Veganism as a new food-culture

In a country like India, where numerous animals, birds are mercilessly slaughtered in the name of religious rituals, sacrifices and consumption, in contrary also experiences the high rate of obesity and high mortality rates in the name of health issues. 

So, few days back I was going through an Indian Female Youtuber's Channel which is most probably a food vlog where she not only talked about her resolution on having vegetarian food once a week but also talks about the 'Vegan' Culture. The video fascinated me a lot since the way people were starting to adapt to the new food culture is indeed interesting. 

'Vegan', the word's usage or introduction dates back to the 1840s. Donald Watson coined the term vegan in 1944 when he co-founded the Vegan Society in England . At first he used it to mean ''non-diary vegetarian'', but from 1951 the Society defined it as ''the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals. However, the interest in the particular doctrine increases in 2010 and in the latter half. 

As per few rules, the vegans do not even use any products be it cosmetics or medicines that are being previously  tasted on animals. They believed that no animals should be harmed for the survival of human. 

 Vegan diets tend to be higher in dietary Fibres,Magnesium,Folic acid,Vitamin C,Vitamin E,Iron and Phytochemicals and lower in Dietary Energy,Saturated fat,Cholestorol,Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids,Vitamin-D,Calcium,Zinc and Vitamin B,and therefore vegetarian diet is not much recommened to the pregnant women and adolescents specially. 

However, a huge study of Seventh Day ,Adventists says, who ate little or no meat showed longevity of life span increased by 7.28 years in men and 4.42 years in women. Also an average life span could increase by 3.6 years with a complete vegetarian diet, moreover few plant supplements could nourish the immunity system.  A vegetarian diet also reduces the risks of cancer which is of much probability for non-veg eaters.

Veganism as a dietary revolution could not only uplift the health strata of the society but also decrease the amount of killings which goes on for human consumption.

Indeed, consuming veggies all the time looks boring but there are at present large options in the vegan food pantry too with different vegetables,staples,nuts,deserts and many more to constitute different delicious recipes to never bore the taste buds.

Although,it won't be possible for the people in India to go for vegeterian food daily but one can follow the Vegan-Diet once a week which could necessarily bring a drastic change in the terms of health as well as survival of animals.

By Rajashree Das