When i take a typical trip to the Food Zoo, I find myself either looking at chicken, a hamburger, a piece of pizza, or the main entree, I also always have a buttered potato and a glass of milk. Then there's my friend Tara. Tara has decided to try going Vegan for as long as she can stand it. This means that when Tara goes to the Food Zoo she chooses between tofu, a plain potato, fruit vegetables, and a glass of water or a smoothie. She usually eats a spinach salad with vinegar dressing and vegetables mixed in. Now if this was me, I couldn't go a day with out meat and milk, they're probably my two favorite food groups.
Veganism is a type of diet where you choose to not to use any animal products in your diet. Some vegan's also take any clothing and materials out of their everyday lifestyle. This includes milk, cream, butter, meat, and egg. The merchandise aspect deals with giving up fur, wool, down, and some cosmetics that are tested on animals. The most important reasons for becoming a vegan is to support animal rights, religious regions, to help the environment, and just for the reason of being healthier (Wikipedia.org). When I asked Tara why she went vegan the only reason she gave me was that it sounded interesting and she wanted to work on her health. Veganism is extremely healthy for your heart, and is linked to helping with lung cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, and especially obesity (Vegan.org). Coming from someone who couldn't live without milk, I don't understand why someone would want to do this, but then again some people probably don't understand how I can eat meat everyday and be guilt free. Now Tara has recently changed her mind about going vegan due to the fact that it was hard to get a sufficient amount of protein with what only you can get your hands on at the Food Zoo. Being vegan is a huge commitment, but one that ultimately is better not only for you but also the environment in the end.
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1 year ago
I agree, coming from eastern Montana its hard to imagine going a day without meat in my diet. It was just they way we were raised..."You eat meat or elso your a wierdo" is what a rancher might say over there. Haha, well maybe not to that extent, but you get the picture. I actually don't think vegans are crazy at all. It probably is a heathier life style, but im comfortable with eating meat and I like to think that protein from meat makes me happy and helps my lifestyle.
ReplyDeleteBeing a vegetarian is extremely challenging but it comes natural to me. People don't really take the time to understand "why" we do it. They just want the short answer but for me its more complicated. I'm glad you actually talked to your friend about it and researched it a little. I could never be a vegan-because then you can't eat anything that was made with milk,butter,cheese,eggs...and I just couldn't handle that!I'm kind of curious if reading about the health benefits made you want to try being a vegetarian at all? Even for just a day? :)
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