everytime you go to the supermarket, prepare dinner, or visit a restaurant,

你知道每當你去超市、在家料理或外出用餐時，都能改變世界嗎？

and even enjoy every bite?

你甚至不用犧牲美食

Well, if you said that to me only two years ago,

如果兩年前有人這樣對我說

I would have laughed in your face.

我會哈哈大笑

Back then, if I went to a restaurant, I would order a big, red, juicy steak.

以前我去餐廳，點的是又肥美又多汁的牛排

If you say to me, "Whatever you want to choose to eat,"

如果我能吃任何想吃的東西

I would prefer to sit on a bar and, with my bare hands, tear a crab apart, bit by bit.

我最想坐在酒吧裡，用手把蟹肉一絲一絲剝下來吃

I was a restaurant and bar critic,

我曾是餐廳與酒吧的美食評論家

and food to me was an adventure, pleasure, passion,

食物對我而言是探索、是享受、是熱愛、

satisfaction, memories, and home.

是慰藉、是回憶和歸屬

Changing the world was not on my plate.

我的飲食跟改變世界沾不上邊

But as I became a conscious eater, I discovered I can save lives,

但我開始意識到，我對食物的選擇能解救生命、

improve my health and contribute to protecting the environment.

改善健康，還能為環保貢獻一己之力

I put the world on my plate.

我便決定用飲食改變世界

So, I am changing it every time I go to the supermarket, prepare dinner or visit a restaurant.

於是每當我去超市、在家料理或外出用餐時，我做出不同的選擇

And if you're thinking, like I did,

若你跟以前的我想的一樣

that conscious eating means giving up all the pleasures of food,

以為改採更有意識的飲食代表放棄美食

I have good news for you.

那我有好消息告訴你

I took all these ingredients of taste, flavors, aromas, textures,

所有的食物依然色香味俱全

and added in values of helping, giving and protecting.

卻增添了其他價值：你的援手、施捨與愛護

So, food is still an adventure, still a pleasure, still a passion,

所以食物仍然是探索、是享受，仍然是我所熱愛

and I still enjoy every bite.

每一口仍令我沉醉

We're all eating from the moment we were born throughout our lives.

我們從出生開始，便不斷地進食

It's breakfast, it's lunch, it's dinner,

早餐、午餐、晚餐

and personally for me, it's everything in between.

對我而言還不只如此

Before I even finish one meal, I'm already fantasizing about the next.

在我還沒吃完這一餐，就開始想下一餐了

But how do we choose what we eat?

但我們是如何決定要吃什麼？

Based on advertising? Your mother's cooking?

是基於廣告？媽媽煮的味道？

Habits? Culture? Taste?

習慣？文化？口味？

Most of the time, we don't make a conscious choice.

大多數時間，我們的選擇是無意識的

We eat and eat, and never stop to think

我們一口接著一口，從未停下來思考

about all this food we put into our bodies. What's in it?

我們吃進體內的食物，它的成分、它的生產、它的來源、

How was it made? Where does it come from? Who suffered for it?

它造成誰的痛苦、誰的死亡

Who died? What is its real cost?

它實際的代價

Two years ago, although I was writing about food,

兩年前，我還是美食評論家

I didn't know everything about it. Maybe I didn't want to.

我從沒想過那些，也許是我不想去想

But then, as in any good story, I met a guy.

但就像所有浪漫的故事，我認識了一個男人

That guy was so different than me.

他跟我不一樣

He was actually thinking about what he eats.

他對食物有深入的思考

He made a conscious choice:

他有意識地選擇了

he chose to take meat, cheese, milk, and eggs out of his plate.

從飲食中除去肉、蛋、奶、起司

Why would anyone do something like that?

為什麼有人想這樣？

So, I was very curious, and as a good journalist,

我非常好奇，身為稱職的記者

I immediately started asking him all kinds of questions:

我馬上像他提出各種疑問

"What's wrong with milk? Why don't you eat eggs?

「牛奶有問題嗎？」「你為什麼不吃蛋？」

Come on, you probably eat free-range eggs or organic eggs." But, no.

「不可能，你大概是吃放養雞蛋或有機蛋吧！」不過他都沒吃

Okay, so I asked a lot of questions and I got a lot of answers.

我提出很多疑問，也得到很多答案

And it was then that I knew that something had changed,

從此之後我的世界變了

that I will not be able to fantasize about this next meal, the same way I did before.

我無法再像以前一樣，幻想那些美食是我的下一餐

Who knows the cost of an egg? Who knows?

有人知道一顆雞蛋的代價嗎？有嗎？

Okay, but I didn't ask for the price. I asked for its cost.

