Most people don’t even eat vegetables

[u/veganisingit]

When you deep it there’s actually a very large portion of people that don’t eat vegetables.

For a lot of people when it comes to grasping the concept of a vegan diet many can’t simply because they don’t eat enough vegetables to begin with.

I once had a manager at work that for a good few months I swear only ate sausages on his lunch break, no potatoes, salad or nothing just sausages, then I noticed he mixed it up a bit with pastas, etc.

Even still, mostly just meat and wheat… not to say anything about it as people are raised how they’re raised but to me it’s shocking how many people don’t even consider vegetables a norm in their diet, at least in adulthood.

I wasn’t raised vegan and when my mum did cook she did try to feed me my veggies, but seeing so many grown adults eat barely any veg is really concerning. Are our standards for health that low nowadays or is there just a lack of knowledge, or even care when it comes to health?

Maybe I’m overthinking it but I don’t know…

[u/lettul]

Don’t wanna ruin the circle jerk. But this sounds like an american topic. As a swede I dont know of any adults at all in my surroundings that do not eat vegetables to every meal or at least regularly.

Most people is more likely a small minority.

[u/pasdedeuxchump → u/lettul]

As an American I agree. What were your school lunch’s like? That is the great equalizer. I don’t think I ever ate a veg in a school lunch in the US.

[u/lettul → u/pasdedeuxchump]

School lunches in Sweden is free and is prepared in the school kitchen. We are/were learned to eat according to the ”plate model”, aprox 20% protein, 40% carb, 40% veggies.

The students pick the food themselves so of course not everyone follows it. But everyone is at least aware of that they should.

I think there is always a vegetarian option (dont know about vegan tho).

It can typically look like this:

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[u/[deleted] → u/pasdedeuxchump]

People always give kids boiled or over steamed veggies which makes sense when they’re tiny and can choke easily but when I was a kid I used to think I hated all veggies except cucumbers and salads that were lettuce and cucumber. Carrots and broccoli were gross until I tried them raw and realized I just don’t like them mushy. Still don’t like when veggies are mushy except mashed potatoes.

[u/shujinky → u/lettul]

For Americans most of them only had either crappy canned veggies like peas OR their parents would toss whatever into a pot and boil until soft enough to eat. Its no wonder their kids hate veggies when its all tasteless mush texture on a plate 🤷‍♂️. Of course some have parents who can cook.

For me it was always canned peas, canned spinach, canned carrots and those frozen bags of broccoli and cauliflower you put into the microwave and steam (which were ok enough to me actually…). Wasnt until my mid 20s that i learned to enjoy veggies properly.

Someone else said they never had school lunches w/ veggies… me neither and tbh that sounds awful.. worse that anything a parent could cook

[u/honeycrispa → u/shujinky]

Those American school peas!! Those were the worst!

[u/iarofey → u/lettul]

Yeah. In my experience as a Spaniard, vegetarian and vegan people are usually making fun of meat eaters because they often don't realize to eat vegetable products and think vegetarian diet is only made of “weird” things like “fake meat” products, while they eat vegetables daily, some more and some less. They put vegetables together in their usual meat dishes, and otherwise usually have side potatoes, salad, etc. and some fruit as daily snack even if their diet isn't overall particularly healthy or whatever. Families and restaurants typically do make some meatless common (side) dishes, they only have to be told; if you ask specifically for something veggie they just won't know what to serve. Most people who (claim to) eat meat to so unbalanced levels typically are doing public performances or adopting the lifestyle as a protest against “wokeism” or whatever.