At the end of my Mentor Interview post, I mentioned that I interviewed a vegan. Meet the all-natural Youtuber, Kerri Beazley.
Kerri is a twenty year old Canadian who turned vegetarian at the age of nine and recently turned vegan just last year. She uploads vegan and fitness tips, personal rants, video game vlogs, and is well known for her One Direction spoofs (Which are probably the best thing on Earth she deserves all the medals). Here is her video on excellent smoothie making, how to live naturally, and bless her for her pale Canadian skin.
Kerri became a vegetarian when she was nine for many reasons like: "The environment, not liking meat, animal rights, etc; but the tipping point, I remember, was that I was eating KFC Popcorn Chicken and I bit down on one of those hard bits like a tendon or something, and I was just scarred for life." From this point on she gave up all meat, including fish. She admitted she's had a few heart attacks from There was meat in the lasagna?? incidents (Been there right with ya, Kerri!) and the rough starts with her Dad thinking it not healthy and forcing her to eat a tuna melt, to which she could only go halfway through before feeling guilty and crying. But Kerri believed in what she was doing and stood up for it, even when others didn't understand.
Kerri was inspired by a speech made by Gary Yourofsky. "I was even more disgusted about the part where Gary denotes how cows’ udders are sucked dry by machines which cut them and give them infections. The machine can’t tell the difference between milk and blood/pus, so it all goes into the processor and basically you’re drinking this purified milk/blood/pus combo with your spaghetti." Watching his speech opened Kerri's eyes about what was really going into her body and what was happening with animals in factories. She decided to skip dairy altogether in May, 2012, and is still passionate about ditching the dairy. She says it's now a life style but once in awhile she'll order a non-vegan pasta when at a fancy restaurant because the option of fries only isn't a very fulfilling meal.
"The hardest thing is getting off your butt to actually eat enough fruit and veggies to sustain you for the day!" Kerri explains her laziness to go and make her own food, which all leads to late night snacks filled with deceiving yet tasty salts and sugars. It takes major dedication to be a successfully healthy vegan, especially when you're as lazy as Kerri and I are. Another problem is unnecessary ingredients such as honey and egg powder which is just thrown in at random into so many products such as cereal, health bars, vegetable broth, and do we really need honey in our chapstick?
But to Kerri, the hardest thing hands down is dealing with people who just don't get it. "Everyone else is always like 'Omg, I love animals. Animal cruelty is awful. But LOL I could NEVER give up meat! IT TASTES SO GOOD!!!!!'" Though people can tend to be ignorant and unwilling to understand, Kerri knows she is still making a difference in the world. " With every purchase I make, I am casting a vote to stop these harmful industries. People think they can’t change the world, but they can. In our society, people vote with their pocketbooks." That is the best thing about being vegan- being the change we want to see in the world. Another best about being vegan is the unlimited delicious fruit and veggies surrounding us. Not missing out on anything there!
Fruits, veggies, nuts, tofu. They exist. Yet people still don't understand how a vegan could possible be healthy, after all, meat is the absolute only source of protein, right? "You don’t actually need as much protein as they say you do. Guess who’s telling you you need protein? THE MEAT INDUSTRY." Kerri brings up a good point. In fact, the meat industry seems to be controlling our lives. They could say "If you don't eat at least five pounds of lamb a day you will live a shorter life than normal." The sad part is that there would be people who believe it. We already know by now that the meat industry has a habit of lying or not telling the whole truth, yet we base our lives around their facts. "Question: When’s the last time you heard about someone dying from a protein deficiency?
Other question: When’s the last time you heard about someone dying of heart disease?"
What are some benefits of being vegan?
Kerri lists amazing nails, eyesight, hair, and skin but is most ecstatic about something that wouldn't even cross anyone's mind until now. "Vegan poop is amazing. Just think about it. When you eat meat, literally a rotting animal carcass is passing through your body. When it comes out of there, it reeks. When you eat lots of fruit, I swear it is the most beautiful poop you will ever experience. Fruit passes through your system so quick, it’s like you didn't even eat it. You’ll be sitting there in the bathroom like 'Mmm, is that fresh papaya I smell? I had that for lunch not two hours ago!' Amazing. I’m not even exaggerating." Strange but true. Just another reason why humans weren't made to eat meat, our digestive system completely disagrees on it. " There’s that expression people always say when a girl’s perfect, like 'She poops rainbows.' well that’s what it’s like being vegan."
It's like a whole new world when you drop meat. You start discovering never before seen sections and isles in the market. "I had no idea they had all this cool healthy stuff until I actually had to look for it! And it was right there the whole time, I had just never noticed it! You know that section in the grocery store you never go to cause there’s all these weird bags of grains and dried fruit you’ve never seen before? THAT’S THE HEALTHY STUFF. GO THERE." It's exciting when you make new discoveries that are accustom to your taste buds and your new diet. "WE HAVE A REFRIGERATED SECTION TOO. IT’S JUST SMALLER AND COOLER. ADVENTURES HAPPEN IN THE VEGAN REFRIGERATED SECTION." Do you see this excited vegan discovering for the first time food that is healthy and tastes amazing?
If you have kids, will you raise them vegan?
Kerri doesn't plan on having kids, but she is all for adoption. She will allow them to make their own choices on the condition that they eat vegan food at home. Other than that, their diet is really up to them. Because she wants the best food for their growing bodies, she'll refuse to buy non-vegan items as she will not want to be held responsible for murder of an animal nor disease for her children.
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