我不是問價錢，我是問代價

As a child, when I saw a little, tiny yellow chick,

小時候，我看到鵝黃色的小小雞

all I wanted to do was to pat him.

我只想摸摸牠

They are so sweet with these tiny, little wings,

牠們好可愛，好小的翅膀

and yellow feathers, tweeting.

鵝黃色的羽毛，啾啾叫著

It would have never crossed my mind to crush or to choke this little yellow chick to death,

我打死不可能碾碎或悶死這隻鵝黃色小雞

but this is exactly what I was doing by eating eggs.

然而只要吃蛋就是在做這件事

Every day, in Israel alone,

每一天，單就以色列

15,000 little chicks are being killed,

一萬五千隻小雞遭撲殺

just because they are males and cannot lay eggs.

只因為他們是公雞，無法產蛋

Their sisters are being killed only two years later,

他們的姐姐妹妹兩年後也被宰殺

just because they don't lay enough eggs.

只因為牠們下不夠多蛋

In other words, the egg industry, in Israel alone,

也就是說，單就以色列的雞蛋業者

kills 9 million chicks and chickens every single year.

每一年屠殺900萬隻雞

and throw them to the garbage.

並把牠們丟進垃圾堆

This is the cost of an egg, an omelette and a cake.

這就是雞蛋、歐姆雷蛋、蛋糕的代價

I visited dairy farms many times, but I never really saw the cows.

我也參觀過許多酪農場，卻從沒看過乳牛

All I knew was that a cow gives milk. We all know that.

我知道牛奶是牛製造的，我們都知道

But wait a second, I'm a mother. I gave birth.

不過你想想，我是媽媽，會生寶寶

I know that in order for my body to produce milk,

我知道為了泌乳

I have to be pregnant, and give birth.

要先懷孕、生產

So does a cow. A cow doesn't give milk.

乳牛也是，牠們不會憑空變出奶

She is impregnated, and when she gives birth,

牠們被迫受孕，生下小公牛後

her baby is immediately taken away from her,

孩子立刻被帶離媽媽身邊

in order to become your next steak.

成為你吃的牛排

And mother cow is being milked over, and over, and over again,

母牛則一而在在而三地被迫產奶

until her body collapses and she becomes your meatballs.

直到牠無法負荷，倒下為止，成為你吃的肉丸

The dairy industry and the meat industry are the same industries

乳品業與肉品業，是相同的產業

that enslave and ultimately kill these innocent feeling beings.

先是奴役，最後屠殺這些無辜的有情生靈

This is the cost of cheese, milk, and yoghurt.

這才是起司、牛奶、優格的代價

So conscious eating is saving lives, but what's in it for me?

所以更有意識的飲食能解救牠們的命，那我自己的命呢？

Well, my body thanks me every day for not putting into it cholesterol,

我的身體每天感謝我不去攝取膽固醇、

saturated fats, toxics, hormones, drug residues, you name it.

飽和脂肪、毒素、賀爾蒙、殘留藥物，林林總總

Some of the leading health and nutrition organizations in the world

世界上一些大型的健康與營養協會已證實

already declared that a well-planned plant-based diet

均衡的植物性飲食

will dramatically reduce your chance of having a heart attack, cancer, diabetes, cholesterol, kidney diseases.

能劇減罹患心臟病、癌症、糖尿病、腎臟疾病的風險

So by stopping hurting others, I got he huge bonus of stopping hurting myself.

所以不傷害他人 附帶的絕佳好處，是也不再傷害自己

By the way, you can stop hurting yourself and get the huge bonus

你也可以說，不傷害自己附帶的絕佳好處

of stopping hurting others. It goes the same way.

是也不再傷害他人，都說得通

So, conscious eating is saving lives and it's good for our health,

更有意識的飲食除了能拯救生命、有益健康

but it's also the best thing you can do to protect the environment.

還是你能為環保所做的最大貢獻

Actually, you cannot be an environmentalist while eating meat.

事實上，你無法同時吃肉又自認環保

It's like sitting on a branch,

這就像坐在樹上

holding a hamburger in one hand and sawing it with the other.

一手拿著漢堡，一手鋸著樹

You know that recently I just heard that Al Gore had become vegan.

最近我還聽說Al Gore (美國前副總統;主演「不願面對的真相」記錄片) 也開始吃純素了

He probably knows that.

他大概也知道

The livestock industry

畜牧業這個產業

is one of the most polluting and wasteful industries on earth.

對地球造成的汙染與破壞最為嚴重

It's polluting air more than all the vehicles in the world together!

