your shit will look like a corn cobb

[@Onedimensional4141]

That was one of the best videos I’ve watched! I’ve been vegan for 8 years, but only very recently have I reformed an emotional connection to it. I’ve had an emotional connection to the climate for about 12 years. This ties the two together perfectly. I love the rationality in both of these movements. Anyone that’s against harmful conspiracies should join the fight against the fossil fuel and meat industries.

[@AtunSheiFilms]

I think this and your spiritual veganism video is among your best work. I know everybody loves the debates, but dispelling conspiracism (whether it plays into our preconceived notions or not) is incredibly important.

[@HuplesCat]

Agreed. He triggered a few in comments 😂

[@TheSapphireLeo]

Actually the spiritual community got us into veganism first and should be about global peace and evolution and sanitation?

[@janb3938]

sanitation? @@TheSapphireLeo

[@janlaag]

@janb3938 it's ok Joe, form and content are not the same, you can still have good content and wrong grammar in the same sentence, they're not mutually exclusive.

[@janb3938]

@@janlaag I think the grammar is alright, but I'm interested in what he meant by 'sanitation'

[@prieten49]

I've always been impressed with the scientific backing for plant based diets.

[@tonja4824]

"This is why I only trust chiropractors". Bwahahaha! 😂

[@pegbuckner5074]

Lol 😂yes!! Great shade onto Paul Sala-dont-know!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@plekton1]

@@pegbuckner5074 Paul Saladino is a psychiatrist. The chiropractor is Eric Berg

[@LeadFarmer1597]

I lost it at that point

[@veganizeeverything2769]

My neck and back was healed by a chiropractor after a car accident in one visit. The ones not to trust are the poison pill pushers who rely on vivisection.

[@pegbuckner5074]

@@plekton1 ohhh yeah. That’s right.

[@m.j.golden4522]

We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace. Albert Schweitzer

[@rebelvgan4579]

💖🙏

[@rollinia7770]

As we know, the End Time is here so I eat meat for humanity's well-being as it either the humans suffer or the animals suffer upon this spiritual welfare the need of demand for loosh for the ruler known as Archons of this world. Those Vegans rhyme with Pagans all knew this very well as people will start connecting the dots and even the aliens 👽 helps humans by mutating the farm animals to help remind us humans that it best the Archons get their loosh from animals killing rather than humans dying. Bill Gates wanted depopulation and, therefore, what do you think the loosh will come from as bad enough the Archons take women loosh from giving child birth hard labor...😮

[@MovieBr0]

"Everyone loves animals until they hear the word vegan. Then they'll argue tooth and nail why it's acceptable to abuse them." --Rob Zombie

[@Cynthi_n]

People fail to understand that you don’t have to eat any of the fake meats, burgers, junk food ect. Eat fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes. Those are the most abundant foods on earth. But somehow people always find excuse to eat animals.

[@nicolesapphire3696]

Extreme adherence to a whole foods diet can actually be problematic. As vegans we should stop playing into the false rhetoric that faux meats or even vegan “junk” food are a huge problem, or something to be completely avoided, this just helps the anti vegan conspiracy theorists and carnivore diet quacks. Nutrition is complex and nuanced and having those faux meats help plenty of vegans remain vegan.

[@Cynthi_n]

@@nicolesapphire3696 I personally don’t think it’s problematic. I’m a health conscious individual and I personally wouldn’t promote faux meat and junk. Healthy home cooked meals are way better for our health. That’s just a fact. It doesn’t mean we can’t get occasional vegan burger or pizza, but I personally don’t think those foods have nutritional value or any type of benefit in a long term health. Although I’m passionate about health&wellness I am vegan for the animals. If a person goes vegan for moral and ethical reasons then they most likely will stay vegan forever. Those who do it for health, trends ect, they won’t last sadly.

[@theironfox2756]

The WEF endorsing plant based diets is a great way for them to turn people against veganism.

[@bb24711]

If you were to come into this world anew you would think the biggest conspiracy ever is the animal agriculture industry.

[@veganfortheanimals6994]

Important topic Ed, thanks

[@dawn8542]

I'd REALLY like to see Ed at the Pignorant protests.

[@mandy5478]

It would be interesting to see further exploration of the fear people have when it comes to change toward a vegan diet. What exactly are their reasons so we know how to address them. It’s really sad that people would rather continue to be comfortable and believe the lies they were sold by animal ag, food corps and government than to learn the science and prevent future chronic disease and illness.

