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8 Nations Going Vegetarian, Proving To The World Less Is MoreEnvironment · Health ·

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August 22, 2015 by Amanda Froelich
 These countries have decreased their consumption of animal products dramatically!
blueberries-864628_1280Did you know? In 2010, the United Nations released a report urging

the world to adopt a predominantly plant-based diet, for its environmental and health implications.

Since the turn of the century,

interest in vegan and vegetarian diets has dramatically increased!
In fact, a number of nations are making headlines with their sustainable commitments, some

of the most notable ones listed below.
According to an article in the New Zealand Herald, the increase is fueled by a motivation

to help prevent disease, environmental degradation, and animal suffering on factory farms.
Explains the author:
“A decade ago, the vegan diet was considered whacky, if not plain risky.

Vegans were seen as un-fun characters who lived on dandelion tea and brown rice. Now,

eating vegan is seriously cool.” 

Following are eight other countries ditching meat and lessening their carbon footprint

by embracing a delicious, plant-based lifestyle:


 1) Spain As shared by this article published last year in The Guardian,

there is a growing population of vegetarians and vegans in the country of Spain:
“Spanish people have a reputation as diehard meat eaters. But in recent years, as the number

of vegan or vegetarian restaurants in Spain has doubled, there are signs of change.” The author continues, “

The idea that we should, at the very least, eat less meat is increasingly common in Spain, as in

many other parts of Europe.”

 2) The United KingdomThe UK is quickly following in the footsteps of the United States health-wise,

which is why news of one in eight British adults now following a vegetarian or vegan diet is positive news.
Interestingly, 12% of the population now identifies as ‘vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’,

but that percentage jumps to 20% for people between the ages of 16 and 24. That’s not all:

millions more in the UK are “flexitarians,”

meaning they have cut back on their meat consumption dramatically, but still consume it now and again.
3) Sweden Not only has the nation run out of garbage and is importing trash

from neighboring countries to burn for fuel, its government is contemplating a “meat tax.”

You can learn more about that here.
That said, it should as no surprise, then, that nearly 10% of the country now identifies

as vegetarian or vegan – and the millennial generation is leading the way.
Animal Rights Sweden conducted a poll and learned that in the past five years,

the number of vegetarians in the country has increased by 4%!
4) IsraelAn article published by JSpaceNews last year showcases the growing vegan

population in Israel. It is estimated that at the time of publication,

there were nearly 300,000 vegans in the tiny country – making up 4% of its total population.
According to the author: “That makes Israel the vegan capital of the world,

with more people per capita eschewing all animal products in their diet than any other nation.”
Credit: BloomforLife.orgCredit: BloomforLife.org
 5) IndiaThis largely vegetarian country became even more veg-friendly last year!

As the Mercy for Animals blog relays, last year, the Indian city Palitana became

the first all-vegetarian city in the world.
Monks in this country spurred this revolutionary change by going on a hunger strike to

pressure the state of Gujarat to outlaw animal slaughter in their city. Their efforts proved

to be successful, and shortly after,

the government imposed a ban on animal slaughter and outlawed the sale of meat and eggs.
6) GermanyIt may seem shocking that the nation renowned for Bratwurst is now home to over 7

million vegetarians, but the demand for plant-based products is only increasing.
Even the nation’s 200-year-old Oktoberfest, a meat-laden annual German beer festival,

has started serving delicious vegan versions of traditional favorites to satiate attendees’ appetites.
In addition, the owner of Veganz, an all-vegan supermarket chain based in Germany,

has ambitious plans of opening 60 more stores by the year 2020, due to popular demand!
7) CanadaAccording to results from a survey of Canadian food consumption for 2013, citizens

in this nation have decreased their meat consumption by almost 10%(!) since the year 2011.

A general decrease was noted

across all meat categories, but the most noteworthy decline was seen in pork consumption,

with a decrease of 4.5%.
Not only that, last year The Huffington Post Canada highlighted Canada’s growing trend away

from the consumption of milk. It seems consumption of dairy products has dropped 25% as

more nutritious, humane and

dairy-free alternatives (like soy and almond milk) have become available.
8) The United StatesThe country is doing something right in its quest to curb skyrocketing diseases

of affluence (like Diabetes, Cancer, and heart disease) by reducing its consumption of animal products.

Google even recently

tried to buy-out a Vegan ‘cheeseburger’ company in the States.
Other private investors are putting millions into vegan food start-ups, like Bill Gates who is

an die hard fan of Beyond Meat, and Hampton Creek Foods, which garnered the attention of Asia’

s richest businessman,

Li Ka-Shing, along with a $23 million investment.
That’s not all:

global market research company Mintel recently discovered that 36% of Americans

purchase meat alternatives every once in a while. (Perhaps for Meatless Mondays?)

 Consuming more plant-based foods is one of the best things you can do for the environment and

your health. And guess what? It doesn’t have to be disgusting, boring, or hard.

TrueActivist has already shared some healthy inspiration, such as “

5 Best Ways To Eat More Bananas,” and the “Top 7 Vegan Sources of Protein.”
It’s easier than ever to get started today and start living a vibrant, eco-friendly lifestyle.

