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Here you may discuss Vegetarianism. ​

 

 

Who is a vegetarian?

"A vegetarian is someone who lives on a diet of grains, pulses, legumes, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits, fungi, algae, yeast and/or some other non-animal-based foods (e.g. salt) with, or without, dairy products, honey and/or eggs. A vegetarian does not eat foods that consist of, or have been produced with the aid of products consisting of or created from, any part of the body of a living or dead animal. This includes meat, poultry, fish, shellfish*, insects, by-products of slaughter** or any food made with processing aids created from these. 

 

People can be vegetarians for moral, religious, or health reasons.


 


What made you become a vegetarian? Are you planning on becoming a vegetarian? Share your views and experience with us!

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Before someone accidentally sparks a flame war, let me say this:

 

Nobody could care less about what you eat. That's your business, and if you don't want to eat meat because of a healthier diet, saving animal lives, or religion, that is perfectly fine. Likewise, if you eat meat for whatever reason, that's perfectly fine too. Just don't shove what you believe is the superior diet into other peoples' faces, because that accomplishes absolutely nothing.

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Honestly I can understand some people's reason for becoming Vegan or Vegetarian . The whole thing of not wanting to support the corporate farms who typically treat their animals badly . But then again if that's the only reason why not get meat from a local farm or someone you know who treats them well . The other reasons I just don't understand besides the it better for your health

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vegie_peace_sign-r3049e9dc54ce4732b882cdPeace out

 

 


 

The author has told me to come and comment here. I am vegan


Are you a true practicing Vegan? It's more than a diet, it's a lifestyle.

 

Answer a question, please:

 

Being a Vegan, is it okay to wear and use items made from animals and animal by-products as long as you didn't pay for them? For example: given as a gift or bought from a second hand store. Including items such as pearls, nail polish with pearl essence, string instruments, latex, plastic bags, vitamin enriched products, perfumes, shampoos and conditioners, natural paint brushes.

 

Eat products such as: white sugar, red foods, beer and wine, soy cheese, shiney candy, cake mixes, Orange Juice, margarine, Jello and Marshmallows, chips (not to be confused with French Fried potatoes).

 

If someone gives you a leather belt or shoes as a gift, do you accept it or say, "I'm sorry, I cannot accept this. I'm Vegan."

 

(Edited for spelling)

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vegie_peace_sign-r3049e9dc54ce4732b882cdPeace out

 

 

Are you a true practicing Vegan? It's more than a diet, it's a lifestyle.

 

Answer a question, please:

 

Being a Vegan, is it okay to wear and use items made from animals and animal by-products as long as you didn't pay for them? For example: given as a gift or bought from a second hand store. Including items such as pearls, nail polish with pearl essence, string instruments, latex, plastic bags, vitamin enriched products, perfumes, shampoos and conditioners, natural paint brushes.

 

Eat products such as: white sugar, red foods, beer and wine, soy cheese, shiney candy, cake mixes, Orange Juice, margarine, Jello and Marshmallows, chips (not to be confused with French Fried potatoes).

 

If someone gives you a leather belt or shoes as a gift, do you accept it or say, "I'm sorry, I cannot accept this. I'm Vegan."

 

(Edited for spelling)

I'm a vegetarian too, though it is not the religious constraints that bind me, but more of morals and ethics.

 

I'm not much of an animal-lover, but the goal is to minimize killing of animals who do not pose any threat to us.

 

Wild tiger escapes from zoo? I'd put my hand up and kill it if the government allowed it and I had a gun.

 

Harmless fish swimming in the sea - I see no reason for pulling them out and killing them, unless you are starving and there is no vegetarian food available in the near of proximity.

 

Some argue that plants are living too - I assure these people that plucking a mango from a tree does not kill or cause pain to the tree (don't have much knowledge in biology, but I don't think plants have a nervous system to feel pain), The tree will bear fruit again.

Besides, even if we don't pluck fruits from the tree, they tend to fall as they ripen, or if the wind is strong enough.

 

The same is not true for animals. You take a leg away from a chicken, it does hurt and cause pain, and does not grow back again.

 

I'm not telling others to turn vegetarian, but just offering an explanation as to why I chose it.

 

I am not a woman, so items like pearls and nail-polish are not needed.

 

If I have definite information that production of an item required harm to animals, I tend to opt for close substitutes.

