I am a vegetarian for several reasons. I abhor the factory system of raising and harvesting animals. I believe it is cruel and amoral. I have serious issues with genetically modified crops and other foods. I believe they are very unhealthy, and don't much resemble the food substance they started out as. The animals, which are not biologically supposed to eat these grains, are eating them. The meat obtained from these animals is NOT the same as the meat that was obtained from them before the advent of factory farming. People, while we certainly are physiologically capable of eating meat, should not be eating nearly as much as they do today. The thought of overfeeding these animals on these substances, along with 70% of the antibiotics produced, is frightening. We do eat eggs, but only the ones from our backyard or other people we know that take good care of their chickens. We grow a lot of our fresh vegetables. Eating locally grown, organic foods are the best ways to stick it to the large food and GMO seed corporations that are spreading their flawed products around the world. I have MS. Since starting on a plant based diet, my symptoms are negligible at worst. I went from 87 lesions on my brain on my last MRI to 34 now. I've only had 2 relapses in the past year. My mother had high blood pressure and hypertension, now gone. Her fiance (lives with us) has completely reversed his diabetes. My younger son who has dyslexia has even improved. My older son can tell a huge difference in his energy level and sports performance. We just don't know what these super processed foods are doing to us, and our government and the food corporations don't care. And I am thrilled that the Sea Shepherds drove the Japanese whalers back to Japan!