[@neilk.3398]

Thank you for shedding light on this part of our community. I always cringe when seeing something like the alkaline diet.

[@HuplesCat]

👍

[@Mrm1985100]

1980s: "I can't be vegan because my doctor told me it's bad for my health". 2020s: "I can't be vegan because my doctor told me it's good for my health".

[@yangtse55]

Exactly. It occurred to me as someone who went vegan in 1981 am I a sheeple or not for still thriving on the diet over 40 years later ...

[@Serioslump]

Ed, I’m so glad you’re speaking on this. Seeing fellow vegans fall prey to conspiracy theories and cults is something not enough people are willing to address because they think “as long as they’re vegan or promoting veganism they’re fine”. Like no. We need to notice this type of thing - it’s unhealthy for us and bad for the animals to let these ideas proliferate.

[@Bob-2027]

Insanely well done! Yes, this type of thinking is growing, and I'm afraid it will get harder and harder to convince people to use logic and science as a basis for their knowledge. I fear for humanity...

[@JohnSmith-us9fv]

For a long time, I was wondering why there is so many spiritual vegans, because for me I became vegan because of the science.

[@OilCanHarry2U]

I became vegan because of the reality.

[@karmicbreath]

Funny, I've been in Bali, the spiritual hub of the world, for over 7 months. And I've barely met any vegans. All my "higher frequency" acquaintances are devout meat eaters

[@michaelt8388]

Vegan is about the ANIMALS. Not science, not climate, not diet, not spirituality.

[@LoversRfighters]

I've been wondering why there are so many atheistic vegans and why many are so far left who don't do well with critical thinking

[@ivanv2302]

I became more spiritual as a result of veganism.. can’t be spiritually connected to earth whilst willingly destroying it .

[@writerchik44]

#VeganForLife ❤

[@Corvid_Moon]

#VeganForLife 💙

[@picante28]

#VeganForLife 💚

[@noah8236]

#VeganForLife ❤

[@nasiatsekouras170]

VeganForLife 🌱❤️

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

I am vegan for the animals. If the elite wants the freed up land to build more technology on it, it is the people's idiocy to contribute and let them build it, not we vegan's fault to eliminate the cruelty. Animal products will get ever more expensive anyway because they are not sustainable, the land is limited and all occupied, so people will be forced to give up animal products one way or another. That's why it is important to be vegan AND anti-tech.

[@WhoAmI-jq7xh]

what's your stance on lanolin i am vegan but my diet does not contain much calcium and every supplement contains lanolin for d3 without lanolin ones aren't available

[@kat_thefruitbat]

Ed, you always get a standing ovation from me 👏 Brilliantly orchestrated! 💯

[@mitzi66]

Very well done Ed, as usual. ❤

[@ValeriaRossellini]

Be Vegan for the animals 💗💗💗

[@lucyglendinning3919]

Ed you need to drop ranting on about "conspiracy theorists" - I am one of those - that's the label you would attach to me as I actually question everything even the "experts"! But no, I won't start eating animals again just because Klaus Schwab would like us to be eating mealworm burgers (available in Lidl) - I don't believe in the exploitation and killing of animals. I do believe we have to support farmers to grow real food, in soil, where we actually relearn to care for this world and all the creatures in it. If you don't think there are agendas at work to control all aspects of our lives, you are very naive.

[@ricknowhere]

Excellent and succinctly written 👏

[@lisathesquirrellady8994]

Mealworm burgers? Surely they are not classed as vegan ?

[@veganfortheanimals6994]

Conspiracy theorists never believe in just one conspiracy theory 🤔

[@Maxry-v2y]

They come in…..

[@gaiagreen2690]

They never believe that they are conspiracy theorists to begin with! To them the entire rest of the world is deluded, only they see the secret facts... 🙄

[@veganizeeverything2769]

Everything that animal agriculture tells people is one big conspiracy theory. Once you dig deep, you see it's all lies. It's like that with many of the VALID conspiracy theories, they're all events hyped up by the mainstream media.

[@Corilo91]

Yes! Most even believe conspiracy theories that actually disprove each others. 🤦‍♂ The lack of critical thinking is surreal.

