I’m sympathetic to the vegan cause because I think fundamentally there’s a disdain for the practices of the food industry behind it. I was vegan for a few years, and vegetarian before that for even longer. There are definitely returns on eating less processed foods, but those returns seem to be diminishing after the first year or so. Seems like a lot of people are realizing this as I’m seeing a number of people I know moving away from veganism.

For me, I think it was the bioavailability of protein and nutrients. I feel much healthier with meat as a big part of my diet, and often get comments on how much healthier I look now compared to before. Of course exercise is part of that too.

I still think our food system is fucked. I found a local regenerative Buffalo farm where I am and I’m happy to support them. I can’t always eat like this, but I’m trying to be more aware of the food systems I support. So I think that’s something vegans and carnivores probably have in common.