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Being a Vegan, is it okay to wear and use items made from animals and animal by-products as long as you didn't pay for them? For example: given as a gift or bought from a second hand store. Including items such as pearls, nail polish with pearl essence, string instruments, latex, plastic bags, vitamin enriched products, perfumes, shampoos and conditioners, natural paint brushes.

 

Eat products such as: white sugar, red foods, beer and wine, soy cheese, shiney candy, cake mixes, Orange Juice, margarine, Jello and Marshmallows, chips (not to be confused with French Fried potatoes).

 

If someone gives you a leather belt or shoes as a gift, do you accept it or say, "I'm sorry, I cannot accept this. I'm Vegan."

 

(Edited for spelling)

Depends on what you want. You don't have to strictly classify yourself to words, don't choose a word to fit into, choose a lifestyle then get a word that fits it, if any.

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Depends on what you want. You don't have to strictly classify yourself to words, don't choose a word to fit into, choose a lifestyle then get a word that fits it, if any.

There's a difference between Vegetarian and Vegan. Vegetarian is strictly food related. Vegan is a lifestyle. 

 

Some people call themselves Vegan, but when it boils down to lifestyle, they're really Vegetarians who don't wear leather. There are many products that contain animal by-products that we use on a daily basis. In food ingredients, these are hidden by other names.

 

For instance, Soy Cheese sounds innocent enough, but contains "casein," which is made from milk protein. 

 

White sugar is produced by using charred bones, which removes color (to make it white), impurities, and minerals. 

 

Orange Juice contains Omega 3 which is derived from fish oil. 

 

Beer and wine is filtered through a membrane made from fish bladder. 

 

Jello, marshmallows, gummy bears (worms, fish, etc.) and anything containing gelatin are made from boiling the hides and bones of animals to get the collagen that gelatin is made from.  

 

Guitars, violins and other string instruments use "catgut" for strings (Catgut is made from the intestines of sheep and goats). Many Surgeons use Catgut sutures. These are the ones that disintegrate on their own and don't need to be removed.

 

There are many, many more products that uses animal by-products that true Vegans don't eat or use, that includes by-products from insects, such as Confectioner's glaze (that shiny candy coating on candy like M&Ms and jawbreakers) is made from the juice of the Lac bug. Red candy, candied apples and some red foods (to make them redder and more appealing to the eye) is made from the female Cochineal insect. 

 

To be a true Vegan is a very unique and difficult lifestyle to maintain in a Country that uses animals and animal by-products. 

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"You are what you eat"

 

If this holds true, then I am vegetarian.

A cow eats grass, grain and corn.

So a cow is a vegetarian.

I eat steak.

Steak is from cow.

Cows are vegetarian.

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I am getting sick of the people that generalize farmers as animal abusers just because they've heard or saw things on the media. It's even worse online, people bash out whatever comes up on their mind without thinking twice. The ones who ruin their animals ruin themselves in the end. I live on a dairy farm and we try our best to maintain our cows in top condition just because it's absolutely neccesary to get a profit from our honest work.

 

I have no problem against vegetarians, massive amounts of CO2 and water have been stamped into a single pound of meat. This is a fact that can't be ignored. the meat industry as it stands today has no future so a lot of innovation is needed.  But you should know that cows and other cattle recycle a lot of waste products from the food industry; stuff that's not eatable, and turn them into milk and meat. Our fields stock up massive amounts of CO2 aswell and we keep a close eye on every form of N that comes in and leaves the farm.

 

Point your finger at the government who neglects the farmers, point your finger at Montsanto who has the power over all soya bean prices; they supress the farmers... these are two of the many many examples.  If you think cows are suffering because the farmer treats them badly you have absolutely no right to become a vegetarian.

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If you think cows are suffering because the farmer treats them badly you have absolutely no right to become a vegetarian.

You still have the right, just not the proper grounds..;p

Agree to everything else you're saying, I HATE it when I see people talk about cows and dairy and meat as if they know anything, while their 'knowledge' comes from rumors, wrong conclusions, biased movies/articles and so on.

 

To answer the question in the OP: I'm not a vegetarian. I'm a simple human being. We're omnivores, built to eat both meat and plants, so I eat both.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

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To answer the question in the OP: I'm not a vegetarian. I'm a simple human being. We're omnivores, built to eat both meat and plants, so I eat both.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

That's my boi

If you see, our teeth are designed by God, to eat both, Meat and Plants.

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