Alexander Villas: I am not a vegan but I can sure answer #3 for you . EVERYONE has eaten vegan food. Have you NEVER eaten a baked potato with margarine on it? Or eaten ANY veggies? or fruit? ALL are vegan.
Carolin Southers: i didn't and never will
Rebeca Mckin: Veganism almost killed me! I suffered depression and psychosis while on that diet. I got suckered into the propaganda that is put out by PETA, an animal organization, which by the way kills animals! I found this out sadly due to research. Im a lacto-ovo vegetarian now and feel much better. Yet, I do know some nice people who are Vegan and do well on it. I always have good thoughts that this stays that way for them even in the long run because they are so kind hearted. For me I tried hard to be Vegan, but it did not work for my body, sadly. I came close to losing it all due to my love of the idealistic philosophy. I've found to help animals, I must help myself first. Yet I have encountered some Vegans w! ho try to make me feel guilty since I eat yogurt and eggs. That guilty feeling some cruel vegans put out to make us feel like we can change everything about this world is impossible. I live by ahimsa but total ahimsa in this world would not work because this world runs on a food chain. Every living being has to die. Even some animals die in making fruit and vegetable produce. Veganism put in the wrong hands of self centered people becomes a cult. It is just one more cult to make humans feel superior over others while they live delusional lives. I have seen self righteous vegans claim veganism while eating cheese or eggs because they were nutrient deficient. Like I stated before, I've seen some nice vegans, fortunately and they try their best to make it work. I always wish the best for them as I try my best to be a vegetarian....Show more
Hermina Ketring: (I'm going to take this one as a former, brief vegan)1. I don't like killing animals, and I consider it a bit cowar! dly to ask people to do it for me. Also, it is difficult to tr! ust the provenance of most animal produce which can be farmed very cruelly. 2. Yes. 100%. It's very difficult. Vegetarians have a much easier time. Even most ostensibly vegan foods are processed with animal products. Its not impossible but it takes a lot of planning to get right. Most restaurants have menus online. Look up before hand. If possible, ask the chef to make something in a special way beforehand, so you don't appear picky in front of friends. Also, a lot of alcohol is non-vegan. Check out barnivore.com.3. Yes, I am a vegetarian now. I have never had meat. 4. Panic. Panic because veganism is often a quick, heart-led decision where you suddenly declare you will have nothing to do with animals. Going quickly into any lifestyle change is daunting, even more so when it involves something which takes up so much of your life. You can feel quite anxious and low when you first start.5. No, I don't. I think generally that vegans are very impressive people. Such is their co! ncern for animals that they put themselves in danger of poor-health, and lead a very difficult lifestyle in order to protect animals. It is a controversial point (and feel free to prove otherwise) but vegan lifestyles are not natural. Preaching veganism is immoral as you are saying people should put themselves in harm's way, and put animals ahead of themselves. I struggle with people who ignorantly consume meat and animal produce but I understand people who are willing to kill animals, and do everything possible to live a very responsible lifestyle. As I say, I love animals. I couldn't do veganism but I have a lot of respect for people who do....Show more
Verdie Wollen: 1. Ethical reasons, I found out about factory farming and then came to the decision that even if the animal had a 'happy' life before slaughter it just didn't seem right to raise another being just to kill it. Then I just preferred being vegan once i'd started. 2. I don't go to restaurants that often b! ut, some places are really accommodating and others aren't. Grills are ! usually the worst for vegan food. Researching before going to a restaurant can be really time consuming too. 3.Yes, I've only been vegan for a year. I grew up eating chicken and tuna almost daily. But i stopped eating cheese, other than on pizza before i went vegan. I never liked the idea of eating anything other than chicken and certain types of sausages/ham and only ate one brand of cheese, i was really fussy when it came to animal products. I ate sweets, chocolate, milkshakes etc were something i ate on a regular basis, but would never drink milk on it's own or with cereal. 4. Once you tell people you're vegan and they challenge your decision or joke about how you only eat a salad when out with them. Some of my friends ask me once we've been out drinking etc 'oh were you vegan tonight' or out for a meal and say 'but did you check it's vegan' like it's a joke and they're trying to trip you up which can be irritating. When people ask you why you're vegan and feel like if y! ou tell them, they're going to feel like you're pushing your views on them.5. It would be great if they were but no, if people want to become vegan then by all means do it, but you can't isolate and make people who aren't feel bad about it. People can do what they want. It bothers me that animals do still get raised to be slaughtered for materials/food and are tested on etc and things could be better if everyone was a vegan but people can make the decision for themselves, I can't make people be vegan and i don't really want to....Show more