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8國吃素，環境·健康·健康食品·新聞

2015年8月22日 
 這8國家減少動物產品的消費顯著！
藍莓， 你知道嗎？ 2010年，聯合國公佈了一份報告，敦促世界各國採取主要以植物為基礎的飲食，

其對環境和健康的影響。自世紀之交，在素食主義者和素食的興趣大大增加！
事實上，一些國家正在成為頭條新聞與可持續發展的承諾，一些最顯著的那些下面列出。
據新西蘭先驅報的一篇文章中，增加得益於一個動機，以幫助預防疾病，環境惡化

，以及動物的痛苦工廠化養殖場。
解釋作者：
“十年前，純素飲食被認為是怪誕的，如果不是純風險。

素食主義者被認為是誰住的蒲公英茶和糙米無趣字符。現在，吃素食主義者是嚴重很酷。“

以下是其他八個國家開溝肉和擁抱美味，植物為基礎的生活方式，減輕他們的碳足跡：


?1）西班牙正如本文中的衛報公佈的去年的共享，有素食主義者在西班牙國家不斷增長的人口：
“西班牙人民有一個美譽死忠肉食者。但近年來，隨著素食主義者或素食餐館在西班牙的人數增加了一倍，

有改變的跡象。“筆者繼續說，”我們應該，最起碼，少吃肉類的想法是在西班牙越來越普遍，

在歐洲的其他許多地方“。

2）英國英國很快跟隨美國健康的角度來看，這就是為什麼八分之一的英國成年人

現在遵循素食或純素飲食的消息是利好消息的腳步。
有趣的是，人口的12％，現在確定為“素食主義者”或“素食主義者”，但這一比例跳躍到20％，

16至24歲之間的人這還不是全部：數百萬人在英國是“flexitarians，”意他們已經削減他們的肉類消費量大幅提升，

但現在又還在使用它。
3）瑞典不僅擁有全國跑出來的垃圾，並從鄰國進口垃圾焚燒的燃料，其政府正在考慮一個“肉稅”。

你可以了解更多有關在這裡。
這就是說，它應該是毫不奇怪，那麼，近10％的地區，現在確定為素食者 - 和新千年一代則是開路先鋒。
動物權利瑞典進行的一項民意調查，並了解到，在過去的五年裡，在該國素食者的數量增加了4％！
4）以色列通過JSpaceNews去年發表的一篇文章展示了不斷增長的人口的素食主義者在以色列。

據估計，在出版時，有近30萬素食主義者在這個小國 - 構成了總人口的4％。
據筆者：“這使得以色列在世界的素食主義者的資本，

人均避開所有動物產品在他們的飲食比其他任何國家更多的人。” ?

5）印度這主要是素食主義者的國家變得更加素食友好去年！由於憐憫動物博客繼電器，

去年，印度城市帕利塔納成為第一個全素食城市在世界上。
僧侶在這個國家通過去絕食迫使古吉拉特邦取締屠殺動物在他們的城市刺激了這一革命性的變化。

他們的努力被證明是成功的，而不久後，政府強加在動物屠宰的禁令，並禁止銷售的肉和蛋。
6）德國這似乎令人震驚的是全國著名的香腸，現在家裡超過700萬素食者，

但對於植物為基礎的產品的需求有增無減。
即使是美國的200歲的啤酒節，一葷一素載貨一年一度的德國啤酒節，

已經開始供應的傳統美食美味的素食主義者版本吃飽喝足與會者的胃口。
此外，Veganz的老闆，總部設在德國的全素食主義者連鎖超市，

已開業60多個門店到2020年的雄心勃勃的計劃，由於大眾需求！
7）加拿大據加拿大食品消費量為2013年的調查結果，

市民在這個國家已經自今年2011年普遍下降注意到所有的肉類別近10％（！）

下降的肉類消費量，但最值得一提的跌幅看到豬肉消費，以減少4.5％。

不僅如此，去年赫芬頓郵報加拿大強調了加拿大的發展趨勢遠離牛奶的消費量。

這似乎乳製品消費量下降了25％，隨著越來越多的營養豐富，人性化和乳製品替代品

（如大豆和杏仁奶）已成為可用。
8）美國該國正在做正確的事情在尋求減少動物產品的消費，遏制財富的暴漲疾病

（如糖尿病，癌症和心臟疾病）。谷歌最近甚至試圖買斷一個素食主義者“漢堡”公司在美國。
其他私人投資者正在把數以百萬計成純素食品初創公司，比如比爾·蓋茨是誰超越肉類的死忠粉絲，

和漢普頓河食品，其中囊括了亞洲最富有的商人，李嘉誠的注意，再加上$ 23日萬美元投資。
這還不是全部：全球市場調查公司Mintel的最近發現，美國人36％的同時，每購買一次肉的替代品。

（也許對於無肉星期一？）

消耗更多的植物性食物是你能為環境與健康做的最好的事情之一。你猜怎麼著？它不必是噁心，

無聊或硬盤。 TrueActivist已經分享了一些健康的靈感，如“5最好的方式多吃香蕉，”和“蛋白質的前7素食來源。”
這是比以往更容易上手今天開始過著充滿活力，環保的生活方式。分享這篇文章，下面的評論你的看法。
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