I hope these reasons help you, and that they made sense. When I first went vegetarian I too had trouble saying ‘no’ to meat. I think the attachment to it is mainly psychological though, because we are generally raised with the idea that we need to eat meat to stay healthy.. Whenever I became tempted by the smell of bacon or something I would just think of the cruelty these animals suffer and remember where the food was coming from. The temptation quickly disappeared when I did this. Now that I have been vegan for quite a while, I actually hate the smell of meat cooking and the whole idea of eating the flesh of another creature disgusts me.. When I think of a steak, I actually feel quite revolted. The same goes for milk. I used to love it, and it was the hardest food for me to actually give up.. Now the thought of drinking it disgusts me and when I once accidentally took a sip of a ’soy’ latte (that obviously turned out to not be soy) I felt sick by the taste of it.. I ended up washing my mouth out I was so disgusted.

Anyhoo, that’s enough rambling from me. I hope this helps shed some light on my veganism.

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I totaly agree with you. I must however admit that I hoped for a more in-deepth answer into the reasons why you are a vegetarian (for my benefit). I have since I was young had problems with eating animals, the reason is that I really do not see them as different from humans (I belive that most mammals are conscious (but not self-conscious)). This is the reason that I cannot eat animals that look like animals in any way (strange right?). I do however still eat animals, and I cannot really shake it (I do not feel satisfied when not having any meat). So I would be interested your experience, what made you take the final step from meat.

I do know that a picture speaks a thousand words.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/

@1azylizzie: Don’t feed the trolls.

This article was directed at the meat industry, not at omnivores as a whole. You can eat what you want, it is your life and only you can decide what you want to eat. As the title suggests, I was ranting. I was sick of seeing advertisements for red meat constantly being flashed on the TV. I was tired of being told by misinformed people (my mother being one of them) that I can’t live a healthy life without meat or animal products, when in fact I have never been healthier.

Hi, I am for the time being a omnivore. What do I do wrong by deriving my energy and nutrient requirements from animal tissue? What am I guily of ? And what if I aquired my animal tissue only through scavenging? Would that make a difference?