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existential1 wrote

Ah, so I think I see the difference.

To me, "animal welfare" vegans are still "lifestyle vegans" to me. Because my understanding of lifestyle is what you do, not why you do what you do. That, with the understanding that what you do can and will change based on the information you have that acts as the pretext for your actions. For example, I would consider the vegan lifestyle to be one in which you abstain from the use/consumption of animal-based products and anyone who adheres to such is living a vegan "lifestyle", whether or not they consider themselves a vegan or their reasons are nominally for health or animal welfare.

But to you, it seems "lifestyle" is more predicated on the "why" than the "what".

As for the high calories stuff, I'm no doctor, but I was a high-level athlete for awhile who was prescribed a diet and picked up some dietary knowledge by proxy...calories in and of themselves are not problems or unhealthy. It's about the balance of calories along with all the other nutrients juxtaposed against ones physical exertion. All that is to say, nuts, avocados, and squash are not necessarily unhealthy and are probably very often (especially the nuts and avocados) going to be in hipster salads.

Also, the association of avocados to wealth is only true in places where they are imported. Avocados are poor people's food in a lot of countries. There's a saying where I lived for awhile in Guatemala that goes something like, "4 tortillas, an avocado, and coffee is the best meal". And that's what people who were very poor ate quite often.

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