Karen Leibovitz
Kusuka kokuhlangenwe nakho komuntu siqu. Wasabela kanjani umndeni wami? Lapho ngitshela abazali bami ukuthi manje sengingumuntu odla inyama, ngajabula ukubona ukuthi bayasisekela isinqumo sami. Ogogo nomkhulu, omalumekazi, omalume bayindaba ehluke ngokuphelele. Kubo, lokhu kwakusho ukushintsha amamenyu angokwesiko amaholide omndeni, ngakho bangabaza futhi bazizwa becasukile ngandlela-thile. Isikhathi sokuqala engaletha ngaso isihloko se-veganism kwaba phakathi nokuhlangana komndeni, lapho ugogo eqaphela ukuthi angizange ngithathe i-turkey. Kusenjalo, wonke umkhaya waqala ukungibuza imibuzo.
Yini okufanele uyenze ngayo? Esimweni esinjalo, kubalulekile ukucabangela ukuthi imibono yokungavunyelwa kwamalungu omndeni kufanele ithathwe njengenduduzo: umndeni wakho unendaba nempilo yakho futhi ukufunela okungcono kakhulu kuphela. Uma bengajwayele ukudla kwe-vegan, bangase besabe impilo yakho. Kubalulekile ukuthi ungazizwa ululazekile futhi uvume ukuthi ukudla kwe-vegan kungacwaswa emiqondweni ebandlululayo yabantu abangewona ama-vegan, ikakhulukazi uma bengazi ngezinzuzo zako futhi bacabange ukuthi abantu kufanele badle inyama nobisi. Bavele bakukhathalele nempilo yakho.
Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, nakhu okusebenze kahle kakhulu. Okokuqala, ngatshela umndeni wami ukuthi kungani ngaba i-vegan nokuthi kunobufakazi besayensi bokuthi ukudla kwe-vegan kuqukethe izakhi ezibalulekile. I-Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics ithi, “Ukudla kwemifino okuhlelwe kahle kunempilo, kuqukethe izakhi ezibalulekile, futhi kunikeza izinzuzo zezempilo ekuvimbeleni nasekwelapheni izifo ezithile.”
Ngaqinisekisa izihlobo zami ukuthi ngicabangela ngokucophelela ukukhetha kwami ukudla kwansuku zonke ukuze ngiqiniseke ukuthi ngithola zonke izakhamzimba engizidingayo. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise ukuthenga ukudla okune-calcium, kanye nokudla izinhlobonhlobo zokudla. Umndeni wakho uzophinde ujabule ukuzwa ukuthi izinguquko zokudla zihlobene nokukhetha indlela yokuphila enempilo.
Ukusikisela okuwusizo. Zenzele enye isitsha senyama, umndeni uzozizwa ungcono. Kwasusa umthwalo okhokho bami, ababemanqikanqika ukuphekela umuntu oyedwa ukudla okwengeziwe.
Phatha izihlobo zakho ngokuthatha indawo yenyama noma okunye ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni okucebile ngamaprotheni, njengebhega kabhontshisi, umndeni wakho uzoziqhenya ngawe futhi uzuze emsebenzini wakho omusha wokuzilibazisa. Njengomuntu odla inyama yemifino, ngezinye izikhathi ungase uzizwe sengathi ungumthwalo kulabo abapheka ukuhlangana kwemindeni. Bonisa umndeni wakho ukuthi unempilo enhle futhi ujabulile nge-veganism, futhi ubhekane nokukhathazeka kwabo ngoba lokho ngokuvamile okubakhathazayo kakhulu.