Any practicing vegetarians/vegans on this site?

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I'm a vegetarian, because I feel the way animals in bio industry are treated is so awful that I don't know the word for it. It's criminal, uncivilized and should be prohibited.

Animals are living, feeling beings and should be treated like that.

My partner and I.. been vegetarian for over a decade.. with some phases into veganism and raw foodism, and my reasons for become vegetarian at age 17, were mostly spiritual, animals rights and health reasons.

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I've been a vegetarian for quite a long time now. I started by going off the taste of meat when I was little, then when I began to understand that it comes from animals that have been killed I didn't want it any more. Once, when I was about nine, my Dad went fishing and I was considering trying fish, but I saw him kill the fish and that put me off. He jokingly called me a wuss. But I'm an animal lover, and when I see a piece of meat I can actually visualise it as an animal. The thought of killing and eating an animal just seems wrong to me and that's why I don't eat meat or fish, or anything that contains gelatine or other slaughter by-products. I'm also very careful about the shower gel and other products I use - I will only use them if they are marked "Suitable for Vegetarians". My family doesn't seem to understand why this is but they are supportive of my principles, even if they don't agree with me. I also won't wear leather or fur, or sit on a leather sofa. Over the past few months I have been considering converting to veganism, but my Mum is against it. She thinks that, if I become a vegan, I might make myself ill. Though I appreciate her concern, I have seriously thought it through, and I will continue to try to talk her round.

I do. The word for it is either Horrific or Hellish. Or both if you would prefer. But yes, I do agree with your overall sentiment.



Ditto to that.

The funny and ironic thing about this, though, is that humans can't actually taste meat. Unlike carnivores like cats, humans don't have amino-acid taste buds with which to taste meat with. Mostly what we are tasting is the salt, and any other additives (artifical ones mostly) that are put in, in order to make it palatable. Remove all of that and meat would taste rather gross.

That said, I don't miss meat in the least.



You might want to have her read the China Study, which pretty much proves conclusively that animal products are responsible for most of the food-related illnesses and health problems.

The other study you might want to refer to your parents to is the famous "Milk Letter" by Dr. Kradjian: http://www.notmilk.com/kradjian.html

That one lays the case that milk consumption leads to all sorts of calamities and health issues, and debunks the idea that it is a healthy source of calcium and protien.

vegetarians practice, vegans have perfected it...

Been vegetarian since March '09. Reasons? Health, animal rights, etc. Haven't looked back since.

I've been a vegetarian since the age of around 13, I'm the only one in my family who is. What put me off eating meat was walking through fields of sheep when on holiday, and they have the sweetest faces. I also saw a cattle market. I believe that animals deserve the same respect as humans do. The idea of killing animals for food seems completely wrong and unacceptable to me. And meat is totally unnecessary; it's possible to live and eat very healthily without meat. I never liked fish and completely stopped eating fish before I stopped eating meat.

Had my last meat pie when I was 15, finally getting the balls to go vegetarian. Went vegan about two years ago. Can't believe it took me so long.

I live off mostly fruit, grains, nuts, and mochachinos. I never know what to do with vegetables these days, as they're so inefficient compared to the nutrients and sugars in fruit.

I don't eat red meat or pork. Not for health reasons or religious reasons or anything like that, but because I don't like the taste. I don't eat meat at breakfast or lunch. And I don't mix meat with dairy. I would like to stop eating dairy, because it makes my throat all phlegmy but since I live in Wisconsin, it's sorta difficult to eat a dairy-free diet. I'm expected to eat dairy products.

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I did laugh at that, but I'd also like to remind you what actually happened to the dinosaurs...

I'm a vegetarian, though I do find that hilarious!

I'm vegetarian.

Scott Pilgrim flashback!! !

I've been vegetarian for about 3 months now. This time. I seem to go in cycles. I prefer vegetarian food. I generally feel better when I'm eating vegetarian (lacto-ovo, for anyone who's just dying to know!). I've gone near-vegan before, but it is more difficult to get protein (I start feeling ill if I don't get enough protein). The longest I've gone without meat is 5 months. I usually go back to eating meat if my finances are bad or I start getting too busy (or lazy) and can't get enough protein from vegetarian sources.



The weirdest response I ever got from someone when I've told them I was vegetarian was, "How sad."

They were ruling the earth along longer than we'll ever be.