Vegan or vegetarian ?

"Documentaries" like these are very biased toward one side. I put documentaries in quotes because most of them are just scare tactic propaganda. They twist things and only show you the parts that fit their agenda.

I went vegetarian after watching quite a few documentaries on the treatment of animals, the effects on the planet and how products can easily be made cruelty free.

I've been vegetarian over a year now, also I don't wear leather, wool or suede and I only use cruelty free cosmetics and toiletries.

I rarely consume milk and have plant based alternatives to butter. I am working on not eating eggs... Slowly

I do understand what people say regarding 'treating' animals better.
Better living conditions, food etc.

But how can you treat something better when you're killing it or breeding it over and over to be ripped away from its babies just for food production purposes?

This isn't a preachy post by the way, I feel it's a freedom of choice, and if people eat meat that's up to them, but it's been proven that if people ate more of a plant based diet that it would actually benefit the environment because of the greenhouse gasses produced with animal farming.

Forests are being destroyed to make room for farming land, so you might be producing an (unsustainable) food source but it's contributing to a lot of problems as well, even before you take a look at hormone based foods to help animals give more yield.

Your saying consumption of hormones, chemicals etc doesn't have a negative effect on your bodies?

So along with the actually treatment of said animals, it's completely understandable why someone would want to change diet and come vegan or vegetarian.

I will recommend researching healthy meat alternatives, get a few recipe books, there is also A Girl Called Jack on Facebook who does a lot of healthy recipes that are super low cost.

Feel free to add me should you want any support or ideas

JC77721 wrote: »

How about you do some research about companies that don't treat animals poorly? I guess there might be some or many. Not necessarily to go vegetaian/vegan because of a documentary

I don't know an ethical way to use a sentient creatures life for our own gain... either by repeatedly artifically inseminating them, taking away their young, forcing them into stuffed pins where they sit in their own feces, feeding them an inadequate diet, using their body for resources (milk, egg, meat, and more). Even if an animal is not "treated poorly", you have to be willing to accept that we're using them and taking their lives for our own pleasure (taste).



In my opinion, you've got to really decide if you've made the ethical connection or if it's just a passing wave of guilt. You've been eating (assumingly) meat, dairy, eggs, and animal products your entire life... where did you think it came from? Why was it okay then? Are you still capable of disassociating prepackaged/preslaughtered meat with the life of an animal in the future?

These are all things you need to seriously think about, get more education about, etc. If you decide that you cannot in good-faith continue to consume these products for ethical reasons, I can only suggest that you research and plan your new diet thoroughly. Unlike what we've all heard online you MUST plan your diet to make sure that it's abundant in all of the essential fats, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. You will have to supplement b12, and you should keep an eye on everything to ensure you're eating a nutritionally complete diet.