Plus-size model Robyn Lawley reveals the one question that led her to a vegan diet
Plus-size model Robyn Lawley reveals the one question that led her to a vegan diet: “I realized my stupidity”
Robyn Lawley revealed on Friday the one question her sister asked her that led her to consider a vegan diet.
Write an opinion piece for nine honeyThe plus-size supermodel, 33, said one of her two sisters asked her if she would ever eat ‘lab-grown’ meat.
The brunette beauty said she would as long as the animal wasn’t injured during the process, leading her to realize the hypocrisy of her response.
Robyn Lawley, 33, (pictured) revealed on Friday the one question her sister asked her that led her to consider a vegan diet.
‘When I first heard your question, I wanted to be honest, because this was my sister. However, he really didn’t know what to say. The first thing I thought was: “Why not?”
So I turned to my sister and said, “Sure, if the animal doesn’t get hurt.” However, she technically does, limiting vegans to not eating cultured meat.
She seemed satisfied with the answer and continued reading the newspaper. I thought about it some more. Then I realized my stupidity.
Writing an opinion piece for Nine Honey, the plus-size supermodel said one of her two sisters asked her if she would ever eat ‘lab-grown’ meat.
Lawley went on to say that she later had to retract her answer after officially going vegan due to the negative health effects she had suffered from the meat.
In her mid-twenties, the New South Wales-born catwalk star developed lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), an autoimmune disease.
After speaking with her doctor, Lawley transitioned to a vegan diet that included “giant omega 3-packed green smoothies” to alleviate her symptoms.
The brunette beauty said she would as long as the animal wasn’t hurt during the process, leading her to realize the hypocrisy of her answer.
“I suddenly had to take my answer back and say, ‘No, I don’t think I can, because I don’t want lupus and the inflammatory effects that meat and dairy have on my body.”
Lab-grown meat, also known as cultured meat, is commonly considered a cruelty-free and more ethical alternative to current meat production.
However, while the process requires fewer animals than livestock, it is still required that they be raised for the sole purpose of harvesting cells for meat production.
Lawley went on to say that she later had to retract her answer after officially going vegan due to the negative health effects she had suffered from the meat.