Welcome to Small Bite Sound Bites, a midweek segment of food for thought podcast where I,

your host Colleen Patrick-Gudrow, share short, succinct, thoughtful responses to typical

questions, myths, and misconceptions related to plant-based eating, veganism, and animal

protection.

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At some point, we started believing and telling each other that eating only plant foods

i.e. being vegan is extreme.

We started believing that there's something radical about eating fruits and vegetables

and nuts and seeds and grains and beans and mushrooms and herbs and spices.

Here's a little food for thought.

Next time you hear someone say that eating plants is extreme.

Extreme is bringing animals into this world only to kill them.

We breed to kill.

We bring life into this world for the purpose of ending it.

That is extreme.

Radical is having our chest cavities cut open to bypass arteries that are clogged as

the result of consuming animal fat and dietary cholesterol, which comes only from animals.

Living according to the values we say we have, compassion, kindness, wellness.

I mean, I guess that's extreme.

It's extremely consistent.

It's extremely wonderful.

Consuming a variety of nutritious, delicious, colorful plant foods that promote health.

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