QOTW: Why did you choose a vegetarian diet?

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> Why did you choose a vegetarian diet and if

> applicable what was the isolated incident that

> prompted the change?

 

i started leaning towards vegetarianism pretty early on

in life as i never liked the taste or texture of red meat.

Finally at age 15 i heard something about vegetarianism

from my boyfriend's sister. She claimed she was a

vegetarian, but she still ate chicken and fish. i was

pretty naive and confused, but thought i could do that,

and my parents were fine with it.

In college, at age 19, i had a friend who corrected me on

my form of " vegetarianism " . He gave me a book to read

called 'Diet For a Small Planet'. From that point on i ate

mostly vegetarian, but was still pretty lazy about cooking.

i'd say i was a flexitarian who was in the learning phase.

i read a lot of cookbooks, but didn't experiment until

i was in my mid-20s and living in Hawaii.

 

Basically the " why " for me for choosing vegetarianism was

taste. Later it evolved into more of a social-ecological awareness.

i have always just felt better being a vegetarian, physically and

emotionally.

 

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If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would

appear to man as it is, infinite.Ê For man has closed himself

up, till he sees all things thru' narrow chinks of his cavern.

~ William Blake