Leaving meat off our plates is best for animals and the planet, and it’s also great for a healthy digestive system.
To highlight this point, creative agency SAMY and production company Flamboyant Paradise have created a stinkin’ cute animation with a “moving” musical message: being vegan is good sh*t!
As the video’s singing poos will tell you, animal-derived foods lack the fibre our bodies need for optimum digestion. At the same time, plants are packed with nutrients to nourish the gut and provide fibre to curb constipation – now that’s some poowerful stuff! Watch it now and sing along:
Being Vegan Is Good Sh*t For Your Digestive Organs
The Gut Biome
Your gut biome is a miniature ecosystem populated by trillions of microscopic bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites.
As long as these all remain balanced, we’re good, but an imbalance – often caused by our diet – can spell trouble because this biome is considered by many to be the control centre for digestion and immunity and – as new research shows – impacts brain health.
An analysis of poop samples (yep, that’s a thing!) from 21,561 participants found that meat eaters’ bowel movements contain higher numbers of bacteria linked to inflammation associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Conversely, vegan mud had larger amounts of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) that nourish your gut lining, reduce inflammation, and help maintain healthy blood sugar levels.
The Intestines and Rectum
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans” and warns that consuming red and processed meats increases your risk of colorectal cancer.
Meanwhile, the International Agency for Research on Cancer warns that even one hot dog’s worth of processed meat increases your relative risk of cancer by 18%.
Conversely, a 2022 review of 49 studies involving 3 million people found that animal-free diets are protective against all digestive system cancers, including colorectal cancer.
The Pancreas
The pancreas is essential for digestion, secreting enzymes that break down sugars and starches for energy production. When our pancreas isn’t working well, it can lead to diabetes, pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer. Look after your pancreas, kids.
Citrus fruits, cruciferous veggies, beans, lentils, and wholegrains nourish the pancreas, and observational studies show far reduced diabetes risk among those on vegan and vegetarian diets versus other dietary patterns.
Further research shows that a healthy vegan diet was associated with a 44% reduction in the risk of pancreatic cancer. Because they’re lower in saturated fat and higher in fibre and antioxidants, Diabetes UK notes that wholefood animal-free diets “fit well with the current dietary guidelines for people with diabetes.”
Being Vegan Helps You Enjoy Toilet Time
More regular sh*t
Studies show that vegan diets rich in fruit and vegetables are higher in fibre and, therefore, associated with a higher bowel movement frequency. Regular movements are how your body disposes of waste and might even combat cognitive decline! So, vegans aren’t full of sh*t, and that’s science.
Better quality sh*t
Vegans who eat a balanced, largely whole foods diet don’t just have more frequent bowel movements but better quality stools, too! Chef’s kiss!
This means less time sitting and straining on the toilet (sorry TikTokers) and less chance of bloating, flatulence, rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids and anal fissures.
Being vegan is good sh*t for other organs, too!
Vegan Diet is Good Sh*t for Animals
While lowering our own risk of colorectal cancer and other potentially deadly diseases is a great reason to go vegan, there are trillions more in the form of the thinking and feeling individuals eaten by humans each year.
Every animal is someone, and each of them, from the tiniest fish to the largest cow, deserves to be treated with respect and compassion. To feed our appetite for flesh, some 78 million land animals are slaughtered each year, most having spent their lives on cramped factory farms where they are denied everything that comes naturally to them.
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