[@The8BitPianist]

Maybe the 9/11 folks? I know little about that group, but the feel separate to me

[@animalrightsphotography]

I've been on a raw vegan diet for more than 16-years. I adopted it following a cancer diagnosis, and the cancer went away without medical intervention. Didn't we once have this conversation, Ed? Anyway, I certainly feel no compulsion towards animal based foods.

[@picante28]

so how did you know it went away?

[@animalrightsphotography]

@@picante28, My oncologist told me following CT scans and blood tests.

[@11235Aodh]

And they will put spontaneous remission on your health card, not crediting the plant based diet i'm sure :(.

[@tifrecara2956]

This video was sooo needed! not to mention extremely well done and subtly funny as well 😂 Great job as always! 🌱

[@truthfollie9145]

ah now, you gave it away!

[@ramblingsofthejewbans2013]

@ed.winters I've just started reading your new book and absolutely love it! I bought 2 copies when i first heard about it. Im hoping it will give me the knowledge and the confidence to become more active in the movement. Keep up the great work!

[@kaylamroch3539]

Honestly science could tell me that veganism was killing me and I wouldn’t stop. It’s about the animals, not me. Idk how you’re always so calm and collected in the face of such insane and ignorant opposition, Ed. I can’t think of anyone better to lead the cause 🫶🏻

[@Unmasking_Viandalisme]

It appears that V has already done a number on your sanity.. 😳🤣👍

[@kaylamroch3539]

@@Unmasking_Viandalisme so funny bro, good one 🙄 NEXT 🗣️

[@jimmyobrien8738]

​@@kaylamroch3539go one step further and avoid the pesticide holocaust

[@andreawalker7138]

Thank you for making this video. Hopefully it will resonate with many.

[@traceybaucom5755]

Love u more than anything but ur wrong about mm. The girl that died did not go to the doctor as he recommended. Please listen to both sides before you demonize someone. Otherwise great video. Remember, there is some truth in everything (for the most part).

[@tonja4824]

That's exactly what my mom thinks! She thinks that meat is the cure for everything and that plants are trying to kill you. 🙄

[@v.a.n.e.]

bless you! thumbs up for your wise mom!

[@matthewwilliams3827]

You should really be listening to mom.

[@bobbywalsh648]

She is smart

[@tamcon72]

Everyone in your replies is an idiot.

[@brixan...]

​@@v.a.n.e. Watch out, a potato!

[@SitaRam-my2ur]

It doesn't have to be so black and white. I believe in some things that might be considered conspiracy theories but I don't believe veganism has any connected to it. I have friends that are raw alkaline vegans that don't believe in the flat earth. I love you Ed but you tend to lump people into one category and generalize which is exactly what animal consumers do to vegans

[@c0ntr1but10n]

Totally, I love Ed for what he's good at but this video is corny, using the wildest statements he can find to generalise about this practically non-existent 'conspiracy theorist' stereotype he likes to mock. Everyone's a 'conspiracy theorist' - I've never met anyone who thinks we don't get lied to. Some people have a robotic fixation on science and rationality, both of which are fine and needed but intuition and instinct are a part of life too.

[@Garbage315]

It's common logic among religious scientism followers. Wants to expand veganism yet takes such a mocking belitting tone towards raw vegans, wonder if it's actually came across his mind that's actually profoundly helped some of us.

[@c0ntr1but10n]

@@Garbage315 I love the word scientism, thank you for using it. Most people don't even know what it means. I'd like to be mostly raw too.

[@johnnyfog8134]

That might be the biggest Challenge for the movement.

[@paulerlandson5777]

Spot on. Vegans are called to be compassionate AND rational. In fact, compassion without reason often turns into some version of hate or harm

[@BlackStar-yk7iz]

Ed needs to stay well out of this subject and out of politics because he doesn't really know what he's talking about, he's way off the mark. Ed just stick to what you know and do well

[@reenalupadhayay4315]

"Kale will kill you from the inside out" - That made me chuckle. I wonder how many people will fall for that, I am curious

[@Naomi-wm3uf]

I know you probably mean well Ed, but have you seen the endless testimonials of people that have healed themselves through medical medium information?

[@Janibobs]

Oh thank you for the comic relief this morning! 👌🤣

[@jean-chritophedesjarlais8435]

What, we're not supposed to question western medicine?

[@michaelt8388]

3rd leading cause of death

[@Ryan-wb1zu]

Ed, since you mentioned impossible food. I would love to hear your take on their dark history. Me personally, view it as the lesser of two evils. I went Vegan/plant based for the environment but I do truly wish all plant based food companies would label their products if they did animal testing on their products so the consumer is informed. I know this is touchy subject with the Vegan community and you seem the best at navigating these arguments.

