Recent content by Mathilde

Thanks for your comment, it's interesting to hear about the constraints and possibilities you're working with.

There is still a lot more lobbying money on the side of animal products than "vegan propaganda", so I think you're overstating the power of said "propaganda". Also, I would really like a reliable source to corroborate what you are saying, because my understanding of how B12 naturally occur...

All valid points. The problem is always the same - whether we want the outcome to be "eat more meat" or "eat less meat", those of us that don't agree with the results will be skeptical as to their reliability given the interests at stake. If everyone was happy and able to eat whole foods (with...

Macksy, I've already answered this question. It's a degree assignment, not a funded PhD or a commissioned report I'm writing! Right now I'm funded by the student loan company, until I've slowly repaid all my uni fees in full many years from now. Then I'll have technically funded myself. Happy...

Hey Topground, well, I just don't think saying something a Nazi leader said was right can be expected as a normal response to a call for contributions to a student assignment, I can't believe how uncontroversial your view on the matter has been on this thread, but I appreciate that perhaps you...

Hey there Muddyroads, haha, do I detect a hint of sarcasm in your comment about open-mindedness? Don't worry, it made me smile, not take offense, because yes, actually, I think humans are all naturally pretty narrow-minded by default and we owe it to ourselves and each other to try and stretch...

Thank you for your honest comment and for your kind invitation. I'm going to have to pass on visiting you purely because I am a bit too broke to travel out of Devon at the moment, and have very full days working in the daytime and putting together my assignment evenings and weekends, and tending...

Haha that's the perils of buying super processed foods without looking closely at what we're eating, as we all do sometimes! And as someone on a plant-based diet, I have to agree, there have been times when I've tried plant-based versions of animal-based products and wondered if a meat company...

And I'd rather have a nice homemade lentil stew :D but hey, a lot of people love their junk food. What can you do. I find it amazing we're not properly taught about cooking and nutrition at school (at least we didn't when I went to school!).

That's a fair point, again, I'm no Harvard-trained nutritionist so I can't dispute that! I think whether our diets contain meat or not, they're far removed from what we've evolved to thrive on, these days. I also think we seem to have evolved to be able to thrive with or without meat as long as...

Hey there, yes, well, I tend to be wary of figures claimed by big business and aired by the media too, to be fair, so I understand your frustration. I haven't found any paper I found 100% reliable on "the truth" about GHG emissions, land and water use of different products in different...

Hey there, if you feel you should, then please do, that's fair enough. I'd hope that a university I specifically chose to attend because it holds progressive values would not be too shocked that I would be a bit offended by nazi apologism when all I asked for was expert insights from a subset of...

Hi Frank, I'm sorry if I didn't come across as reasonable to you, and I for one do not suspect your own dietary choices are leading you to fail to understand what I was saying just because you presume I don't eat meat and I presume you do. I'm sorry if you didn't think I was being very...

Hi Jackov, ah, how refreshing that you're willing to engage with me on the actual subject, honestly, it's far nicer than being called condescended for being a bit upset by nazi sympathising. What's offensive is pretty subjective, but even without going into "people with a different ideology than...

Hi there Lincoln, thanks, you may be feeling critical but at least that's a constructive statement! Ha, if only I could summarise all my findings in a short paragraph. My study does not aim to assess the merits of the meat/no meat stances, I keep having to explain that on this thread, I don't...