Why did you become vegan/vegetarian? :]?!
i became a vegan because i love animals!
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One day ten years ago I was very hungry and had no food in the house!. I was a teenager struggling with money, living alone, trying to make a life for myself!. I felt pretty down that particular day and decided to splurge and go get myself some fast food!. I came home with some KFC, and I can still remember what I had: chicken strips, mashed potatoes with gravy, and a biscuit!. I sat there watching television and slowly savoring my meal!. I had one of the chicken strips in my hand, and it happened to be a particularly large piece!. I looked down and felt the weight of it in my hand and noticed that its shape was almost like that of a small young limp chicken!. It just hit me like lightening: I really WAS holding a chicken in my hand!. I couldn't believe I had never made the connection before!. Sure, we all know where meat comes from, but by the time it reaches our dinner plate, it looks nothing like an animal!. It looks like neat, safe squares, circles, strips!. And then I thought about my job at the local hospital!. I thought about how the insides of a person don't look much different from those of an animal!. And how PEOPLE ARE MEAT, too!. Of course people don't usually eat each other, but just the idea that humans are meat too really shook me!.
After that day, I could never eat meat again!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
After that day, I could never eat meat again!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't like animal suffering, plus I never could stand the way a lot of meat smelled/tasted very much anyway!.
It actually stared with pet chickens!. (Before I got them, I'd wanted to be a vegetarian, but my parents weren't happy about it, so I didn't push too hard!.) Once I got the chickens, I fully realized how very real they are: They each have different personalities, likes, and dislikes!. They are capable of feeling sad, love, jealous, lonely, etc!. They're also really smart and affectionate!. They make friends with some birds/people and dislike others!. They're just like any other animal, except people don't usually get to see that!.
So I stopped eating any type of poultry first, then it evolved into vegetarianism and then veganism, which my parents are okay with now!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It actually stared with pet chickens!. (Before I got them, I'd wanted to be a vegetarian, but my parents weren't happy about it, so I didn't push too hard!.) Once I got the chickens, I fully realized how very real they are: They each have different personalities, likes, and dislikes!. They are capable of feeling sad, love, jealous, lonely, etc!. They're also really smart and affectionate!. They make friends with some birds/people and dislike others!. They're just like any other animal, except people don't usually get to see that!.
So I stopped eating any type of poultry first, then it evolved into vegetarianism and then veganism, which my parents are okay with now!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
because i was really unhealthy and gaining weight
so when i became vegetarian i cut back on about 80% of the foods i would normally eat
i've never felt better! i felt more active, less tired, meat made me tired for some reason!.!. and yeah =) just all around healthier i don't eat junk food either which is a big mistake most vegans and vegetarians make they can't eat meat so the snack on unhealthy fatty snack foods!.!.!. becoming vegetarian made me more aware of the food i did out into my body
i am HUGE animal lover but animals are made to serve OUR needs, wether it be food, or for playWww@FoodAQ@Com
so when i became vegetarian i cut back on about 80% of the foods i would normally eat
i've never felt better! i felt more active, less tired, meat made me tired for some reason!.!. and yeah =) just all around healthier i don't eat junk food either which is a big mistake most vegans and vegetarians make they can't eat meat so the snack on unhealthy fatty snack foods!.!.!. becoming vegetarian made me more aware of the food i did out into my body
i am HUGE animal lover but animals are made to serve OUR needs, wether it be food, or for playWww@FoodAQ@Com
I'm vegan because animals have the right to life, liberty and freedom from suffering!. They were no more meant for man than black people were for whites, or women for men!.
I wouldn't say 'love' comes into it, I don't have that much of an interest in animals, except for cats!. It's more about justice and equality!. Similarly, I don't have to love all black people to believe in racial equality!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I wouldn't say 'love' comes into it, I don't have that much of an interest in animals, except for cats!. It's more about justice and equality!. Similarly, I don't have to love all black people to believe in racial equality!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
1!. Heart disease begins at childhood!.
2!. A vegan diet reverses heart disease!.
3!. Eating meat and dairy makes you fat!.
4!. I shouldn't have to lie to my kids about the food that I eat!.
5!. In every package of chicken there's a little POOP!.
6!. Meat is filthy and bloody!.
7!. It isn't fair to the animals!.
8!. No living creature wants to see her family slaughtered!.
9!. Eating meat can cause impotence!.
10!. Mad cow disease is in the United States!.
11!. It's violence I can stop!.
