I need to grab Ed Winters' book at some point. I think I've compiled most of the talking points people use to argue against veganism.So I've been on a road trip the recent weeks from Poland, through Slovakia, Austria, and Hungary and soon going to Slovenia and the Balkans...
I use Happycow to find vegan restaurants and man, I'm so impressed how many vegan restaurants I can find now even in rather random places with relatively small populations.
Vienna in particular so far has been super easy for veganism. It has a few dozen vegan restaurants (though many are branches of the same chain), two completely vegan supermarkets (and any regular supermarket has tons of vegan food), a vegan bakery, a vegan smoothie/acai bowl bar, 10 or so locations of a purely vegan ice cream chain, and whatever else you may need including a vegan hair salon and a vegan tattoo studio.
I've also noticed a very interesting relationship regarding the availability of vegan restaurants and the vibe of the city.
Namely, if a city has some nice, modern, healthy vegan restaurants (not some shitty fast food vegan joints), then it's most likely going to be a place where I feel good.
If there are no such restaurants, the place often has a backward feel (since a lack of vegan restaurants indicates that people are rather traditional and tourists who come there are the same as well).
Here are some photos of food, everything from 100% vegan places:
Vegan Vietnamese in Vienna:
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Super clean and nice vegan cafe in Bratislava:
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Vegan ice pops in Budapest:
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Surf-style vegan smoothie/acai bar in Vienna (everything certified organic):
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Vegan pizza in Vienna (certified organic as well):
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And a super funny thing I saw while checking out one vegan restaurant:
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- "animals don't feel as much as humans"
- "You can't get enough nutrients on a vegan diet"
- "Babies can't be fed vegan diets" (need to confirm this, I don't know)
- "It's annoying to check labels"
- "How do you have muscles while being vegan?"
- "My [family member] tried it and got [some aliment because they didn't think of vitamins]"
- "Soy has phytoestrogen = testosterone is gone"
- "Soy kills more animals than meat."
- "I like the taste of meat"
- "Veganism costs a lot more" (I calculated my food bill has gone from £250 to £300)
- "It's inconvenient."
- "But us killing animals is the circle of life - Kill or be killed"
- "Do you get B12?"
- "Has your gym performance gone down?"
- "Veganism isn't natural"
- "What do we do with all of the animals we don't kill? They'd overrun the planet because of how many there are"
- "Life is better lived than not at all"
- "They are killed humanely"
- "Plants still feel"
- "The world is an awful place, it'll happen anyway"
- "What about bacon?"
The "Where do you get your protein?" one always makes me laugh and think of MJ's profile pic.
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