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Is breastmilk vegan? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by UndecidedYellow@sh.itjust.works to c/vegan@lemmy.ml

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My husband says yay, I say nay. What are your thoughts?

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[–] rah@feddit.uk 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious where this question is coming from. Why does it matter whether you attach the label "vegan"?

[–] UndecidedYellow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm not vegan so just wondering what is what.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In that case, I'll try and answer: I think that for 99.999% of vegans the question wouldn't even occur to them. Veganism is about avoiding hurting animals for food, not about human breastfeeding practices. The question seems bizarre.

[–] UndecidedYellow@sh.itjust.works -2 points 10 months ago

I've known a handful of folks who abstain from animal products for religious reasons. One or two did not breastfeed because they view any food produced by/in any body as tainted. Ital eating--but hyper restrictive. They never referred to their practices as veganism, but there is that "don't eat animal products" overlap.

I thought some vegans don't consume animal products because they think they are unhealthy, not because of the suffering associated with it, but like I said in other comments, I really don't know much about veganism, but am open to it.