[@glendaanderson4969]

Anthony Williams of Medical Medium is a Saint. He's been communicating to those spirits since he was 4yrs old so how would he have understood genetics? He's helped millions of people and thousands of doctors use his protocols. He's a silly dude, and you making fun of him for that is just pathetic.

[@myoozikNme]

His weirdness discredits his incredible information.. it’s a shame. But you don’t get that sort of an ability just being an average person..

[@glendaanderson4969]

@@myoozikNme Right?! Thank you for that. If the vegans could just see his protein robot impressions....

[@michaelscoots]

He saved my life where my science based certification in plant based nutrition failed.

[@marzettik]

This hurts my head. It's just so ridiculous. Thanks for talking about it.

[@LoversRfighters]

As a vegan, Ed please stick to what you know and understand. You're area is veganism. You can say what you want about medical medium but I personally know several people who have healed themselves from different diseases by following his advice including myself. Most people are like you...they get a lot of recognition and praise for their work then they start speaking on other areas as if they're experts on it. Jordan Peterson did the same talking nonsense about veganism when he should just stick to his area of expertise. You know veganism and present it in a strong convincing way but that doesn't mean you're correct or very logical in other areas. Being an atheist for example and believing in the fairy tale that countless complex life forms evolve from single celled organism and that simply put everything ultimately comes from nothing.

[@ricknowhere]

Indeed, I've listened to some of his videos when he articulates the compassionate arguments for veganism very well but alas he has shown his absolute lack of knowledge on so many other issues here. I can only guess he used Wikipedia and Google to do his 'research'. Sad really.

[@KarenWaller-e3y]

One of the best videos. It’s like listening to myself ranting in my kitchen every time I hear some ridiculous anti-vegan conspiracy nonsense….Only put far more eloquently 😁 Thanks Ed - this is bang-on about the threat this poses. Where I live it’s visible every day. It needs speaking out about.

[@CDAActivism]

1st

[@pegbuckner5074]

Love your sense of humor Ed!! Especially the part about a certain chiropractor!! 😂😂😂

[@michaelt8388]

The scientologist.

[@VEGANstattBRUTAL]

I love you for your vegan outreach and appreciate your achievements in this field, but concerning other topics I recommend you to not believe the hype, to me your talking points sound more and more like the woke ideology, leftist bullshit, socialist mentality of the mainstream, please think about it, most conspiracy theories turn out to be right, the world is controlled by crazy groups of people etc. I wish you re-concentrate on the most important topic of all - VEGANISM

[@discursion]

*”MOST CONSPIRACY THEORIES TURN OUT TO BE RIGHT”*

[@seitanbeatsyourmeat666]

What?

[@tamcon72]

This is not a fact-based comment.

[@sandralison7584]

Ed never said he is leftwing or rightwing or center ir anything. He just criticized anti-vegan arguments, made by people fom every political spectrum. He not only criticized right wingers who made anti-vegan statements, but he also criticised left wingers and so called "woke" people naking anti-vegans statements and using left wing arguments. He counters any anti-vegan argument regardless from were they come from.

[@sandralison7584]

​@@tamcon72 he is German, its normal in Germany, to have similar views like that. Its pretty mainstream and many Germans think that majority of conspiracys turned out right. Many people in Germany sadly can't read and understand scientific studies and people are generally very sceptical about many aspects of society. And he doesn't understand that many big cooperations he is afraid of actually are spreading them, like the meat industry for example. And somehow many gernans need to make anything political for some reason and see something as leftwing or woke or rightwing nazi etc..., without the person ever talking about politics. Its super annoying in the German internet. Even the most mundane and simple things are labeld with a political label.

