Have you ever tried to be a vegitarian or a vegan?
If so, for how long did you try it and why did you fail?
If you are still one, how do you do it? and what was your orgional reason for doing it?
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If so, for how long did you try it and why did you fail?
If you are still one, how do you do it? and what was your orgional reason for doing it?
I am a raw vegan, and Whew. Life is ful of flavors. FOR ANY OF YOU who want to try good vegan/ veggie even raw treats and meals feel free to get in touch. ...its been over 8 years as a animal hugging instead of eating way of life ^_^ now I don't cook anything. ahh the taste of everything is ...wow...
I was a vegetarian for about four years, that was ten years ago. I don't eat a lot of meat now, especially since my husband is vegetarian and a shitty cook (meaning: I make most of the stuff we eat). Most of the meat that I do eat is free range, local and organic.
Ok... This appears to be an old post. I hope you are doing well now though!
Here it goes. My opinion.
I want to be vegan because I want to stop animal abuse until I realized a few things. Just because I want animal abuse to stop, doesn't mean that it will just because a few people decide not to eat meat. That animal suffered and died for you. So you could eat it. Me, personally, I would rather eat it, and thank it for the life that it gave for me, which I do every time I eat meat. On the other hand, the person who is refusing to eat the meat, that animal died.... For nothing. If it wasn't for others, that animal would just sit there and rot; it suffered in life and died without a purpose at all.
People will not stop eating meat. What we all should REALLY look towards is a happy life for these animals. We should not buy meat from places that abuse their animals. Instead, we should by free range chicken and cows and pigs. That way, at least, we know the animal lived a happy, organic, and free life! Hormones an energies are put into our food because of the people who care for these animals. If a chicken is pumped with chemicals, its beak chopped off because it was fighting with other birds in it's really confined cage, and it's stress levels are high because of its sufferings, you will get that in your meat. Why don't we choose to eat happy chickens instead, if we choose to do so? And thank it for its happy life and wholesome nutrition it gives us.
I personally eat mostly non animal products anymore. But I do also eat meat still... Sometimes I feel guilty about it yes. But no need to feel guilty for who you are, whether it be a herbivore, omnivore or a carnivore.
It's a struggle... When it comes to your concern about animal rights and animals being treated with kindness and respect. But do in your heart what YOU think is right
Vegetarian (still occasionally eat honey) for the past 23 years. Healthy, don't get sick, normal weight, lots of energy, no allergies, etc.
Became vegetarian strictly for moral/ethical reasons and then discovered the fact that humans evolved to be plant eaters, and this is why vegetarians and vegans are healthiest of all.
As for the asinine comments about "growing" one's own livestock, stick to horticulture. I grow my own fruits and vegetables - nothing like walking to the backyard to pick a handful of berries, a papaya, a passion fruit, a tomato, some okra. The animals under my care and the wildlife frequenting my land are safe, and they know it. I wised up years ago and accept my role as a steward and neighbor - NOT some ego-inflated "superior species" because that's nothing more than idiocracy talking.
First did it because I found a vein in some meat I was eating. Did it for years and then people kept mentioning cheeseburgers. Failed and ate cheeseburger. Then did it for years and someone on this site (who will remain nameless) ruined it for me. Had three weeks of meat-eating and now vegetarian again. Hopefully for life.