Derek Sarno: The many reasons to eat a plant-based diet | TED Countdown

譯者: Claire Hsu 審譯者: Helen Chang

Hi, I’m Derek Sarno.

你好，我是德瑞克‧薩諾。

I'm a vegan chef.

我是純素主廚。

I specialize in bringing mushrooms and veg to the center plate

我的專長是把菇類與蔬菜 變成餐桌上的主角，

by unleashing the mighty flavors of plants.

釋放植物的強大美味。

I cofounded a plant-based food company

我和別人共同創立了素食公司 Wicked Kitchen，

called Wicked Kitchen,

and I lead plant-based innovation

而我在一間世界上最大的

at one of the world's largest grocery retailers.

生鮮雜貨零售商之一引領蔬食創新。

In case you’re wondering what plant-based and vegan means,

如果你好奇什麼是蔬食和素食，

it's super simple.

很簡單。

Vegan and plant-based foods are entirely free from animals

純素和植物性食物完全不使用動物

and from their byproducts.

及牠們的副產品。

Think no animals harmed nor killed.

不會傷害、殺害動物。

No meat, no fish, no dairy milk or eggs are used at all.

完全不使用肉、魚、奶製品或雞蛋。

Just amazing plants.

只有神奇的植物。

Vegetarianism also doesn't contain animals or fish,

素食主義也不包含肉類和魚類，

but allows dairy and eggs,

但允許奶製品和雞蛋，

the byproducts taken from animals.

從動物取得的副產品。

Here are a couple of vegan things that I've made recently.

以下是我最近做的幾道純素菜餚。

A steak? No way.

牛排？不可能。

Actually, there are no T-bones about this.

其實，這盤菜可沒有骨頭可挑。

It's made of lion's mane mushrooms,

這是猴頭菇做成的，

the barbecue butter sauce, cast-iron seared,

淋上燒烤奶油醬汁、在鑄鐵鍋上煎烤，

one of the most nutritious mushrooms on Earth

猴頭菇是世界上 營養最豐富的菇類之一，

and known to be brain-boosting.

而且以能夠強化腦力而知名。

Pressed Greek-inspired souvlaki steak sandwiches

熱壓希臘風味燒烤捲餅三明治，

with all the fixings?

搭上這些配菜？

This one is made with supersexy,

這道菜是由超級鮮美、

delicious brown oyster mushrooms.

好吃的褐秀珍菇做成。

Grilled pepper steak kebabs?

燒烤甜椒烤排串？非常適合戶外燒烤。

Great on the barbecue.

Packed with punchy flavors and made with the super versatile

飽含強烈的風味，採用了非常多變

and delicious king oyster mushrooms.

又美味的杏鮑菇。

Yes, all of these are plant-based,

沒錯，這些全部都是蔬菜，

and all of these are done with a variety of mushrooms.

而這些菜都是用各種菇類下去做成的。

Why is this so important?

為什麼這很重要呢？

Meat eating is linked to climate change.

吃肉與氣候變遷有關係。

Eating animals and animal agriculture

食用動物和畜牧業 是人們砍伐雨林的主要原因。

is the leading cause of rainforest deforestation.

Meat production is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions,

肉品生產是溫室氣體排放的重要來源，

and there is a reason moms and doctors tell us to eat more veg.

所以媽媽和醫生叮嚀我們 多吃蔬菜不無道理。

That's partly why I'm a vegan chef.

我做素菜 ，部分是這原因。

My other reason has to do with grief

另外一個原因與悲痛有關，

and dealing with the unexpected death of losing my partner.

面對愛人意外逝世帶來的失落。

The suffering and grief I felt was suffocating.

痛苦和悲傷令我感到窒息。

I had two choices:

我有兩個選擇：

to go down a road of self-destruction

往自毀之路沉淪，

or accept what had happened and find a way through it.

或接受已發生的事情， 並找方法來面對。

The loss of Amanda made me realize

痛失亞曼達讓我領悟到

my whole life to that point was based on ego and attachment.

直到那刻，我整個人生都是 建立在自我中心和依戀之上。

Being the best,

作為最好的廚師， 沒有什麼是我不能煮的，

cooking anything and everything without a second thought

毫不考慮我行為的後果。

as to the consequences of my actions.

只要我做的菜好吃， 我拿得到豐厚的酬勞，

As long as the food tasted great and I was paid well for it,

I didn't care where it came from

我不在乎食材從哪裡來，

or if it was animals

它是不是取自動物， 更遑論這行為造成的後果和影響。

or the implications and consequences that had.

Long story short,

長話短說，

I ended up laying my old self to rest.

我最後和過去的自我道別。

Selling off the food business

拋售了餐飲生意，

and living in a Buddhist monastery for three years,

在一間佛寺裡住了三年，

where I learned to sit and studied compassion

我在那裡學習禪坐與瞭解慈悲心，

and how my mind worked.

以及我心靈運作的道理。

What I discovered was a connection to food and heart that I had ignored.

我發現我忽視了食物與心靈的連結。

Animals suffer just as we do.

動物跟我們一樣會受苦。

From then on, it became my mission to find alternative ways

從那一刻起，我的使命 即是去尋找替代方法

to prepare amazing food

來烹調美食，

that not only benefited people

不僅能有益於人，

but avoided animal suffering as well.

也要避免動物受苦。

That time reflecting and learning

那段時期的反省與學習，

helped me reorientate my own moral compass

幫助我重新校正了我的道德標準，

and opened up a whole new world of creative cooking.

並開啟了創意料理的新境界。

It also helped me become much less of a jerk.

也讓我這個人不再那麼討厭。

There are so many reasons to eat plant-based,

吃素的理由有非常多，

and any reason that resonates with you

而任何能引起你共鳴的理由

is the best reason.

就是最佳的理由。

I understand it's not always easy.

我理解吃素並不總是容易。

But eating even one plant-based meal a day

但是即使一天只吃一餐素食，

makes a huge difference.

就能產生巨大的改變。

I used to be a long time meat eater.

我過去長期都吃葷。

As a "regular" chef, I used to cook lots of meat

作為「一般」的廚師， 我以前烹調過很多肉類，

and never made that connection

從來沒有想過

that they're living beings just like us,

牠們和我們一樣都是生命，

with feelings, emotions and families.

有感情、有情緒和家庭。

I'm now on a mission to unleash the mighty power of plants,

我現在的使命就是 釋放植物的強大力量，

to create foods that we crave,

創造出令我們垂涎的美食，

full of flavors and textures

富含風味與口感，

that are more nutritious and better for us and the planet.

讓我們吃得更營養，對地球更友善。

I believe in compassionate action,

我相信憐憫之舉，

and the way I express that is through cooking

而我表達的方式，就是透過烹飪

and developing amazing recipes

並開發令人驚豔的食譜，

that inspire and teach people

可以鼓勵和教導人們

how to make and eat delicious foods without animals.

如何不用動物也能製作、 品嚐好吃的食物。

Vegan food for meat eaters and vegans alike,

素食要能同時滿足吃葷和吃素的人，

because, like most people,

因為，就像多數人一樣，

I want to save the animals and the planet,

我想要拯救動物和地球，

but there's no way that's going to happen

但若我必須在味道上做妥協，

if I have to compromise on taste.

可是不行的。

Thank you.

謝謝聆聽。