[@waynesmith3014]

BRILLIANT, so well done.👍🏼 70 year vegan, no drugs, no disease, just good health. All power to you, this is a great service you are providing for those who are seeking change and have the will to do something about it. I grew up in farming country and as a working class child had to eat all manner of cheap animal protein. In my 20's lived in Britain for a few years and worked in a Bird's Eye factory making sausage mix for sausage rolls. After this experience vowed I would never eat this sort of food ever again, thus started my journey into vegetarianism and now as a vegan. We have lost sight of the simple principle of common sense which when all the facts are weighed up the choice that is made must be that which benefits the greater good and by that I mean not just the human greater good but the totality of all life on this planet and the natural systems on which life is dependant. 🙏🌳🌏🥗🥦🥑🍆🥕🌽🥜🍅🍌🍊🍉🍇🥥🌶🥒🍑🌰🍈🍍

[@BlissBlessHappiness]

Stay in centre (truly sceptical), you are going too far to the other side, the true middle path is always the best. This is a classical fallacy; over correction. One is a leftist communist as a youth, and than as an old man - one becomes far right poltically in one`s views; Aristotle pointed this out 2400 years ago, stay balanced. Sadly, science (though still preferable to opinions, to be sure) is also full of conspiracies, illogic and cognitive biases, well documented, to be sure.

[@NathalieRydell]

This.

[@sandralison7584]

He criticised anti scientific conspiracy theories, and conspiracy theories against veganism. He never said that the is left or right politically. He criticized all theories regardless fromwhat political spectrum they come. In previous videos he criticized left wing anti-vegans and thier arguments, as well as right wing anti-vegans and thier arguments.

[@discursion]

Can you say something more ambiguous, please? Where is he going too far, exactly?

[@NathalieRydell]

@@sandralison7584 fair enough 🙏 I just observe it a lot, that many people throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to topics, which are politicized. I love Ed and I am very thankful for his work 💚

[@BlissBlessHappiness]

Please re-read my comment, I used the point made by Aristotle to point to seeking (constantly) true balance not about right or left wing politics; going from one extreme to another.@@sandralison7584

[@pawsitivelyhealing]

Thank you for all you do earthling ed. I hope the sanctuary is doing well 💕

[@danielsykes7558]

13:50 this is why it's so important that vegans talk about these extremists Thanks Ed

[@Jakeassimilate]

Couldn’t have said it better myself! Grounding our beliefs in science is so important and the vegan movement won’t be taken seriously if we don’t continue to do that! ✌️

[@tylerjcranford]

This was very illuminating. Thank you, Ed.

[@hannahmitchell87]

Illuminating or illuminati...

[@weaponman3872]

Its funny that they say there's human in the impossible meat cut people lose fingers and sometimes more in the meat processing plant and sometimes that finger may just make it into the grinder and we all get a taste

[@MauroDraco]

I subscribe to your argumentation, Ed. In the end, welcoming unfounded conspiracy theories means rejecting the very capacity of discernment we have!

[@ambers.]

Needed this, 2 years as the only one but working on a husband and child to be vegan. Cooking at home to convince them has done a lot. We do not buy animal products. How they eat away from home matters tho. 💀

[@jean-chritophedesjarlais8435]

You may criticize raw veganism but one thing is for sure, it works miracles for oral hygiene.

[@Garbage315]

Raw vegan here for almost 8 years now, cured me of my crippling psoriasis and i've been flying high since. I can appreciate the work Ed is trying to do but he seems like a rigid believer in scientism and I don't care for any gatekeeping of anything "fringe" because scientism says no no. Believe me I've been through the ringer of "whole foods vegan" cooked garbage for many years trying to find answers to my problems, none of it worked until I found John Rose and found the real solution to health.

[@ValseInstrumentalist]

Why is "vegetarian lasagna" part of that guy"s "welcome to hell" speech. The the basic, traditional recipe for lasagna is vegetarian. Lasagna with meat is a separate thing. I think he meant to say "vegan lasagna". Which I make with homemade cashew cheeze and is bomb as hell.

[@JT-tm5vj]

Fantastic video!

[@mischabloor7194]

One of my favourite videos of yours. Well done 👏 👏 👏

[@TheZiros]

This really has nothing to do with the video here and you likely hear this a lot, but your channel and videos are what convinced me to go from vegetarian to full on vegan. Since my current lifestyle has been aiming towards the reduction of harm towards all living beings, vegan fits right in with it and the transition was actually incredibly easy. Your arguments and calmness really put things into a new perspective and I haven't seen many ever do this in a similar fashion. Keep up the good work and I wish all the best to you!

[@tom4412]

Thank you for supporting BASF , Bayer AG , Syngenta and the many others. I’m sure they are grateful to you for making the leap from vegetarian to veganism, and now even vegan Activist. Best wishes.

[@TheZiros]

@@tom4412I would love for you to explain, if you have the time and will to do such, so that I understand properly what your comment means.

