- Dec 14, 2009
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From what I know-Question:
Is being Vegan a choice or a 'disease' (Sorry to make it sound negative, I don't mean a literal disease, Im just at a loss of correct words right now). I only know one Vegan and it was by choice.
Also, if your a Vegan, you can't wear leather shoes?
Sorry to sound so uneducated, but I really don't know much about Vegan. I obviously like my meat.
The majority of vegans who I have met are vegans by choice. However, if you go a while without eating meat (so even if you're just a vegetarian/pescetarian), your stomach loses it's ability to digest meat as well, which can therefore give you stomach pain (and kinda makes you not want to eat it which puts you on a cycle). I know there's probably some specific scientific mumbo-jumbo about it- but many of my friends who have been veggie/vegan for a while and came back to meat were VERY careful about the reintroduction into their diet. Hurts like hell, I'm told.
Some do it just for general health reasons. Some do it out of the unethical treatment of animals so prevalent in this country (I had a friend become vegan- the info you can find on it would make you weep. I eat meat, but I wish I could fiscally ensure all animals products I consume or use would be obtained as painlessly as possible). Some do it for both. Yes, we are designed to eat meat, but not quite in the quantities that most people consume..Some people (like me) are practically veggies due to meat costs. That ish is EXPENSIVE- particularly in NYC.
I think the negative stereotype comes from the passion that many people have about it- that sort of 'crunchy-granola greenie' concept. I don't think I've ever met one vegan like that..although I'm sure some people find my passion for cheer to be a stereotype. Regardless of whether the lifestyle is for you- it's worth looking into. The food industry relies on our ignorance of the current practices done- particularly in an attempt to get food processed cheaply.