Dave AspreyCreator of Biohacking, Longevity Expert & 4x NY Times Bestselling Author

What drives vegan propaganda.

Name: What drives vegan propaganda.
Uploaded: 2024-02-20T21:39:05+00:00
Duration: 7 s
Channel: Dave Asprey
Description: In this brief YouTube segment, two speakers debate common claims about veganism. Speaker A emphasizes that vegans constitute less than 4% of the…

20 Feb 2024 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube segment, two speakers debate common claims about veganism. Speaker A emphasizes that vegans constitute less than 4% of the population—fewer than gay individuals—and dismisses the notion that a vegan diet extends lifespan. Speaker A attributes the rise of vegan propaganda to a mix of animal‑rights activists, specifically PETA, and early‑20th‑century religious cultist movements. Speaker B asks where the idea that avoiding animal products leads to longer life originated and whether any empirical evidence supports it, to which Speaker A responds with a categorical denial of any longevity benefit.

So less than 4% of the population is vegan. There's actually more gay people than there are vegans, to be really, really clear.
So where did this notion come from that to live longer, it is a good idea to not eat animal? Where did that notion come from? And based off of your research, based off of humans who you have met, who live long, is there any validity to that?
There is no validity to the idea that being vegan makes you live longer. The idea of a vegan diet came from a combination of animal rights terrorists, they're known as PETA, as well as religious cultists going back to the early 1900s.