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[–] 32 points 1 month ago (19 children)

If you live in a first world country, living vegan is honestly not a problem at all. And of course I'm not counting the US here. These guys are just poor people that are challanged enough already.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It's actually cheaper in the US, to note. The lowest income groups in the US are the one exactly the most likely to be vegan or plant-based

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    I think I would have a tough time with going full vegan. Vegetarian sounds like I could do it easily. I enjoy a lot of vegetarian dishes regularily and will often prefer vegetarian options over meat based dishes.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Can always start there then keep going. I will say a lot of people who ultimately go vegan also thought they never could do it. There's some communities on lemmy with some good recipes if you want inspiration

    !veganrecipes@sh.itjust.works

    !veganhomecooks@lemmy.world

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

    I mean, your country can be rich but it does not mean it's easy being vegan and even if its, often there is still an economic impact on going vegan that poorer people cannot afford

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Even with subsidies, it's still cheaper if you compare to whole-plant based diets and real world spending data. It's only the pre-made plant-based meats and similar that are more expensive because they don't yet have the same economies of scale

    Seems like you are from Italy based on your instance? Studies have found overall costs lower in Italy for plant-based diets

    https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-and-healthier-oxford-study

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago

    Yeah in Italy overall the price of meat is higher than plants but where i live, if i compare the quantity of meat and plants needed for a full meal, they are almost at the same prices especially where i live since we have plenty of meat to export anyway, the point was not about me but about others, i could prolly be vegetarian with little problems (not vegan, i could not) but I am not very healty so i'd rather not gamble with what i eat too

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