Calling all vegetarians! Why are you a vegetarian?!
Calling all vegetarians! Why are you a vegetarian?
When people ask you why you are a vegetarian what do you say?
Answers:
What I usually say is: I didn't decide to become a vegetarian, my parents did when I was born. The reasons why I'm still a vegetarian and not a meat-eater are:
*I think eating animal carcasses is weird and slightly disturbing
*I think it is highly unhealthy to eat meat
*I think it is cruel, especially these days, to kill animals just to eat their bodies
*I think it is unnecessary and pointless to eat meat
*I think it is somewhat primitive and backwards
That's what I say.
I say - for health first - and all the other reasons are side benefits.
I say "It's a personal choice; it started because I felt pity for animals and disgust at eating them. And for a while, I got all high-and-mighty about it, until I realized that it's none of my business what other people choose to eat. It's not inherently wrong to eat a hot dog, or to put mustard on it, or to skip the bun, or to have a tofu dog instead. So now it's just a personal choice, and I recognize that it's not something for which I deserve any credit or any blame. I do eat dairy products, because I can't imagine living without good cheese. And I also eat eggs, because I'm pro-choice, and by me that's not a chicken."
Because I don't want any part of the slaughtering of animals that goes on. I don't want an animal to have to suffer and die a terrible death just so I can have some meat for dinner. I can lead a much healthier life without it anyway, so eating meat and contributing to animal slaughter makes no sense to me.
While pregnant w/ my second I grew a strong distaste for all meat and eggs. After giving birth tried some again and still couldn't help but gag. I decided to give it up. Then I found out how our bodies work over time to digest it, which causes other issues (I'm not speaking of cholestorol or high blood pressure, though those are concerns). So I took my daughter off it as well (son is still drinking from the tap). And that's how we became vegetarian.
I'm a Vegan because I support animal rights, good health, environmental protection, and I prefer the taste of non-animal foodstuffs.
I just tell them its for ethical reasons. Being vegan people think you are extreme, but when they realise that normal people like me can be vegan they then just become interested. I dont push my opinions on anyone, however, if they are truly interested in my reasons I will tell them more.
I tell them it's for ethical reasons, and if they push it, I go into the dangers of the meat industry. Some meat eaters can be so needlessly defensive. You know, like your life choice offends their eating habits.
When people ask you, it's best to tell them a white lie so they don't tell you to "stop preaching". Just say that your dad had too much cholesterol, so stopped eating meat for a while, and now your family doesn't care much for meat.
I am a vegetarian for environmental reasons. Going veg for a year is better (less carbon emissions) than using a hybrid for a year! And it saves water (half of all water in the US goes to animals soon to be slaughtered).
My sister is a vegetarian for ethical reasons. She knows that even though half of all water goes to animals soon to be slaughtered, the animals are still starving and in need of a drink. She is a big-time shunner of furs and a fan of protests.
My neighbor is a vegan because she likes vegetables and was quite annoyed to learn that new taxes are being imposed on small vegetable farms, and that the govermnet will allow your cattle to graze on government lands for a day for $5 in some places.
One of my friends is a vegetarian because of his religious beliefs. What more can I say?
My cousin is a vegetarian because of health. She was *really* fat, and she was about to be married. She tried all the diets under the sun. South Beach? Tried it! Weight Watchers? Tried it! Atkins? Yup! Nothing worked. Then, she tried vegetarianism. She was skinnier and happier and had more energy.
i say, "because factory farming is tourter and animals don't deserve to be murdered. and vegetarinism is the healthiest life style."
For two reasons:
- I'm against animal cruelty, and to eat meat nowadays makes you participant of that cruelty
- It has a lot of health benefits
if it is someone i don't know too well then i just tell them my parents raised me vegan so i don't have to have a two hour speech with them.if it is someone I know well i'll explain to them my thoughts and beliefs and main reasons why.
its for healthy reasons and also becoz my parents are vegetarians . My dad used to eat meat rarely not at home So he cud tell it was unhealthy to be dependent on it..Also never felt the need to eat meat. although my spouse pigs on meat.so one more reason to not do it.
i don't believe in supporting cruelty to animals, especially when anyone can survive just fine on a vegetarian or vegan diet. there are of course the health problems, red meat has actually been PROVEN to cause cancer, but no one seems to care about that until they get older. finally, the idea of eating flesh just is repulsive to me.