What Percentage of the World is Made up of Vegans?
Posted by Psymbolic on May 15, 2008 · Member since Nov 2007 · 4 posts
It seems that our company of fellow Vegans is growing quite steady. I just had a Vegan Fast Food restaurant open up down the road from me!!!
So I keep wondering "How many are We?"
I also was curious how many members were on Vegweb???
Since Hindus regard cows as sacred, and keep them and treat them well, I guess that goes hand in hand with enjoying their milk as a religious gift...?
Hm! Well, I was just going from what my acquaintance from India told me..but maybe there was a misunderstanding! ??? Also, the Indian restaurant here (our only vegan option) is mostly vegan..but I guess since it's not ALL vegan..that doesn't really mean anything..
It may look vegan, but they cook almost everything in Ghee. I wish India was mostly vegan, that'd be awesome. Unfort., even vegetarianism is in fast decline there.
Hm! Well, I was just going from what my acquaintance from India told me..but maybe there was a misunderstanding! ??? Also, the Indian restaurant here (our only vegan option) is mostly vegan..but I guess since it's not ALL vegan..that doesn't really mean anything..
It may look vegan, but they cook almost everything in Ghee. I wish India was mostly vegan, that'd be awesome. Unfort., even vegetarianism is in fast decline there.
Yeah, my Indian friend also told me a little about this too. Meat is considered a status symbol and a mark of affluence in India and many developing countries. Boo.
Since Hindus regard cows as sacred, and keep them and treat them well, I guess that goes hand in hand with enjoying their milk as a religious gift...?
From what I've been told, one reason Hindus revere the cow as sacred is because the cow gives them milk, and milk is considered a "giver of life" for so many people.
Since Hindus regard cows as sacred, and keep them and treat them well, I guess that goes hand in hand with enjoying their milk as a religious gift...?
From what I've been told, one reason Hindus revere the cow as sacred is because the cow gives them milk, and milk is considered a "giver of life" for so many people.
Ah, indeed. And as far as health goes... I can see why they might think that. Since (from what I've heard) most of the milk Indians eat/drink is whole, fresh, unpasteurised milk and home made yoghurt and cottage cheese (paneer)... if this was the only animal protein you ate, combined with a vegetable-rich vegetarian diet, it ought to be healthy/digestible enough. Thus the revering. *shrugs*
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