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When I die, turn me into soup (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Ultragigagigantic to c/memes

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Not the same person, but I'm in a similar position, just further along. Getting meat out of my diet was actually really trivial. Cheese is the big problem.

Fully vegan when I cook at home, but vegan options in restaurants and fast food are non-existent where I live, so I have cheese whenever I eat out. I've also come to terms with the fact I can never be fully vegan because I have 2 cats who need their cat food.

[–] gorysubparbagel 37 points 8 months ago

That's still a big improvement. Even if you don't go full vegan, cutting out meat has massive benefits

[–] Jon_Servo -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Dairy contains a morphine-like substance so baby calves are drawn to it. Cheese is literally addictive.

While many scientists believe cats to be obligate carnivores, one study attempted to show that many of the studies conducted in plant-based diets to not show any detrimental effects, when the test wasn't conducted poorly or there was already a selection bias in place.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9860667/

Just something to consider. This doesn't cement veganism for domestic felines, but it does show that better studies need to be conducted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Cheese is literally addictive

I'm aware, but I don't eat cheese out of choice. The times I do eat cheese are because I'm in a restaurant with family/friends and my options are being hungry the whole night, eating meat, or eating a salad with cheese in it. With those options, I take the cheese. Again, I don't eat cheese at home.

This doesn’t cement veganism for domestic felines, but it does show that better studies need to be conducted

Fair enough. I'll keep an eye out, but I'm immediately skeptical because unlike us humans, cats are naturally carnivorous.