Why vegan? What are the advantages? And how do I do to start eating vegan food? These are some of the questions that today we will respond to you. Veganism in Valparaiso is a report fact Siimes Jana and Daniela Prieto.
Searching our responses were to walk around the streets of the world's most beautiful city, Valparaíso. Ecuador uphill No. 2 stairs we find beautiful and the restaurant Govindas. Entering the house colors, music and scents change. We are in India. Govinda is a vegetarian restaurant Hare Krishna community, told us Yayavati, who works there. "I wonder what it means to be vegan?
- There are several types of vegetarians in fact, the concept arises from the concept vegetarian vegan, vegetarian or vegan, then drift branches that is a strict vegetarian, vegan call that happened years ago. This vegan, what's going to do is not eat any type of ingredient that comes from animals. Whether eggs, meat, fish, shellfish, milk, wool, hides, honey, any kind of ingredient or product that is of animal origin.
We ask ourselves what are the reasons for not eating animal products. Yayavati replied that the reasons we rely on the person. Some reasons are:
- ethical, not wanting to kill an animal brother
- religious, as in the case of the Hare Krishna for his sacred cow
- health for a better quality of healthy life
; But perhaps, the most suitable for us is the environmental and social impact.
Yayavati briefly explains what is happening in the world respect the theme
- Because need 10,000 liters of water to produce 10 Kg. meat, and a tenth to produce the same amount of grain. That is, if you took that amount of water for the production of cereal grains or there would be more hunger in the world.
- The livestock enterprises are the most toxic gases emitted over the environment, gases like methane and carbon dioxide. It also causes water pollution, deforestation of tropical forests and native forests. Natural areas are being used for livestock production which eventually will be a chain of destruction.
seems Yayavati has every reason not to consume animal products. In fact, gas production from livestock are equivalent to transport gases, 18% of total emissions of carbon dioxide according to the FAO (Organization of the United Nations Agriculture and Food .)
as regards water is exploited fisheries resources and marine life around the world. At the moment 75% of fish stocks are either fully exploited or overexploited. Fishing in general industrial and operated by large multinationals.
But what is wrong then the milk or the egg?
Are also affecting our land and natural resources. According to data provided by Aldo Cerda (Chile Forest Area Foundation) requires 1,000 liters of water to produce one liter of milk - for production and transportation.
Will some vegans believe in Valparaiso? What do we own? To further investigate the matter went to talk to the vegan Buenos Aires, Katy and Rafaela. The girls are nice and give us a bowl of oatmeal and fruit with nuts, nutritious and healthy!
tells more about what is happening in the land of Amazonas and indigenous cultures that live there.
- The Amazon is the green lung of the world and gives us 50% of all the oxygen we have in the world. Then there in the Amazon have their soy plantations, cattle feeding and we are running out of the green lung of the earth, "Rafaela.
- And destroy the ethnic groups are there in the Amazon no longer have the same living conditions as before. They must change their whole way of life and lose their culture. They have to move from there because they are virtually forced to leave that place, because they have to deal with their land, says Katy.
The girls tell us about the Chilean industry to dairy and eggs.
- Milk brings quantities of antibiotics because the teats of cows, being so exploited was hurt. So for those wounds you have in your tits, they put the antibiotic. As the milk comes out of the teats with the antibiotic that put them. So we are taking all this antibiotic in addition to the blood that comes out because the extraction of the milk is not doing naturally, not the calf that is taking the milk if because it is a totally artificial machine, so we drink milk with blood and antibiotics, says Rafaela.
- The vaquita is they put a catheter in the tits, to absorb all the milk and when they stop the probe is when you run out of milk and if it detects some blood is because there are no milk. They always say, is that we need to process because we know that milk is not suitable for humans, but also need to be processed for that, because blood carries.
Being a vegan or vegetarian to turn is fighting against all the capitalist system, says Yayavati and continues;
- The person making the decision to become a vegan needs to know that going to face a world that is against their eating way of being. Then somehow he's going to be an anarchist at this time. In the conceptual form of his nature, then he has to prepare, not only in knowledge but also in the practice of what is going to be a responsible power.
