What made you go vegan?

Answer 1

For our family, it started out as a Daniel fast and it has led into a somewhat fasted lifestyle. We try to eat mostly raw fruits and vegetable supplemented with a some cooked foods, nuts and whole grains. It also kind of evolved into a health thing with us when we saw that we lost weight and are looking and feeling better.

We believe God is calling us to this lifestyle both for spiritual and health reasons.

Of course, even if we felt we were released from this I don't think I could go back to eating meat.....I watched some undercover videos from PETA today......how sad.

Answer 2

I'd been vegetarian for a long time and fell into the trap of thinking, "Oh, but I couldn't live without cheese!" I'd thought about going vegan several times over the years and always dismissed it, but earlier this year it crept back in and this time, I started reading. By the time I got through "Diet for a New America" and "The Food Revolution" by John Robbins, I'd pretty much decided to do it this time. By the time I got through "Mad Cowboy" and "No More Bull" by Howard Lyman it was just a matter of making sure I knew what I was signing on for nutritionally-speaking. So I got "Becoming Vegan" by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, cut out the eggs, dairy and honey and here I am. A few great vegan cookbooks didn't hurt, either (you can't miss cheese if you're eating tons of good food - "Vegan with a Vengeance" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz is fabulous.) All in all, I think it was just the right idea at the right time for me; I couldn't come up with a good reason to eat animal food anymore, so I stopped. It's healthier, better for the environment and animal cruelty-wise it's the logical extension of vegetarianism.

Answer 3

I was a vegetarian for 5 years. One day, I was drinking milk and it tasted pretty weird. I thought, gross, I don't want to drink something that was once inside a cow! So I became a vegan the next day. It really had nothing to do with animal rights. I just thought it was disgusting to eat/drink products from animals.

I have no problems with wearing leather or fur because while I don't advocate animal cruelty, it would not be hypocritical to use animal products if I am not a vegan for animal rights reasons.

Not the best story, but whatever.

Answer 4

I went veg in January 2002 after I got utterly disgusted eating meat (long story there). So I was reading stuff on veg nutrition so I could be more effective, and I learned that veal is a byproduct of the dairy industry. Now, I hadn't eaten veal for years because of how it was produced, and I was horrified that by eating dairy, I was feeding into that horrible industry. It also didn't make sense to consume the milk of another creature and consume milk long after I began eating solid food. Then I read about how hens are treated in the egg facilities, and I really couldn't see myself eating eggs anymore.

So I decided to go vegan a few months after I went vegetarian.

Answer 5

Realizing I wasn't making any sense being against animal cruelty, yet being lacto-ovo.