Becoming Vegetarian/Vegan.

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Tofu Ninja NSW • Posts: 165

11 26 Sep 2010

The general human view is that we are the most important things to have ever lived on Earth... My question is "Why?"
If anything we are the worst thing to have ever lived...

My reason for becoming an all mighty Herbivore was basically - I loved animals. Why should I eat them?

Then once I was a vegetarian I did A LOT of research (You should read: The China Study, Skinny Bitch, anything by Peter Singer, http://www.veganism.com/books.html).

After being vegetarian for a few years I got back into a load of researching again and... It pretty much made me rethink my diet and lifestyle and adopt a Vegan way of life.

Becoming a vegetarian is one of the greatest gifts you can give to our planet.
I am happy you are considering making the change. Good on you happy

...2 WA • Posts: 2307

12 26 Sep 2010

There are three core reasons why I went vegan:

1. My health: There are so many health benefits to going vegetarian or vegan, and if you do it right, I've had a nutritionist tell me that even so-called "extreme" vegan diets can be "one of the healthiest diets in the world". Check this out: http://www.nursingdegree.net/blog/19/57-health-benefits-of-going-vegan/ It's specific for vegans, but almost all the health benefits are the same for vegetarians

2. My planet. Watch Meat The Truth for all the info on that. Totally worth it. http://www.unleashed.org.au/features/meat-the-truth/

3. The animals. We don't need to eat them, wear them, or hurt them for kicks, so why should we? I'd also suggest watching Earthlings. It's the most powerful film I've ever seen, and it will stay with me forever. www.unleashed.org.au/features/earthlings/

=) Good luck. Keep on asking us questions and we'll do our best to help you. Most importantly, live well, enjoy life and be compassionate. peace

Heather. QLD • Posts: 230

13 26 Sep 2010

ZoolNerd said:

Welcome Heather! its a great thing to become vegetarian for so many reasons! Animal rights, the environment and your overall heath just to name a few! starfish

Im an animal lover and when I decided to do my degree (Zoology) I started to think about the meat on my plate. Was this cows/chickens/fishes/ lambs live as valid as the native wildlife and exotic endangered species I want to help save?

So I looked into the beef, pork, lamb, chicken, egg, dairy, and also the wool industry (*shiver*) and of course fur industry and finally made the decision to stop eating all flesh and eventually, maybe in a few years or so to go completely vegan happy

How are you heather? whats made you join unleashed and want to become vegetarian?

ZoolNerd thank you for your comment, I am good. I have always loved animals and I have four pets which I love, I think animal cruelty is abhorrent and unnessecary. Last year in media we watched Baraka (1992 film) which contained a scene about a hatchery (i believe) and graphic footage of a chick getting it's neck broken and other commercial processes, after seeing this for more than three months I had a 'chicken' free diet as I was disguested by it. My friend is a vegan and Im intrested when she talks about being veg/vegan. I joined Unleashed yesterday International vegetarian day as she suggested it to me as Im thinking about becoming a vegetarian but Im not sure how and if i can and whether my parents will accept etc.

CatLover VIC • Posts: 38

14 27 Sep 2010

Courtney_ said:

I became Vegetarian in July last year when I watched PETA's 'Meet Your Meat' video & in February this year I made the choice to become vegan when I found out what really happened in the dairy industry & that I didn't want to contribute to that. |:

Going vegetarian/vegan is really a lot easier than what most people think & is a really healthy way of life. The main thing to do is to make sure that you eat propley. wink