12!. No one should have to make a living by killing!.
13!. It takes a small person to beat a defenseless animal, and an even smaller person to eat it!.
14!. No animal deserves to die for my taste buds!.
15!. The grain used to feed factory animals could feed hungry people in starving countries!.
16!. More than half of all water in the United States goes towards raising animals for food!.
17!. I'm an environmentalist, and you can't eat meat and call yourself an environmentalist!.
18!. Animals are defenseless!.
19!. When animals feel pain, they scream just like we do!.
20!. Animals don't want to die!.
21!. Animals feel fear!.
22!. No matter how you slice it, it's still flesh!.
23!. Commerce is no excuse for murder!.
24!. Even prisons aren't as crowded as battery cages!.
25!. Wings are for flying, not for eating!.
26!. All animals want to be free!.
27!. Eating fish doesn't make you a vegetarian!.
28!. Might doesn't make right!.
29!. Animal cruelty is wrong!.
30!. Cow milk is for baby cows!. I'm neither a baby nor am I a cow!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
2!. A vegan diet reverses heart disease!.
3!. Eating meat and dairy makes you fat!.
4!. I shouldn't have to lie to my kids about the food that I eat!.
5!. In every package of chicken there's a little POOP!.
6!. Meat is filthy and bloody!.
7!. It isn't fair to the animals!.
8!. No living creature wants to see her family slaughtered!.
9!. Eating meat can cause impotence!.
10!. Mad cow disease is in the United States!.
11!. It's violence I can stop!.
12!. No one should have to make a living by killing!.
13!. It takes a small person to beat a defenseless animal, and an even smaller person to eat it!.
14!. No animal deserves to die for my taste buds!.
15!. The grain used to feed factory animals could feed hungry people in starving countries!.
16!. More than half of all water in the United States goes towards raising animals for food!.
17!. I'm an environmentalist, and you can't eat meat and call yourself an environmentalist!.
18!. Animals are defenseless!.
19!. When animals feel pain, they scream just like we do!.
20!. Animals don't want to die!.
21!. Animals feel fear!.
22!. No matter how you slice it, it's still flesh!.
23!. Commerce is no excuse for murder!.
24!. Even prisons aren't as crowded as battery cages!.
25!. Wings are for flying, not for eating!.
26!. All animals want to be free!.
27!. Eating fish doesn't make you a vegetarian!.
28!. Might doesn't make right!.
29!. Animal cruelty is wrong!.
30!. Cow milk is for baby cows!. I'm neither a baby nor am I a cow!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I became vegan because to "keep myself healthy" !
Being a vegan is good more than being a non-vegan !.!.!.
Okay , animals would e save , sure is a good point , but
is animals more than our health !?
I don`t really think so !.!.!.!.!.!.
I don`t even know when I became vegan ,Loomly I noticed
that Ooh !.!.I am loving vegies and that`s good !.
what if you keep on having non-vegan food only , you`d just recieve
protiens or your bones would be sturdy , what else !?
BUt in vegies , so many vitamins,iron , minerals ,zinc!.!.!.etc
Which is body needs alot !!
Thats why I`ve become a vegan !.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Being a vegan is good more than being a non-vegan !.!.!.
Okay , animals would e save , sure is a good point , but
is animals more than our health !?
I don`t really think so !.!.!.!.!.!.
I don`t even know when I became vegan ,Loomly I noticed
that Ooh !.!.I am loving vegies and that`s good !.
what if you keep on having non-vegan food only , you`d just recieve
protiens or your bones would be sturdy , what else !?
BUt in vegies , so many vitamins,iron , minerals ,zinc!.!.!.etc
Which is body needs alot !!
Thats why I`ve become a vegan !.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
when i was like 7 or so my family cooked lobster for dinner!. i snuck in the kitchen when my dad and uncles were boiling the lobsters!. i saw them moving around in the pot, they were alive!. i did not eat lobster that night!.
a week or so later we had a fire in the fire place and i sat too close and a spark hit me in the arm!. i realized that was how those lobsters must've felt, but all over and they died!.
that was when i first realized that when i ate meat, an animal had to die!.
it took me 5 more years to actually go vegetarian, but the first morning i woke up veggie, it felt very right!. it wasn't just that i loved animals, i just felt like i was SUPPOSED to be a vegetarian!.
i was often asked, "oh, are you one of those crayz ones who doesn't eat eggs or dairy!?" i'd laugh and say i wasn't insane! i thought vegans were all stick thin hippies with barefeet long hair and guitars!.
last august i got 2 copies of vegnews magazine!. when i read the first one, it dawned on me!. vegans weren't crazy! they were normal people! there were vegan babies! if a baby could be vegan, why couldn't i!? i went home and did some research on battery cages and dairy farming!.
i was flabbergasted!
now i'm trying to go vegan!. it is very hard, seeing as i'm a freshman in highschool and i don't have any vegan friends/family members!. but it feels right!. i know i'm supposed to be vegan!. i can't explain how i know that, i just DO!.