[@tom4412]

@@TheZiros Being vegan you are supporting BASF, Bayer AG, Syngenta more than the Other 99.9 percent of the population that isn’t a Vegan Activist. Are you being paid to promote those and other corporations that manufacture Herbicides pesticides insecticides and fungicides. And then there’s the manufacturing of artificial fertilisers. It’s fair to say that in this age, fruit, vegetable and cereal growing relies heavily on artificial chemical production. This is very damaging to the environment. BLM- bug lives matter.

[@fiore1394]

Great video! Terribly overlooked subject. The amount of people that assume I am a hippy dippy, woo woo, "Alternative lifestyle" person when they find out I'm vegan is really annoying.

[@vasisimari92058]

Brilliant points as usual ! Good work, Ed!👍

[@StevenBull-n7x]

Very interesting talk Ed.Divide and rule springs to mind.

[@AaronMetallion]

My entire family started following a pure carnivore diet this year "to detox, and lose weight", after seeing me lose 30kg, (waist went from 38" to 32"), and I have the healthiest blood panel in my family. Though I do this for ethics, I've tracked and documented all my daily intake on Cronometer for a whole year, and eat like a scientist would (1.6/kg protein, DHA, 1.8x the non-heme iron paired with vitamin C ...). But they watch a few KZbin videos by carnivore influences, and decide that a high fat and meat diet is basically 'holistic medicine'. I don't know how you do it Ed. I'm moving out and becoming a solitary hermit.

[@JohnDoe-s3v2v]

Just keep on doing the right thing, brother. Army of one. 👊

[@joshwong800]

Ed leveling up!

[@tonyedwards6369]

I became a Vegan in 1967,mostly raw food, increasingly aware of how 'affordable' animal products are produced health concerns reinforcing the descision ...works for me. I notice health,look younger,live longer motivated (narcisists?) rarely stay the course ,remember Harvey and Marilyn Diamond 'fit fo life' ? and 'Natural Hygiene' society now called 'Health Science' The way organisations modify what they preach over time attempt to bolster flagging membership? . Catholic church ,fast days became fish. Earthling Ed or Dr Greger?

[@kaleidojess]

I'm tired of hearing about conspiracy theories regarding veganism because if someone is going to quit veganism they don't need a conspiracy theory to push them over the edge of that's all they need to quit.

[@nourishingelements]

I’ve been raw vegan 25 years. My physical exam cane back perfect.

[@tom4412]

Did your husband physically examine you

[@taylorhardaway8031]

Ed’s next book should be one that non vegans might pick up.

[@v.a.n.e.]

maybe, if he is going to write a book as a non-vegan, which is certainly not excluded.

[@LaGataSolar]

Ed I agree with you butttt I think keep an open mind is very important I say this because I have been highly raw vegan and followed medical mediums protocols and healed my rosacea. I’m vegan for the animals and eat high raw for health and vitality. I think it’s important not to satanize this. Science isn’t the end all be all. Either way, thanks ed I agree with everything else mentioned in the video.

[@glendaanderson4969]

I agree with you. I'd been ignored by doctors with Lupus until it turned into a severe chronic fatigue/Fibromyalgia flare that lasted a week. Couldn't handle lights, thinking, heat..horrific fireworks of pain throughout my body for days. Couldn't lift my limbs. I finally downloaded his revised book from libby, started celery juice, ordered supplements, avoided the trigger foods, and was functioning within a week and a half. Although it took a few months on protcols to get back to somewhat of a normal diet & lifestyle. I'm forever grateful for that information and people are complete fools for ignoring him. I found an NIH article about epstein barr vaccine clinical trails from May 6, 2022. Article states, " Approximately 1% of all EBV-infected individuals develop serious complications, including hepatitis, neurologic problems, or severe blood abnormalities. EBV also is associated with several malignancies, including stomach and nasopharyngeal cancers and Hodgkin and Burkitt lymphomas, as well as autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple sclerosis." This is copied and pasted from the article.

[@henrikpetersson3463]

Fully agree. It seems that he wants to provide “entertaining” content rather than actual insight. He could try inviting someone like Markus Rothkrantz for a talk instead of highlighting narcissistic nutcases like David Wolfe. I do however agree that Medical Medium is a con man (or just delusional). But I also think most people will heal most things following his diet, so I view it as quite harmless. His advice is not exactly unique. It’s just the explanations as to why it works that is sometimes bogus.

