What made you decide to become a vegetarian?

Question

I'm just curious what made you decide to become a vegetarian. I just learned today that when I order a burger at a fast food place that I am actually eating cow head and the crap that falls on the floor. I'm really disturbed by this and I think I am going to stop eating commercially processed meats. I would just like some of your thoughts :-) Thanks Also, how long have you been a vegetarian?

Answer 1

I had a moment of realization (much like your cow head thought). I have been vegetarian for 2 1/2 years and a vegan for 6 mos.

Answer 2

In short 2 things

1) Ozzy Osbournes autobiography: he was a butcher & worked in a slaughterhouse and basically ...well threw reality on it. Like he describes how they used to have to meet quotas and the rack-lines, sometimes animals would be boiled alive or they would mess around distracting the person who was on duty cutting the animal to death.

Basically as he put it (rough quote) ''i think everybody should visit a slaughterhouse once in their lifetime & associate that the meat they eat was an animal that was alive & killed. No doubt many more would turn towards vegetarian diets upon witnessing it''



2) Earthlings: Basically provided the nice shock-factor of it all wrapped up with the vegan philosophy. After watching it & thinking about it i became vegetarian.



TBH i jumped into it without fully understanding however that phase passed and i've philosophised more & more about certain topics drawing my own ethics etc. That at the very least is the bonus i've gotten from it,

If you have room on your Ipod, i recommend downloading a few of the ''vegetarian food for thought'' podcasts, it will at the least give you the backbone & is easy to listen to when walking/sleeping

Answer 3

I tell people that I went vegetarian after learning about it from my friend, but that's actually not the main reason. I was online on a message board (like this) a couple years back and this girl posted about how she was going vegetarian and asked for information about it. She said she was doing it for ethical reasons, which got me thinking. So I did a little bit of research and after I stumbled upon some disgusting factory farming videos I knew I was done with meat for good. My really good friend was a vegetarian so I turned to her for advice. I went vegetarian with her in the 7th grade and back then we known as the weirdos who don't eat meat. Now, I know about 10 other vegetarians :)

I've been vegetarian since June 10th, 2008, so about 2.5 years.

Answer 4

I have been a vegetarian for about 10 months and I initially became vegetarian because I am all for the environment and I knew that eliminating meat from your diet can prevent tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. Once I became a vegetarian I decided to research the meat industry and what really goes on. I nearly cried when I saw the dead truth and that cows are castrated, stripped of their horns, baby male chicks are ground to death because they can't produce eggs, baby cows taken away from their mothers to become veal. My passion for vegetarianism was even further strengthened by that, and also by learning it's bad for your health to eat meat. I'm currently in the process of becoming vegan because animals are exploited just as much for their eggs, milk, etc as they are for their meat. It's for the environment, the animals, myself, and for the rest of the world. If you ever wanted to know why vegetarians and vegans are so passionate about trying to convert others to their ways, it's because they are passionate about saving the world and they will do anything it takes to save the world for you and me.

Answer 5

I've been a vegetarian for five months. I learned about how disgusting the meat actually is, and decided to become a veg head. I am also a big animal lover, so that contributed. I guess I also did it because I have great friends who are vegetarians.

Answer 6

Animals feel pain and are often slaughter in a cruel manner. Make sure they didn’t die for nothing. Eat them.

Carnivorous animals are often well-muscled, sleek, powerful and fierce. Cows are not.

Vast acres of forests are cleared every year for cattle grazing. This land could be used to grow plants, which would feed far more people than animals. The solution is clear – get rid of the perpetrators. Eat the cattle.

Answer 7

people become vegetarians for various of reasons. One being like you said, cuz the meat ppl sell is questionable. Some were born in a vegetarian family, some choose because there animal lovers so they don't wnt to contribute in killings of animals, some might not even like meat taste. & theirs probably more reasons!

Answer 8

When I was 11 two years ago (i'm 13 now) I decided that I couldn't call my self an animal lover while contributing to their killing. Later I learned about factory farming and was glad about my decision.

PS. It's good to just stay away from factory meat too.

Happy new years!!!

Answer 9

Eating is the most intimate thing we can do. It just makes sense to eat clean, healthy food. I don't want animals being put into my body.



I have been vegetarian for more than a decade.

Answer 10

I had several reasons for changing to vegetarian. The first is that vegetarian diets are shown to reduce inflammation in the body. This makes all your joints and muscles feel better and recover from exercise faster. The second reason is that my overall digestion and health improved greatly when I switched to a diet with lots of different vegetables (something to do with all that fiber :). The third reason is that my recent research into longevity has led me to the conclusion that it's easier to maintain a longevity diet (Caloric Restriction) when you don't eat meat. Fourth reason is that methionine amino acid is a component of many meat products and research has shown that restricting the consumption of methionine adds to longer healthspan and longevity. Fifth reason is that protein consumption has been linked to increased prevalence of cancer. To avoid this I've limited my protein consumption to 15% of calories. A vegetarian diet plays into this strategy nicely. I've been a vegetarian for 2 years now.

Answer 11

I went to a Buffalo Ranch where they slaughtered a Buffalo for me. I kinda thought what a crappy life, the poor guy was walking around one second then they shoot him in the head with a shotgun and he trembles and falls down and blood is spilling everywhere

Answer 12

I'm not technically a vegetarian yet, it's my new year's resolution but I just don't really like meat anymore so I'm kinda weaning myself off it.

Answer 13

i think it runs in my family. my mom was a vegetarian, my oldest sis was vegan, and my mom always made food that had no meat and starch and gelatin.

i always knew the crap that they put in hamburgers, it is unnatural and unhealthy



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Kaylee



plus i lost weight and look very healthy, and my doc says im one of the most healthiest ppl she has-im not bragging