vegeterians?

Question

if you were once a meat eater what made you become a vegeterian

Answer 1

what made me was the things that you have to do to make meat i mean really think about what your eating animals once living animals so if your eating the meat that means your eating there veins and there blood and they kill them so much its just all around cruel but I'm not saying its not OK for you to eat it all of my friends are meat eaters and my family is too I'm 13 and I made this decision when i was 8 that explain much

Answer 2

Ok,since people only seem to care about animals,let me give you a refreshing perspective. I'm not vegetarian,but I made a research project about it this year and,believe me,it's not just about animals. By becoming vegetarian,you are improving your health and,some say,helping end world hunger,since the money and food you use to feed cattlle would be enough to feed a large number of people. Another reason? Spiritual. Some religions forbid believers from eating meat. Some do it because it's a cheap way of eating. Others because it's a trend. You can also become veggie if you're an environment friend,because the meat industry surely pollutes a lot - the air,the rivers...All these reasons appeal to your conscience but, does your conscience give in to any of them?

Answer 3

I read a book called "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser. It's an expose about the fast food industry that reads like a really long term paper. It is SO interesting! I learned a lot.
Any-who. At one point, I decided to swear off fast food about 1/4 into the book. I kept reading and he had a few chapters about the meat industry - the lack of regulations, the way the workers are treated and alas! the way the animals are treated, what they are fed, the slaughtering process.
That made me swear off meat immediately.
After that, I did some more research about the vegetarian lifestyle and found that it would be quite beneficial for me, given the fact that my family has a wealth of health problems. My abstaining from meat greatly reduces my risk of falling victim to those issues.
That's my story in a nutshell.
Cheers.
:-)

Answer 4

i was born and brought in a vegetarian family but here is an excample :-
Yes, one can. Many men and women, who were not vegetarian, started working towards improving the conditions of animals. They were born in non-vegetarian families and they were raised with animal flesh and dairy products as their main food. A stage came in their life when they realized what truly fair treatment toward animals would mean. They joined their hands with those who were saving and protecting animals. In the process, not only did they become kind to animals, but also to themselves. This way, many animal rights workers have become vegetarian at some time in their lives. If not, they are kind at heart, but still a slave to old habits of meat eating.
Those who are born and raised vegetarian are lucky. Their minds, speech, and actions are nourished for kindness to animals and all other non-human life. Most individuals who are raised with those values will not harm animals, nor will they support any harm to animals.
Here is a true life example -- My Transition to Vegetarian...
I was born into a Russian/American family and raised as a typical American meat eater. My evolution into the animal and environmental rights movement has been gradual. A turning point for me occurred when I was 15 years old. A friend and I had just eaten hot dogs for lunch, and walked next door to a leather shop. I whispered to her that she shouldn't buy anything in there because it is all dead animals. The clerk behind the counter heard my comment to my friend and asked me if I ate meat. I was shocked. I had never made the connection before that moment. I never realized that the meat on my plate was anything but 'food'. As I realized, while standing in that store, that meat is dead animal, I replied, "No, I don't eat meat" to the clerk. My friend thought I had just lied to the clerk. I explained to her that from this moment on I would not eat meat. That was 26 years ago. My personal evolution continued when I saw the pain of a dairy cow being separated from her calf and realized that the male calves on this farm were being shipped to veal facilities. I then quit using dairy products. I am now a strong advocate of strict vegetarianism for our own health and the well-being of animals and the environment

Answer 5

haha, fun story. I had a dream that I had these little pet piggies and cows, and then I was told I couldn't keep them in the city, so I should send them to a farm where they would be well taken care of. Then, a few days after I let them go, they came back to me in the form of packaged meat. After that dream, I couldn't eat meat for a while, then I tried a month or two later, and realized that the texture of it was making me physically gag. So I just decided to stop. haha, bet you never heard that one before!

Answer 6

Eary heart trouble by members of my family. Plus the more I learned about meat the less I wanted to eat it.

Answer 7

I opened my eyes and realized that what I was putting in my mouth was CRAP and you are what you eat, I did not want to be crap and unhealthy. So I did research and decided to turn my life around for the best..it's that simple =] I got educated.

Answer 8

I am born and brought up as a vegetarian. But I know some people who became vegetarians as a part of their spiritual development.

Answer 9

My friend and her family inspired me.When I wasn't a vegtarion,I only ate hotdogs.But now i'm just like that distugting!!And I really like animals and i think its reallly mean that they kill them!!

Answer 10

I love meat. I love veggies. I love fruit. I LOVE FOOD.