Taylor Seraphim
Angel of Reason
Are you vegetarian or vegan and if your are then why?
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Are you vegetarian or vegan?
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A Vestigial Mote
Well-Known Member
Vegan for ethical reasons 1st, health/personal benefits 2nd and environmental concerns 3rd.
Vegetarian by proxy. I eat the animals that eat the vegetables. I'm a meat-and-potatoes-and-mead-and-ale kind of guy.
Just wondering, but was this related in any way to Veganuary?
Jumi
Well-Known Member
Never head of it.
It was more to counteract the stuff I ate in Christmas time.Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Im in the process of going full vegetarian. I cut red meat completely out my diet. I find holistic eating (and living) brings me closer to the earth and self since we are are what we eat.
I would be vegan but other than animal concerns, I cant find a way to replace fish, turkey, and eggs without it affecting my health.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Ya, you are apparently where my wife is also at. I can go vegetarian for months on end and I have, and it doesn't negatively affect my health, but it does with her.
My blood type is A+, which is supposedly the most compatible with going vegetarian. It is also the blood type of most Scandinavians, which is on both sides of my family, plus also with northern Amerindians whereas I'm part Canadian Cree. [However, my features are overwhelmingly Scandinavian, and my sister's are more French & Indian-- we don't look like we're related at all]
As with everything else in my life, I must be the exception. My blood type is A+ but a vegetarian diet does me wrong. I am a carboholic and have found no matter how I plan, the diet is always too heavy in carbs. The more of them I eat, the more I crave. I'm also insulin resistant, which goes hand-in-hand with it. Despite my quip about being a meat-and-potatoes-and-mead-and-ale kind of guy.
Lacto-egg-vegetarian. Marked "other".
Because meat, and dairy isn't designed for our system.... Plus sort of think, 'if you eat suffering, you become it'.
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Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Aaawh.. nice. I actually dont know my blood type. I know, though, if I dont eat solid food I get light headed and sometimes cant see. My sugar level flucuates at borderline and I get dehydrated easily. Thats the least of my problems.
Paramedics came one time when I had severe vertigo and literally could not walk nor sit up straight without falling. They said Im getting older. Im only 34 well, 35 next month, but still, lol
RedDragon94
Love everyone, meditate often
I occasionally eat meat, but most of the time I prefer ovo-lacto-vegetarianism.
Taylor Seraphim
Angel of Reason
Vegetarian by proxy. I eat the animals that eat the vegetables. I'm a meat-and-potatoes-and-mead-and-ale kind of guy.
Vegetarian = no meat NOT Vegetarian = eat vegetables.
Taylor Seraphim
Angel of Reason
Because meat, and dairy isn't designed for our system.... Plus sort of think, 'if you eat suffering, you become it'.
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That is not true...
Im vegetarian for ethical reason but our bodies can digest meat and dairy.
Vegan.
1. Ethics. I don't want to cause unnecessary pain or suffering, either directly or indirectly.
2. Consistency. If I extend moral consideration to my fellow humans under principles X, Y and Z, It would be morally inconsistent to withhold it from other species to whom the principles also apply.
3. Environmental concerns. Animal agriculture uses massive amounts of water, generates massive amounts of pollution, particularly in factory operations, and generates more greenhouse gas/Co2 equivalent than automobiles.
4. Public health. Antibiotics used in animal agriculture contribute to the proliferation of resistant bacteria. I'm also concerned with zo-onotic diseases.
5. Ego-identity. Vegetarianism is considered a good thing in the status communities I identify with.
1. Ethics. I don't want to cause unnecessary pain or suffering, either directly or indirectly.
2. Consistency. If I extend moral consideration to my fellow humans under principles X, Y and Z, It would be morally inconsistent to withhold it from other species to whom the principles also apply.
3. Environmental concerns. Animal agriculture uses massive amounts of water, generates massive amounts of pollution, particularly in factory operations, and generates more greenhouse gas/Co2 equivalent than automobiles.
4. Public health. Antibiotics used in animal agriculture contribute to the proliferation of resistant bacteria. I'm also concerned with zo-onotic diseases.
5. Ego-identity. Vegetarianism is considered a good thing in the status communities I identify with.
Taylor Seraphim
Angel of Reason
I plan to become Vegan when I can afford substitutes for dairy products.