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BACK TO PROFILE(Click) First thing! I am in no way trying to push veganism on you, I am merely trying to explain why Intro: What is a vegan? (Taken from Wikipedia.com) Veganism is a philosophy and lifestyle that seeks to exclude the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose. Vegans do not use or consume animal products of any kind. The most common reasons for becoming a vegan are ethical commitment or moral convictions concerning animal rights, the environment, human health, and spiritual or religious concerns. Of particular concern are the practices involved in factory farming and animal testing, and the intensive use of land and other resources required for animal farming. Vegan diets (sometimes called strict or pure vegetarian diets) are a subset of vegetarian diets, which are credited with lowering the risk of colon cancer, heart attack, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, prostate cancer, and stroke. However, vegan diets can be low in levels of calcium, iodine, vitamin B12 and vitamin D. Vegans are therefore encouraged to plan their diet and take dietary supplements as appropriate. Part one: Equality. See, being vegan, you don't eat animal products, animals don't eat our products do they? It's all about fairness, eating something’s products that have been tortured and made obviously uncomfortable under the circumstances seems so wrong to me. You can't put a price on life, but apparently now that we eat animals we can. and to me, that seems wrong. So if we can consume products from tortured animals, that once had a family, emotions, breathed, and what-not, why can't they consume ours? Possibly because they don't want it? Possibly because we wont give it to them. Maybe they want it, and obviously we are not going to give it to them. Part two: Transfer/Frequently asked questions. "My mom forces me to eat meat, but I want to stop." -Then stop, darlings, it's not that hard. If you truly believe that Quitting eating meat/animal products is right for you, then you can, I starved myself for a year because my mom always made meat. You don't have to go starving yourself, but any extra money you get can go towards buying yourself food. Plus, saving up to buy food for yourself gives you a taste of Reality. "Do you eat like, salad all day?" -HAH no, there are countless numbers of meat and animal product supplements, plus a load of vitamins as well. There are tons of stores out there that sell vegan/vegetarian food. It may be a little more expensive, but totally worth it. (Plus, if there is ever a time where more than 50% of the population quits eating meat, prices will drop) Off the top of my head, here are some alternative foods. There is vegan Mac and cheese, there is vegan cheese, pizza, parmesan cheese, burgers, faux chicken, shish kabobs, pepperoni, and so on and so forth. Almost everything you eat as an omnivore (a species of animal that eats both plants and animals as its primary food source.) "Everyone eats meat, no one will stop." -Hey, guess what, there’s this thing called "Boycotting." "I like the taste of meat to much" -Like dead flesh from something that used to shit? Something that breathed, moved, was tortured for your consummation, something that had a mother and a father, that needed to eat, drink and grow, that could see and feel it's surroundings? Well then, by all means, do continue. But anyways, again, there are products out there that taste remarkably like meat, but don't give you that same feeling as eating a barbequed corpse would I guess =/ "What about at peoples parties? Hot dogs and such?" -If you ask nicely, some parents will make pasta. ^.^ Yum yum yum, pasta. Personal I became a vegetarian when I was in grade 3. That's nine years old. Why did I do it? I was repulsed that I had been eating live animals. I was too ignorant and naive to realize that there were people killing animals for their consummation. Actually, at that time, my mother still wanted me to eat chicken and fish. So I complied, thinking that I would starve. I know now that is not true. Two years later, my mother thought to herself "She should be past this faze now, I can make meat again." What a horrible lie. I was ten when I began to stop eating because all my mother would make was red meat. At around midnight I would sneak to the kitchen and make rice or noodles or something. Eventually, my mom noticed that I was getting sick, very sick, and trips to the doctors were getting more frequent. So she began to only offer red meat, and not try to force me to eat it. At the end of grade 8, I became a full vegetarian, and felt so much better, more active and more sociable actually. I was more comfortable with my body and what-not. I just felt good in general. The beginning of grade nine, I said, "Fuck it all" and became vegan. I love every minute of not consuming animal products. I feel much more healthy and even though my mother still jokes and offers meat, but she knows the consequences if she ever quits feeding me ^.^ That's all I got for now, if it's confusing, sorry, it's 4am and I'm tired as hell |