When I originally decided to become a vegetarian, it was due to health reason. My mom has had two heart attacks and is a cancer survivor, so I have a lot to worry about when it comes to my health. As I have written about before, I haven't had the healthiest diet and it could create some serious problem for me down the road. Becoming a vegetarian forces me to start thinking about what I was putting into my body, becoming a vegan is helping me take it to the next level.
Being a vegetarian wasn't hard for me. I still ate cheese, drank milk and consumed eggs. I ate junk foods like cakes and cookies without feel bad about my choices. It was vegetarian after all! Well, it's a lot harder to have that same mentality and be a vegan (it's still possible, but a lot harder).
Besides my heath, there are other reason's I have decided to go in this direction (but my health is the #1 reason). Animal cruelty is on my list. When I was a vegetarian, the eggs I ate were free range. If I was going to eat animal products, it wasn't going to come from a business that abuses animals.
I'm so passionate about this. Animals should be treated with respect, even if they are being raised for burger meat.
I'm not the type of vegan who is going to tell people all the reason they shouldn't eat meat, because I really don't care what you eat. I changed my lifestyle for me.....
I found this list on another blogger website. While most of it is pretty extreme, they make a few good points. I hope this helps everyone to better understand my choices.
Courtesy of:
My Life As A Vegan Blog
1) Vegans on average live 6 years longer than non-vegans.
2) The average vegan total cholesterol level is 128. The lowest level for a heart attack is 150.
3) Milk consumption has been linked to ear infections, asthma, and a whole slew of other diseases.
4) Cholesterol can cause impotence
5) Vegans don't consume any cholesterol
6) Vegans don't smoke, and smoking is one of the leading causes of death
7) 33% percent of Americans are OBESE, while only 2% of vegans are
8) Tofu is a lot cheaper than steak
9) Fur has formaldehyde in it, which has been known to cause cancers and etc
10) Charred meats contain carcinogens that can cause cancers
11) Fast food meats like those at McDonald's have thousands of additives that are not only addictive, they can cause you to gain weight and mess up your whole body
12) The USFDA recognizes vegetarian and vegan diets as the healthiest diets.
13) Veal calves are often stillborn or unborn.
14) Veal calves that are born are raises in crates where they cant even turn around, and are fed only a diet of milk for 16 weeks before they are slaughtered.
15) Dairy cows on average live for 5-7 years, where as they are able to live to 20 years or more!
16) Pigs are more intelligent than dogs, and have the intelligence of a 3-year old.
17) Egg-laying hens are kept without water and food for 14 days at a time to force their bodies into another egg-laying cycle
18) It takes 7 cows to furnish a leather interior Mercedes-Benz
19) Milk is known to cause acne breakouts
20) MEAT IS DEAD FLESH
