I've had several people ask me why I'm choosing to experience a vegan lifestyle. I have a few:
1.
Inhumane treatment of farm animals.
Did you know that the meat source for veal is a calf placed in a box barely larger than its own body? It is chained inside this box until its slaughter at five months old. This is all so that people can have light, tender veal. Yum.
2. Body benefits.
It has taken me a long time to become confident in my appearance but since cutting meat out of my diet not only have I felt better, I've looked better. I have more energy, my body feels clean, and I've never worn a smaller pant size than I do now (which is definitely a side bonus :) ) I've learned that there is a huge connection between feeling good, looking good and feeling like you look good.
Of course my main motivator is reason number one. I was reading a book about ethical eating and I learned that when baby chicks hatch, their beaks are clipped to reduce pecking and fighting in over crowded coops. The logic behind this astounds me. We disfigure a living creature so that their natural instincts won't inconvenience us as we make their short lives practically unbearable so that we can grill out on a Sunday afternoon? How much more selfish can we get? Humans torture humans, humans torture animals...I directly impact the first ( on a minuscule scale) through my job...I feel I have a responsibility to impact the second as well. A living being is a living being...regardless of species. ( Now try holding me to that when there is a big nasty insect trying to get in my room...eek.)
see ya.