- And eat well, be aware that being vegetarian or vegan is a choice, but that will involve a responsibility to really care for one to eat well .
And if I feel all alone doing my vegan or need to talk to someone about any questions or thoughts, How do I meet other people? Is there a group of vegans Valparaiso?
Yayavati Govindas restaurant belongs to the global group Revolution of Spoon. She explains how the group works in Valparaiso.
- Work Revolution of Spoon, a group of young vegetarians, vegans and environmentalists who make efforts to spread awareness environmental care and animals.
- The revolution is with a spoon, or with the gun or the pen. Simply remove the meat from the dish and replace the knife for a spoon. Thus one can make revolution taking action with your own hands. A peaceful revolution.
bucket Revolution meet in Ecuador Rise No. 2 every Friday for 18 hours. Welcome Yayavati said.
As vegan food I practice? First you have to study the food and food because there are many myths false nutrition. What are the foods to be replaced at a vegan dish?
My colleague Daniela Prieto investigated the issue of nutrition pyramid, the comparison between a diet with animal and plant origin.
- The food pyramid is a pyramid where all the food stands in the proportions that one you have to eat to live a balanced and healthy diet.
- To find replace you have to consume dairy products rich in calcium. What foods are rich in calcium in the plant kingdom? Broccoli is high in calcium, spinach, soy milk, margarine, sesame is rich in calcium and sunflower seeds. And instead of meat you can also replace with minimum 2 servings a week of vegetables, chickpeas, soybeans, lentils, tofu, pistachios, almonds, walnuts and peanuts. That is the small difference between the pyramid with meat and without meat, and there are plenty of options. Taking more walnuts, canola oil that has much omega 3 and replace the things that has fish.
rich in search of recipes for vegan I went to talk with another vegetarian restaurant in Valparaiso, the Bamboo has spent 25 years serving vegetarian and vegan dishes to locals and tourists visiting the city.
- Think of a cup for example soy meat, 2 chopped onions and seasonings to taste. Sauté onion in a pan with very little oil. When juice starts to drop, change colors, add dried beef and soya. Soy meat is soaked not because it will take an unpleasant taste. And there we can add other vegetables too. This would be an alternative to pine, I explained the owner of the restaurant.
other interviewees also had recipes for broadcast. Rafaela serves veganaise, vegan mayonnaise.
- The veganaise is an alternative to the traditional mayonnaise that people eat. For the mayonnaise has egg. The veganaise is made with carrots and potatoes. You take the blender, take the carrots and potatoes to the blender to grind it well, as crema. Besides the little one care to share with lemon oil. And you keep breaking in the blender until it is a cream that we like. And presto! And the potatoes and carrots have to be cooked, a very important part.
Like a rich dessert and easy Yayavati we recommend the vegan truffles.
- The vegan truffles made with cocoa or chocolate. You will occupy 150 grams, will also use 500 grams powdered sugar and 300 grams grated coconut. With these three ingredients we're doing, then you away a bit of grated coconut. And all the dry ingredients to the mixture is well blended. Then he made a quarter of tazo water to the mixture until it is as a mass malleable, and you can make a ball. These balls you bathe in chocolate. This chocolate coating has to be vegan, the ingredients have to be vegan, you do not have any kind of animal fat, milk. There are several brands that I know. Ambrosoli brand and Costa coverage.
Yayavati To end the interview invites us all to vegan cooking workshops Subida Ecuador 2, the first Monday of each month at 19 hours. There he learns to rich preparations for only 1000 pesos.
Restaurants in Valparaiso, where food is vegan and vegetarian
- Bamboo Restaurant, 1790 Independence
- Coffee Mora, Brazil 1388
- breakfast, Almirante Montt 399, Cerro Alegre
- Govindas, Ecuador 2 Uploaded
- Epiphany, Grossi 268, Cerrado Alegre
- Natur.in, Colon
2634 - Organic, O Higgins 1282, Saturday 9-22 hours
And where buying organic and biodynamic;
- The organic flea market, Restaurant The Breakfast Room, Almirante Montt, Saturday morning
More information on the Internet:
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