Turning the Tables
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
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🗓️ 27 March 2007
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Vegetarians and vegans often find themselves having to defend not only their own eating habits but vegetarianism and veganism as a whole - both philosophically and nutritionally. When it comes to health, those aiming for a plant-based diet are definitely on the right track, especially considering how few vegetables people are eating these days. When it comes to ethics, they are merely trying to live a life that reflects compassion. I think it's time we turn the tables and start holding each other accountable for the better choices we can ALL be making. If we turn the tables, we can stay focused on the issues at hand: ending animal cruelty and improving our physical and emotional well-being. I also suggest that we take back the word "agenda," something animal advocates are accused of having, and I offer my thoughts about the question: "Do you think you're 'morally superior' to me because you're vegan and I'm not?" Finally, I share some of my favorite communication strategies that might help us all find common ground so we can stop attacking one another and begin addressing the bigger picture. In other words, can't we all just get along?
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| 0:00.0 | And I'm Welcome to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Gudreau from Compassionate Cooks. I founded Compassionate Cooks to empower people, to make |
| 0:25.4 | informed food choices, and to debunk myths about vegetarianism and animal rights. You can |
| 0:31.1 | learn more about who we are and what we do by visiting our website, |
| 0:35.0 | compassionate cooks.com. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi everybody, I hope you're all doing fantastically well. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm always happy to hear from all of you and to hear your |
| 0:44.0 | suggestions for topics. There's so much to cover, there's so much to say, there's so much |
| 0:49.0 | to say about food and nutrition and animal rights and social interactions and our own reaction. and which to say it and I'm thrilled to know this podcast is helping some of you with |
| 1:04.4 | your questions and challenges and I'm also thrilled to have your support through |
| 1:09.3 | the sponsorships which really help keep this going. Today's sponsor is from a listener named Wade Spital, |
| 1:16.0 | Spital, Wade, you got to tell me how to pronounce your name. |
| 1:18.0 | Sorry about that, Wade Spital. |
| 1:20.0 | Wade and I exchanged emails a few months back and he wrote me a really nice email. |
| 1:26.1 | He said, I recently got an iPod and I've been listening to your Food for Thought Podcast. |
| 1:30.5 | It's so refreshing to hear a voice of compassion and reason about an issue that's so important |
| 1:35.3 | and get so little play in the mainstream media. |
| 1:39.6 | I really appreciate your firm and caring stance for the animals. The welfare of animals |
| 1:44.9 | has always been my main reason for being a vegetarian and it's nice to hear this |
| 1:48.6 | perspective expressed with intelligence and humor. Thank you, Wade. I really appreciate that. |
| 1:54.0 | That's really sweet. |
| 1:55.0 | As some of you, listeners know, I strongly believe in the concept of speaking your truth, |
| 2:00.0 | of being authentic, of letting go, of fear, of being clear about our intentions in any |
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