Serita Hefferon: 1. Why you have chosen to be a vegan? It makes sense to me on many levels. I don't like anything having to suffer, so I try to minimise the suffering of others in the way I live. It is also a way of living with a far lesser environmental impact. And I feel good/healthy eating vegan, I have an active job and can work all day without getting tired out. 2. Do you have any difficulties getting vegan food at restaura! nts? I will call ahead and ask whether they cater for vegans, as many m! ore restaurants than previously seem to know what it means and have meal plans for vegans at the ready. But it's best to check, and often they may want to have time to prepare for a vegan or buy something in. 3. Have you ever tried non vegan food and did you like it? I was a land-animal meat-eater from infancy till age 14, gave up fish about age 18, eggs, a year or so later, and milk products a few years after that. I never really missed anything, except milk for a while, until I got used to soya milk. I gave them up not because I didn't like them, but for other reasons. I don't think I would like any of them now, my tastes have changed. 4. What was the worst thing about becoming a vegan? My brother's taunting, he was a chef and I remember him telling me about how much he savoured eating foie gras BECAUSE of the suffering of the geese involved.5. Do you think everyone should be a vegan?I think if all those who can, at least tried to be vegan, or even just tried to min! imise their eating of meat and other animal products, and if that caused a big reduction in the numbers of animals farmed, it would be such a huge advantage for the environment, it would solve so many environmental problems, and problems of human inequality too. (No new land for growing vegan food need be used, as there is already so much land devoted to growing feedcrops for farm animals - then do need to eat of course! And eat much more over their lifetime than they eventually produce in meat/eggs etc) It would also go a long way to solving the health crisis, reducing incidences of diabetes, obesity, heart disease, stroke, some cancers, etc. But not everyone is in a position to give up all animal products....Show more
Armando Somes: 1. Why you have chosen to be a vegan? - I chose to go vegan because I realised that I didn't need meat to survive. I used to love it and dairy and eggs. For years I just had a disconnect. I decided that it was more important for me t! o taste a meat pizza and was easier etc. I found out about Earthlings t! hen about a year ago and forced myself to watch it. All of it. I saw it and just refused to be part of it anymore. 2. Do you have any difficulties getting vegan food at restaurants? - Yes! Haha. I don't really go out to restaurants anymore. Those that I rarely do I normally just get something like pasta without meat. 3. Have you ever tried non vegan food and did you like it? - Ate meat, dairy and eggs for years and loved them. 4. What was the worst thing about becoming a vegan? - The fact that we're such a minority and thus an easy target. We are such a minority yet we are fighting against what we perceive as a great injustice in the world. Due to our small numbers, we need to get loud to make our presence known. *Cough* Animal Liberation Front *Cough. Then we are regarded as "extreme" and even less regarded than we were before. 5. Do you think everyone should be a vegan?- Yes, in an ideal world. If it ever does happen (I don't think it will though), it won't be for 200+ ! years I'd say. Maybe if we get synthetic meat to be affordable. But I just know there will be at least one group of people who would just HAVE to be difficult and demand their meat comes from an animal....Show more
Randa Hessell: 1. I decided to become a vegan for mainly ethical reasons. One day it just crossed my mind (I was vegetarian before becoming vegan) and I decided to give it a try. I found that I preferred being a vegan so I decided to stay one.2. I don't eat out often, but when I do, I often have trouble finding vegan food but I usually resolve this by researching restaurant menus beforehand or asking for an ingredient to be omitted from my food.3. Yes, before I became vegan. I liked prawns, chicken and Greek yoghurt. But I was never a big fan of cheese or red meat.4. When I first became one I sometimes felt embarrassed if I made a mistake, even if no one else knew about it. I also feel guilty if someone offers me something with animal products and I have to! say no thank you. I always worry I'm being rude or pushy.5. No. I thin! k everyone should be able to eat what they want, without feeling pressured into doing anything. I think it would be wrong of me to push my choices on others....Show more
Oda Mauson: 1. Because I don't need to eat meat or dairy to survive. If I don't need to eat those things, then I can't justify the killing of animals to get meat. And the dairy industry is the same as the meat industry. Egg layers and milking cows are both eventually sent to the slaughter house when they can no longer produce. So what's the point of all that killing if we don't need to do it? Seems silly to me.2. Mostly, no. I've only once said "no" to going to a restaurant because they had absolutely no vegan food. I can usually find SOMETHING. Even crappy diners usually have pasta or veggie burgers. But some big fast food places sell almost exclusively meat and dairy. 3. Sure, I've tried non-vegan food before. I wasn't always a vegan. Cheese is delicious, so are some meat products. If that stuff did! n't taste good, other people wouldn't eat it either.4. Other people. I live in a fairly conservative place and I volunteer in an especially conservative industry (Fire/EMS) and I catch crap for being vegan constantly from certain people. Most folks either don't care or don't know if I'm vegan, but there are a couple of people who think it's so hilarious or unusual that they have to constantly poke fun at me for it. Usually it's harmless and I'll laugh with anybody who wants to laugh at me. But sometimes you're not in the mood to be laughed at or gawked at.5. I think everyone should do whatever they want. When I see humanity killing 50 billion animals every year, it hurts the same way when you see a close friend ruining his life. I think people should do what they want, but sometimes what people want is really, really toxic. And it's sad to me. It's sad to see so much reckless and pointless destruction....Show more
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