I became a vegetarian for a number of reasons but mainly because I had a moment of consciousness. I was having discussions with my daughter about animals and the treatment of them during the "processing" process. I just couldn't eat meat anymore. I thought of the poor animals and the fear they must be experiencing and I just couldn't bring myself to eating them any longer.
When you see how these poor creatures are really treated and slaughtered - MURDERED is a better word why would you WANT to have that karma in your body. They don't have a voice, they can't tell you they are scared and hurting. I mean if you take a second to really think about it - you too might reconsider eating meat.
I don't think I was ever a huge meat eater growing up in fact both my parents were Vegetarians for decades until recently. In high school I took a baking class and learned a lot about bacteria in the kitchen and salmonella and I was turned off chicken for fear of getting sick. Even now when my husband is making chicken I cringe at the thought of bacteria.
As a child my parents took us to Europe and while visiting a family member the discussion came up about eating horse meat. I remember thinking how odd and yucky that sounded as I was a huge lover of horses. It was later told to me that I had just eaten horse meat for dinner that night. They laughed at me and I ran away crying. To this day I don't know if they were playing a trick on me or if I really did eat horse meat.
I know that a lot of people can't imagine a dinner without the staple of meat, but it can be done and you really wont miss it. If you think about the shear mass of meat that is need to keep up with the demand on a daily basis it is mind blowing. Not just your dinner table think globally and about all the fast food places that pump out burgers by the second. It is actually sickening to think about it. Cows are continuously artificially impregnated to keep up with the demand once the calf is born it is taken away from it's mommy and the process starts all over again for the cow - how heart wrenchingly sad.
I would love to be Vegan and will work my way towards that.
Ellen explains why she became Vegan:
Recipes for Vegans/vegetarians:
Here are a few documentaries to watch if you so desire, they are thought provoking and hopefully will give you some perspective on this topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19qSsUI79Ro Vegucated - very good documentary
I am still learning and plan on continuing to learn new ways to be conscious about animals and the treatment of them as well as our environment. Hope you will too. Thank you.
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