Finding meat repulsive after a while as a vegetarian.

So i've been a vegetarian for a while now and it was always primarily for the health benefits and the fact I just went off meat after spending a lot of time in countries that do amazing veg food and have poor quality meat.

But yeah, now whenever meat is put infront of me I almost feel physically sick. It just feels totally 'unnatural'. I have absolutely no urge to put it anywhere near my mouth.

This leads me too truly believe that eating meat is definitely not a 'natural' behaviour. This in turn makes me wonder if eating meat is just a social or cultural conditioning...Meat tastes good? Does it or is it just because we've been bought up from day 1 to eat it and so we know no different? I used to laugh at this argument but now i'm actually very very open to it.

Anyway, can anyone tell me if it's common to find meat/fish etc repulsive after a while as a vegetarian?

 

When I went back to eating meat a while ago (since became a veggie again because of this) I was completely repulsed everytime I put meat in my mouth. Especially when I saw the veins and looked at the muscles. The smell and the taste turned me off, not to mention my body hated me for it.

I am happy to be veggie again, and I know my body is thanking me.

 

Yeah, definitely. I've been vegetarian for about 5 years now, and just looking at meat makes my stomach turn... Ugghhhh I honestly can't believe I used to be so addicted to it. I mean, before I was vegetarian (before I really started to question what meat really was, and where it came from) I was so into barbecues, burgers, hot dogs, ham sandwiches, etc etc.


Believe it or not, I used to be one of those types who said "Vegetarian? What the hell? Are you f**king stupid or what? How could you possibly live without meat, I'll never give up meat, etc etc..." . After all, I'm from South Africa where meat is (unfortunately) a massive part of the food culture. After my eyes were opened, however, I never looked back. There were a few times during the first few weeks of being vegetarian when I missed the taste (after all, when you've been conditioned into liking something it's not that easy to just let it go) , but soon, I forgot about it. As time progressed, the smell, look and (imagined & remembered) taste of meat went from not bad --> OK --> kinda icky --> pretty gross --> revolting. So, I do not miss it at all, and can't see myself ever eating it again. Yeah, now I do find it quite disgusting.

For all those who love to say "I can't live without meat, I can't understand you vegetarians, I would never give up meat, you're a naive idiot..." and all that shite, look at me - I've walked in your shoes. I was there, I was one of you once. But have YOU walked in MY shoes? Think before you criticize.

 

i find meat and dairy so disgusting to look at, i hardly like to be in the same room as it. its so bizarre sometimes that i get cravings for it, and yet its so revolting...

 

I am a carnivore, and I just wanted to say
I find raw meat repulsive

 

well you would seeing as raw meat is a health hazard, and a pretty big one at that.

 

I eat sushi raw

 

Yeah, when I allowed my thoughts about meat to come to the surface, I was no longer able to eat it and really dont want to touch it or prepare it for the family, but do on occasion.

We are definitely conditioned to think of eating flesh as normal and tasty.

 

agree wholeheartedly. meat is as much an a addictive substance as say, tobacco is. if you taught kids that smoking hundreds of cigarettes a day was normal because it makes you feel good, you'd be taken to court.

 

within a few months of going vegetarian i couldn't stand the sight, smell or thought of meat, to the extent that meat substitutes even make me feel sick. now i'm vegan, eggs and milk make me feel sick, too. to me, drinking tea with milk in feels as bad as eating a steak. i feel so much better and happier not contributing to these cruel industries any more. yay for vegans

 

You can adapt to eating raw meat, if you can handle the worms that go with it.

 

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