全球運輸工具造成的空汙都敵不過畜牧業

It's wasting so much water that, just by going vegan,

並且浪費大量的水資源，光吃純素

I'm saving 5 million liters of water every year.

我每年就省下500萬公升的水

5 million liters. Just me. Just one person.

500萬公升！光是我！一個人！

The livestock industry uses 70% of agricultural lands

畜牧業還佔據了70%的可耕地

to feed 60 billion land animals, that humanity eats every year.

用來飼養每年600億隻的陸生動物，供人類吃

60 billion animals!! That's a hell of a lot!

600億隻動物！多到無法想像！

If we take those lands and use them to grow food for people

如果那些土地拿來種植供人類吃的作物

instead of all these animals that you eat,

而非飼養食用動物

we would end world hunger.

我們能終結全球飢荒

So conscious eating is saving lives, it's good for our health,

所以有意識的飲食選擇能拯救生命、有益健康

and it's very good for the environment.

還非常環保

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a win-win-win situation here.

先生女士們，我想這是個三方贏的局面

So, when decided to become vegan,

當我決定開始過純素生活

I wanted to do it with the same passion I had for food before.

我想對食物仍保有以前的熱情

I opened up my food blog, "vegansontop.com."

我經營一個美食部落格 "vegansontop.com."

Yeah, that's the name.

沒錯，這個名字

And I thought it would document my own personal, private journey to "vegan land."

我原想記錄我個人私下前往「純素淨土」的旅程

But, to my surprise, a chain reaction started right away.

但我很驚訝連鎖效應很快就發生了

First, my chef friends had to cook for me.

首先，我的廚師朋友必須為我研發菜色

Then we had some amazing vegan tasty dinners

於是，以色列最有名的幾家餐廳

in some of the best restaurants in Israel.

開始供應美味的純素餐點

Then, hundreds of hundreds of people, vegan-food-loving people, came to eat.

吸引了數千數百名純素美食愛好者前去品嚐

I discovered a whole growing, vivid, involved community of people

我才發現有一個持續壯大的社群，又活躍又積極

that wanted the same thing that I did:

跟我一樣

to make a change through their choice of food,

想透過飲食改善世界

but to keep enjoying life and stay the same people they used to be before.

並依舊享受生活，保有自己原本的樣子

My journey had become their journey.

我的旅程有了他們的加入

So, from being a food writer that crossed the lines,

於是我從跨越藩籬的美食評論家

I became one of the voices calling for an important culinary change and making it happen.

變為訴請改革烹調方式的實踐者

Together with others, we took this so-called extreme way of living,

我們大夥一起過著所謂「偏激」的生活方式

and put it into the Israeli mainstream conversation.

並把它帶入以色列的主流社會中

Two years ago, I had to explain myself to a waiter

兩年前，我還要向服務生解釋

not knowing what veganism was all about.

純素主義是什麼

Today, when I say I'm vegan,

現在當我說我吃純素

the waiter immediately explains to me what are my menu options.

他們立刻向我說明菜單上有的純素餐點

And I have options, because today chefs enjoy preparing,

還不只一個選項，因為現在的廚師熱衷研發純素料理

and the creativity of making new vegan dishes for their menus.

為菜單增添新菜色

Through my website, that today has more than 80,000 views a month,

現在我的網站每個月有八萬的瀏覽次數

and my vegan workshops, I teach tens of thousands of people

我開設的純素工作坊有數萬人參加

how to enjoy cooking with no animal products

我教大家如何不用動物性食材也能輕鬆烹調

and look at their plates differently.

還教大家對飲食改觀

I deeply believe that each and any one of us can become an agent of change.

我深深相信我們每一個人，都能成為改變世界的一分子

By simply making a conscious choice of what we eat,

只要簡單透過採取更有意識的飲食選擇

we can have the most direct impact on the world we live in,

就能對我們居住的世界有最直接的影響

more than any other change we make.

比其他方式都還有效

We can argue whether we humans are omnivores, carnivores, frugivores,

我們能繼續爭論人類到底是雜食、肉食 還是果食動物

or we can understand that, in the 21st century,

或是理解到，在21世紀

humans have become "choosivores,"

人類能進化為「挑食」動物

the only being who can and do choose what to eat, when to eat, and whether to eat.

是唯一會挑選該吃什麼、何時該吃、是否該吃的物種

So, the next time you go to the supermarket,

所以下次當你去超市、在家料理或外出用餐時，請三思

prepare dinner or visit a restaurant, think about what you eat,

所以下次當你去超市、在家料理或外出用餐時，請三思

and you too can make a change to the world.

你選擇的食物能改變世界

[French] Bon appétit.

用餐愉快 (法文)