I’m not a nutritionist, nor an historian , nor an environmental scientist. I’m just a young girl , and these are my reasons. I won’t upload scientific researches and studies or datas -go search for them elsewhere.
PERSONAL REASONS
Yeah, mankind evolved even thanks to meat. In fact, 40 000 years ago I wouldn’t have been vegetarian.
But nowadays, nowadays we can safely live without eating animals -actually, our modern lifestyle gets only benefit from vegetarianism.
Here’s why, after the awareness that my daily life was depending on dozens of other animals’deaths , I decided I would have quit eating animals and their death-involving derivatives.
ALL THIS BASES ON AN IMPORTANT CONVICTION :
All living beings’existences are potentially equal. We humans don’t own the cosmos, nor we are superior. No god above prefers us,since god is an human invention.
But as an animal, I try to preserve animals like me, and so I eat vegetables, whose death it’s not usually required when taking their fruits or their parts for eating. Even for this reason I eat not-death-involving animal derivatives. I believe that sustainable livestock is possible, regarding the animals’ dignity. It’s like a covenant, in which we give them shelter and food, and animals (left in free areas, not cages) give us eggs (anyway produced) , milk (modern cows now have to be milled for they’ve evolved to be so) and honey.
Obviously this is a theoretical covenant, but I’m pretty sure that livestocks this way are sustainable.
My man tells me that animals would eat me if they could : yeah but we gave the gift of choice. Especially in this era, we can live without eating meat or fish.
MY DIET
I eat everything except for dead animals, so : vegetables, fruit, pasta, cereals, milk, cheese, eggs, honey, tofu, seitan, tempeh …
Before starting my diet, I consulted a nutritionist that gave me some healthy advice , AND EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT BECAUSE SELF-MADE EATING PLANS ARE W R O N G AND DANGEROUS.
So, I start my day with a rich breakfast , consisting of milk, cereals and crackers with Nutella.
Launch consists of a main course (pasta /seitan /tofu /egg /cheese ) + a lot of vegetables + fruit.
Dinner is pretty the same, except for I theoretically should eat less than launch.
EFFECTS ON MY BODY
I EAT A LOT, and I’m quite slim. It was different when I wasn’t vegetarian , I had to eat less to stay in shape.
I donate blood, so really my parameters are fine. I’m really in good health.
My pimples totally disappeared, and that’s soooo great. Even my sweat has turnes less acid , and I smell better (I suppose it to be thanks to not introducing meat hormones anymore).
LIVING AMONG OMNIVOROUSES
It’s been one year and a half now since I’ve made the choice (I made it when I came of age, 18). No one in my family is vegetarian, nor my friends, and my man isn’t. So, it always happens I eat my stuff while my tablemates eat theirs.
Since I’m not vegan and I eat derivatives, it’s very easy to me to find food and I’ve never been in difficulty. Even in New York, I could find street food thanks to felafels-selling stalls.
DO I DREAM ABOUT MEAT AT NIGHT?
No. Researches read 84% vegetarians return back now or later, but I’m very sure of my choice. I liked meat flavour so much, but I don’t go munching ham while no one is watching. It’s a surrender that can easily be done if someone is certain of his choice.
OTHER FIELDS : my vegetarian ethic
I try my best to avoid death-involving animal derivatives in my life , such as leather or fur, and for this reason I always ask before buying clothes.
But I do larp , and (for who knows) , in larping costumes (footwear especially) leather is required. And for this reason, I can’t but turn a blind eye. The alternative would have been not to larp. Of course, when choosing costumes, I try to leave leather as last chance.
I use wool, since does not involve killing. Of course in the theory, the process should be animal-respectful.
HOT ISSUE : ANIMAL TESTING. Well, I utterly support that FOR medical purposes (for both animals or humans medicines) AND NOT for shallow ones , as beauty skin creams & co.
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