[@glendaanderson4969]

@henrikpetersson3463 His reasons are actually important. The sad thing is you can find pubmed or NIH studies on all of it but your doctor won't read them or listen to you in regards. People ask why we don't know this stuff is viral... because you can give someone MS, Alzheimer's, or any of the panoply of symptoms of diseases by just sharing a drink. The way they proliferate is different so not everyone will get sick or have symptoms. People need to understand that immune issues are viral to treat properly. I would consider my Rheumatologist who ignored me & told me to go home and take advil 4× per day, as bogus. Plus when people have flares they need to understand what's causing them so they can get better instead of just letting it get worse.

[@michaelscoots]

Exactly! Whole food plant based for 12 plus years and only healed from debilitating gut issues after following @medicalmedium If science and research is the end all be all then why during my coursework for a Plant Based certificate through eCornell did we learn that 99% is funded by big industry? Also, Medical Medium published that multiple sclerosis is caused by a strain of the Ebstein-Bar virus in 2015 and told people how to heal from it. However, only recently did Harvard Medical come out with a study stating their might be a connection - no advice on how to heal. Poach much? Hundreds of thousands healed from chronic illness but Ed would rather slander MM because apparently he’s not open after all. The girl he’s referring to was advised by MM to get an MRI. She also want doing the MM protocols. She was doing her own thing and was advised by her friends and caretakers to not seek medical care. They all just wanted to take MM down. Did the same to Jesus.

[@michaelscoots]

Exactly! I’ve been on a whole food plant based diet for 12 plus years and only healed from debilitating gut issues after following medical medium. If science and research is the end all be all then why during my coursework for Plant Based certification at eCornell U did we learn that 99% of science and research is funded by big industry? Also, medical medium published that multiple sclerosis is caused by a strain of the Epstein-Bar virus in his first book back in 2015 and told people how to heal from it. However, only recently did Harvard Medical come out with a study stating there might be a connection - no advice on how to heal. Poach much?! Hundreds of thousands healed from chronic illnesses but Ed would rather slander MM because apparently he’s not open after all. The girl he’s referring to was advised by MM to get an MRI. She also wasn’t doing MM protocols. She was doing her own thing and was advised by her friends and caretakers to not seek additional help. They all just wanted to take MM down. They did the same to Jesus.

[@Human_Herbivore]

I met Tim in the week before his fated water fast, at a vegan festival in Brighton. The odd thing was I was also going to do a 5 day water fast the very next week. I did fast and stopped after 5 days as planned and low and behold, I'm still vegan. 👍

[@pacmanmcgavin7034]

Fast or don't fast. You are biologically an omnivore.

[@Human_Herbivore]

@@pacmanmcgavin7034 which, by definition, means, I don't need to eat sentient beings.

[@pacmanmcgavin7034]

Not true for the collective. Upwards og 80% quit due to health complications.@@Human_Herbivore

[@Human_Herbivore]

@@pacmanmcgavin7034 no, we know none of them quit due to health. We also know that there was no distinction drawn between vegans, vegetarians and even people who just ate no meat for a couple of weeks then ate it again. The Faunalytics data didn't even say how many vegans there was, so, it could even be none. Please don't be fooled by false representation of what actually happened.

[@JohnDoe-s3v2v]

Very well done. A lot of people who "go vegan" are just doing it as an experiment for a few weeks (such as during Veganuary) and/or quit because of shallow reasons like social pressure (which is the number one reason people stop). Both of which completely skew the "how many people stay vegan" figures. Well done for not being shallow, and for taking ethics seriously. Great job. 👍

[@MiguelCarrizosa-u2e]

you should really do a debate about veganism at London Bussiness school. And you should also do a debate outside of the uks parliament

[@mcanqb]

Dunning-Kruger effect has ruined humanity. It hurts me knowing how anti-vegan propaganda is so prevalent. PS excellent episode. I really enjoyed it

[@ironjudas666]

the problem is pollution, not CO2

[@giovannipiacen85]

I guess it's sorted then! Please all scientists of the world, stop everything! Bob on KZbin has spoken!

[@ricknowhere]

Ed is so much out of his depth here. Sorry to see his acceptance of the mainstream and his narrow minded views on world issues. Also he would do well to draw the distinction between conspiracy and theory. I've been 'vegan' for nearly 30 years btw.