Hello everybody! I wanted to see if there are any other vegans/vegetarians/whatever elses out there who can share their stories on why they cut out animal products. I'm not vegan nor will i ever really be, i have chickens and I'm not about to let all those eggs go to waist but I've been dairy free for six months now and i am starting to cut out more and more, this month I'm cutting out red meat, next month is white meat, and then finely the next month will be seafood.
I am going vegan (or i guess you could say vEGGan, if you want to be specific *snicker*) for ethical reasons now but I'm wondering what made all of you go vegan too for inspiration. I grew up on a meat and cheese based diet, so it's going to be super hard cutting out literally all of my favorite foods. If anybody has any plant based recipes as well I'd love to hear them.
Ok here's my quick story it's nothing spectacular but i figure why not.
The way it works in my house, you have breakfast usually with cheese and eggs, luch usually a cheese sandwich, then finally dinner, usually something with cheese in it. I had heard about the dairy free lifestyle but never looked into it much because my parents told me that cows liked to be milked so i just never second guessed it. Then i watched a video on YouTube called "dairy is scary" and i went cold turkey the next day. My best friend went dairy free with me and my parents went along with it thinking it was just a phase, i haven't had dairy since.
My family (cousins aunts uncles grandparents) were all very opposed and a few of them made fun of me for being "too sensitive". Now I'm taking the leap and cutting out all animal products except for my chickens eggs (i can't wait to see the haters faces). My parents are taking it seriously this time since i proved them wrong with the dairy thing.
So there, now i want to hear why you cut out animal products, or meat or dairy. You don't need to be vegan to participate either feel free to leave your thoughts.
ages ago, but I'll still comment lol. I'm vegan, went vegan last year for the second time in my life, first time I didnt commit fully and gave it up. My reasoning is that 1. I love animals and honestly the idea of consuming meat or dairy grosses me out- despite being raised and previously loving it. 2. The cruelty that goes on in commercial farming. 3. How unnecessary it is... even if people raise their own animals humanely and dispatch (the honest term is slaughter, thats what it is without being sugar coated-) their own animals as humanely as possible, it's still for no reason... I mean, one flavour, one meal, isnt ever worth a life in my eyes, and every day new studies show that a plant based diet can be equally if not more healthy for the average person.
Now, I'm just being honest, I respect nature. I respect the food chain. But we... arent exactly in it anymore. We use that as a default excuse, but we aren't a part of that system anymore, we haven't been since we built civilisations separated from nature. Now, if you were to go live in a forest, hunt _and_ be hunted, fine, you're a part of nature and of the food chain- to each his own- but the minute we start farming, breeding, culling and killing, for our own enjoyment or greed, that's not it.
If a person truly loves and cares for an animal, they couldnt bring themselves to kill it unless its for its own good. And we can talk about dogs being pets and pigs being livestock but pigs outperform dogs in intelligence tests- but they simply arent as cute or as easy to love to some people, so go on the table instead. That just makes me really sad.
No hate, and please respect my thoughts on this, people often put a guard up as soon as the word vegan is mentioned lol, there are a lot of people who badly represent the community. A lot. But just consider what I say and I'll consider what you say
