Meat eater, vegetarian or vegan?? Which are you?

All food can have "things" that are bad for you. I eat whole foods, and even the beef and pork is grass fed.

There have been lots of studies done, but in the end, it is mostly processed foods that are the worst for you. Add to that sugar, saturated fats, and processed carbs while you are at it.

Stick to whole grains, organic veggies, fruit, and dairy products and you'll avoid a lot of potentially toxic chemicals and other ingredients.

The most valuable thing I have learned from my year on MFP is that I need to listen to my body. I am not talking about cravings for cheesy poofs, but really listening to what I desire. Paying attention to that has served me quite well. I have never looked nor felt better.
That means listening to what I really crave as far as protein. I don't restrict meat, but I also don't make a point of eating it every day. I am naturally leaning toward mostly vegetable sources of proteins. If I do eat meat, it is usually fish.

Until recently I ate only chicken and turkey on occasion, but no meat, fish, seafood, or pork. Now I'm lacto-ovo-vegetarian.

I eat it all. Though I don't eat red meat a lot, I love chicken and seafood. Wouldn't be able to give it up. I do wish organic meats/fish weren't so expensive.

Vegan for almost a year. Mostly raw and 70% fruit as of a month ago. I have more energy than ever and feel amazing!

I went vegan because I could never shoot or slaughter another sentient being, so why would I hire someone else to do it for me (i.e. what you do when you buy it at the grocery store). Plus eating something made out of blood, veins, flesh and tendons, or animal secretions completely disgusts me now. As far as being healthy, there is much debate, but it is proven that cholesterol clogs arteries, which causes heart disease. Cholesterol doesn't exist in plant foods. You can get all the nutrients you need from plants, besides B12 (but most meat-eaters are deficient and need to supplement B12 as well).


<<As you can see, I'm far from deprived. My breakfast this morning was frozen banana 'ice cream' with raspberry sauce. Yummo!

I'm a meat eater and what most would call a very high protein diet. I also realize that the best way to get my needed nutrients is from food, and that I have to chose my carbs carefully and eat nutrirent and fiber dense carbohydrates.

Vegetarian, but not for any health/diet reasons.

Strickly Vegan. I started for health reasons, but then I saw Earthlings. I must admit seeing the images of where my 'food' used to come from freaked me out. Feces, pus, hormones, diseases..... I just couldn't put that in my body anymore!
And I realised I consider animals as my equal.

I eat vegan, plant based, first for kidney stone prevention, second for great health in general, and third for inhumanely treated animals. But I am not a Vegan, which are those who abhor leather, honey, silk, etc....

I am about 40% vegetarian. I only eat meat 3 days a week and only red meat once. on sundays

Vegetarian for almost 10 years and off and on througout my life. At this point can't imagine ever eating anything w/a face. Wish I could go vegan but I travel a lot, rely on restaurant food and it's almost impossible-more options becoming available though as more health professionals advocate vegan diets to fight heart disease.

Vegetarian.

Meat is NEVER healthy. Most meat eaters trick themselves into believing that's not true. But it's just a myth that meat farmers try to make you believe. So that you buy their meat. So that they still earn money.

And people who say "you can't live without meat where I am" ... yes ... you can. Your local stores don't have beans and veggies? Really? If they don't, you probably aren't getting a balanced diet anyway.

Also ... keep in mind ... that when you're eating meat, you are promoting DEATH. Tell me this ... why should an animal be killed and tortured just so you can have some tasty food? Why are you so much better than that animal? Why can't you get that delicious taste somewhere else? (Ex. veggie burgers, veggie chicken, veggie sausages, etc. ... trust me, they ARE available ... and DELICIOUS at that)

Yeah, I feel pretty strongly about being a vegetarian. Maybe it's just because I have empathy and actually feel sorry for things that die?
I'm working on becoming a vegan. I don't eat eggs but I do eat some milk products on occasion. Very rarely though. Working to cut it out completely!

Vegetarian for ethical reasons. I am not judgemental about anyone else's diet though. I do miss certain flavours and type of meat but I wouldn't go back to eating it.

Eggs, fish, cottage cheese, chicken, quinoa! Some of my favorite sources of protein! (because beans hurt my digestives! >.<)

I eat almost anything

Meat, veggies, grains...if its food I probably like it! I am working on spicy foods now, they I have an issue with,

As for meat...I prefer that if I am going to eat meat, that it was a) humanely killed, b) treated well during its life, and c) respected.

I am not going to tell anyone that their views on meat are wrong...its not my place to do so and I won't . It's everyone's right to believe what they will. As for me tho, I feel that man was meant to have a wide and varied diet. That includes meat, vegetables, grains, etc. I do not think we are meant to have meat as a primary source in our diets, but as a part. Off my soapbox now!

I want to raise my own meat birds, but my husband is not too thrilled with the idea. I was raised on a farm so I know the whole "don't name your dinner" mentality, while he is a city boy and made our chickens his pets. However when we eventually move, I will be raising our own meat birds, as well as rabbits for our own consumption. At least then I know they had a healthy and happy life, and that when I take that life from them, it will be as quick and painless as I can possible make it. And when I use that flesh they gave me, I will thank them again for it and remember where it came from.

Ideally tho, I would prefer that any meat I eat had a good life where it was not abused in anyway, not given needless meds, got to enjoy sunshine and the grass on their feet, not be crowded in a small pen and so on. Its all about respecting the animal. I was brought up to always thank the animal for the meat they gave us...and to remember that it was a walking breathing life at one time as we are.