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a week or so later we had a fire in the fire place and i sat too close and a spark hit me in the arm!. i realized that was how those lobsters must've felt, but all over and they died!.
that was when i first realized that when i ate meat, an animal had to die!.
it took me 5 more years to actually go vegetarian, but the first morning i woke up veggie, it felt very right!. it wasn't just that i loved animals, i just felt like i was SUPPOSED to be a vegetarian!.
i was often asked, "oh, are you one of those crayz ones who doesn't eat eggs or dairy!?" i'd laugh and say i wasn't insane! i thought vegans were all stick thin hippies with barefeet long hair and guitars!.
last august i got 2 copies of vegnews magazine!. when i read the first one, it dawned on me!. vegans weren't crazy! they were normal people! there were vegan babies! if a baby could be vegan, why couldn't i!? i went home and did some research on battery cages and dairy farming!.
i was flabbergasted!
now i'm trying to go vegan!. it is very hard, seeing as i'm a freshman in highschool and i don't have any vegan friends/family members!. but it feels right!. i know i'm supposed to be vegan!. i can't explain how i know that, i just DO!.
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i used to eat alot of meat!. like three meals a day!. and wierd stuff too (born in hong kong)
when i was four i suddenly realised the rabbit i was eating was the same animal that was running around in my story books!.
i told my mum i wouldn't eat meat anymore!. she figured it was a stupid kid thing and it would pass, but i haven't eaten any meat since then!.
its hard when your a kid!. home food was fine, but when your a kid all you do is go for birthday parties, and there, theres nothing to eat!.
french fries- pig fat
cake-egg
cocktail sausages-more pig
so i would go drink water!. weee!.
i've been vegetarian for a long time now (14 years), but it was only a few years ago(like 4-5) that i became pro-vegetarian!. like trying to 'promote' it in a way!.
i watched a couple of peta's videos and realised what was happening!.
go veg!.
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when i was four i suddenly realised the rabbit i was eating was the same animal that was running around in my story books!.
i told my mum i wouldn't eat meat anymore!. she figured it was a stupid kid thing and it would pass, but i haven't eaten any meat since then!.
its hard when your a kid!. home food was fine, but when your a kid all you do is go for birthday parties, and there, theres nothing to eat!.
french fries- pig fat
cake-egg
cocktail sausages-more pig
so i would go drink water!. weee!.
i've been vegetarian for a long time now (14 years), but it was only a few years ago(like 4-5) that i became pro-vegetarian!. like trying to 'promote' it in a way!.
i watched a couple of peta's videos and realised what was happening!.
go veg!.
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I became a Veggie for the simple love of animals!. I thought I was a walking contradiction!. I wanted to save every animal but at night I was sitting down to eat one!. I realized that I couldn't be true to my beliefs if I continued on the meat path so I chose a happier road!. Fruit and veggies!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Because there is not one thing about the way be breed, feed, confine, medicate, mutilate, artificially inseminate, drug, transport or slaughter animals that I want to be a part of!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I became a vegetarian because I always felt tired and shitty!. Meat is just not meant to be digested in our system!. Of course I feel for the animals too!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
i am vegetarian
becuse it's really hard to eat meat products for meWww@FoodAQ@Com
becuse it's really hard to eat meat products for meWww@FoodAQ@Com
I became a vegetarian because of the poor and dirty way farmed animals are treated!. After years of being a vegetarian, I realized my body was not getting the nutrients it needed!. So I started eating meat, but clean, organic meat!. If you are fortunate enough to be able to seek out farmers who pasture feed and raise healthy animals without antibiotics and hormones, do so! The dairy and meat is extremely nutritious and healthy for you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I eat meat, but I still love animals!. Well, except for my neighbours cats, she lets them run wild and they are everywhere!. They breed worse than rabbits!.Www@FoodAQ@Com