Vegan?Vegetarian?!
I wanted to become a Vegan but actually i dont know how to be a vegan so please help me.
No more meat right?
Vegetarian oils?No more merinos?
No more leather?No more Cotton?Sugar?
Virgin woll?
Help me and uh is better a Vegan or a Vegetarian?
p.s. Please dont copy paste wikipedia or urbandictionary!I want your words!Cuz i could easily go and search there!But i need simple words!Thanks!
Answers: So i have a question....
I wanted to become a Vegan but actually i dont know how to be a vegan so please help me.
No more meat right?
Vegetarian oils?No more merinos?
No more leather?No more Cotton?Sugar?
Virgin woll?
Help me and uh is better a Vegan or a Vegetarian?
p.s. Please dont copy paste wikipedia or urbandictionary!I want your words!Cuz i could easily go and search there!But i need simple words!Thanks!
Everything in-between those two extremes is gray area. The best way to settle on a spot in that gray area is to carefully consider the issue and choose a diet which for you balances the ill of harming or killing creatures against the necessities of your life. Occasionally, you should evaluate your decision to see if you should modify it one way or the other. The most important aspect is that you give it some thought: consider the consequences of your actions.
As for where to draw the line, there are a few natural lines that make sense and are relatively un-arbitrary. Choose one of these lines and see how it works for you:
***Don't eat humans. That shouldn't be too hard to do, as it's illegal anyway. Most everyone follows this standard without giving it any thought.
***Don't eat primates. Well, most Westerners don't do this, but some people eat monkeys and even Chimpanzees. I'm hoping you don't.
***Don't eat any mammals, as they are very closely-related to humans. Also, mammals experience a broad range of feeling and many are quite intelligent. Despite the derogatory connotations associated with their name, pigs are some of the most intelligent animals on this planet.
***Don't eat any vertebrates because they experience high-order pain and other nervous responses in basically the same way that humans do. Some of them are quite intelligent, too.
***Don't eat any animals (Vegetarian, a.k.a. Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian). This is one of the least arbitrary standards, as there's a fairly clear line between animals and non-animals. All animals are sensate, react to pain, and are arguably a higher form of life than plants, fungi, etc.. Even some invertebrate animals, such as octopuses, can be extremely intelligent.
***Don't eat any animals or animal products (Vegan). This is also very un-arbitrary. Products such as milk and eggs come from enslaving animals in sometimes horrendous conditions. It makes sense that if you're trying not to kill animals, you also should try to avoid inflicting other forms of violence on them. “No” to any type of product derived from animals, including fur, leather and honey.
***Don't eat things which result in animal death when they are harvested. Mass-harvesting of grains, for example, causes the deaths of many creatures, including a variety of mammals, which are caught in the farm equipment. Meeting this standard is extremely difficult in modern societies as it basically requires that you eat only food you grow yourself or that come from a source you know to be safe. Over time, this may become more feasible. Consider however, that eating only meat certainly wouldn't help prevent animal deaths from grain harvesting. Meat animals eat huge quantities of harvested grain, and they also displace enormous numbers of animals from their natural habitats.
***Don't eat anything that is killed to become food (Fruitarian) - It may be possible to live without eating any dead things, including plants. Eating things such as nuts, fruits, and many vegetables does not directly cause any deaths. Personally, I see this as a somewhat unreasonable standard both because it sounds nutritionally near-impossible and because just taking a shower causes the deaths of countless microorganisms. I don't think it's reasonable to expect to be a human being and not cause some other things to die... I only look to minimize it. However, if you think you can live a Fruitarian life, more power to you.
***Don't eat the products of any living thing - Breatharian. I'm pretty sure this is impossible (at least in today's society), because it doesn't leave much to eat besides salt. However, it may be possible in the future that we could grow our food in enclosed environments (thus avoiding killing animals during harvesting), and that that food could be replicated through advanced cloning techniques, thus meeting at least the Fruitarian standard of not causing deaths. Right now, I'm not going to worry about it... but it is something to think about for the future.
In all of the above definitions, understand that not eating something also refers to not using it. Non-cannibals generally don't use human skin for ornamentation, and vegetarians generally avoid leather.
Or at least, it is reasonable to assume that people who are willing to consider the moral consequences of killing animals are more likely to restrain from violence against other human beings if at all possible.
Conclusion – Vegetarianism or veganism never stop at eating habit alone, but a “journey” beyond - Philosophy and way of life.
vegan is way healthier as u eliminate dairy, and alot of foods that vegeterians are allowed to eat are high in fat and bad for you, being vegan eliminates so many foods, which makes it healthier, lol,
a vegan is someone doesn't eat eggs or dairy. the rest is a moral choice. with supplements and the correct dietary choices your decision would be a good one for your body and the environment