QOTW: Have your reasons for going veg changed?

[Guest guest]

--- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

 

> Here is the group question for Feb. 26th - Mar. 4th:

>

> Have your reasons for going vegetarian/vegan

> changed since you first altered your

> lifestyle/diet? Describe any changes...

 

Nope. For me it is still all about animal

rights, the horrible conditions animals are

raised in many " factory farms " and the way

they are murdered. Also, as far as I understand

it is a better use of land to raise crops

for people and to not raise animals for eating.

 

Gary

[Guest guest]

This is quite a difficult question but I think generally it started

out as as more of a question of taste and increasingly the balance

has changed and it has become more about animal welfare and

ecological issues.

 

My desire not to eat meat or fish goes back as far as I can

remember. I have always hated the taste and texture and idea of

eating meat. My mum bought cheap cuts of meat with tubes in which I

thought were disgusting. So I avoided eating meat as much as

possible. Then when I was 6 we went on a school trip to a farm and

once I realised where meat came from I liked the idea of eating it

even less. I haven't gone out of my way to eat eggs since I was at

college in the late sixties where the vegetarian option was always

fried eggs so I became sickened by them but increasingly I find it

hard to justify eating disguised eggs (in cakes and suchlike) or

dairy produce and I'm also losing the taste for them. As years have

gone by I find that I scan food packaging more carefully looking for

hidden animal ingredients - I don't want animals to be hurt just so

that I can eat. I think that becoming vegan will be the next natural

progression. I rarely eat cheese now and I have reached the stage

where if I could find something vegan to eat that I like as much as

Greek yoghurt I would happily become vegan.

Christie

[Guest guest]

My reasons for becoming a vegan haven't changed one bit...the brutality of

animals hasn't stopped. The only change is that my awareness spread out from

there to include environmental and global issues to a deeper depth than

before. Got to be careful or I might be called a fanatic. LOL So, now I am

also organic along with a whole lot of other things. Yes, my whole outlook

has changed actually since going vegan.

linda

 

" ~ PT ~ " <patchouli_troll

> Here is the group question for Feb. 26th - Mar. 4th:

>

> Have your reasons for going vegetarian/vegan changed

> since you first altered your lifestyle/diet?

> Describe any changes...

[Guest guest]

> Here is the group question for Feb. 26th - Mar. 4th:

 

> Have your reasons for going vegetarian/vegan changed

> since you first altered your lifestyle/diet?

> Describe any changes...

 

 

Originally i went semi-vegetarian [while still living at home

with the folks] because i hated the texture and taste of meat.

i agreed to still eat fish and poultry because i could tolerate it,

and it made my mother's meal planning easier. Once i moved

out on my own and learned more about vegetarianism my

thoughts on that definitely changed!

Now 20 years later i still think of myself as more of a vegetarian

for taste reasons,but ethics and environmental concerns do play

a greater roll in my choosing this diet than they originally did.

 

~ pt ~

 

True friendship is never serene.

~ Marie de Svign

[Guest guest]

Originally I went pescatarian no dairy, then ovo-vegetarian, then vegan due

to food intolerances surrounding animal protein. The longer I've been no

longer eating certain foods, however, the less they resemble food to me. I

still occasionally look at a burger and remember that I once thought it

tasted good, but the idea of eating animal products is becoming more and

more revolting to me. Realizing how much healthier it is, how much better

for the animals, and knowing that I'm no longer putting crap in my body that

may not be 100% healthy or good for me has contributed to this.

 

And at this point, I no longer comprehend why we put animal milk in

*dessert*.

 

 

On 3/2/06, ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

>

>

> > Here is the group question for Feb. 26th - Mar. 4th:

>

> > Have your reasons for going vegetarian/vegan changed

> > since you first altered your lifestyle/diet?

> > Describe any changes...

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yes, some what. My husband and I began because of our

faith/religion/philosophy. That included health and value for the

treatment of animals. Now we are even more aware of animal treatment

and slant that way more than the health issue.

 

D'vorah

 

 

> Have your reasons for going vegetarian/vegan changed

> since you first altered your lifestyle/diet?

> Describe any changes...