Why are YOU vegetarian?

I forgot to add that I am actually part of the very few that do not have a desire for meat.
I think it is b/c of my upbringing that I never had the opportunity to develop or cultivate this side of my human privilege (yes it is a privilege b/c we are the "top dogs" of the animal kingdom).

 

Thinking more about this, I believe I'm a practical eater, i.e. I eat for sustenance vice pleasure.

(is it true that a person w/ tiny ego tends to eat for pleasure?)

 

It's hard to avoid eating meat when traveling.

 

I became a vegetarian for a few reasons.
1.I saw the violence that man exacts on his fellow man while i was in the Army , if we can do the things i saw to each other then how do we treat animals .
2.i live in a nature conservancy area , how can i eat meet while watching a giraffe watch past ..its just wrong on so may levels.
3.Health reasons-no cholesterol in veggies
4.Dead flesh is well fermenting decaying stinking dead flesh , how can you eat it .
5. Nothing has to die to feed me
6. Every time i watch one of those "hidden camera " things about what really goes on in slaughter houses it reinforced my beliefs
7. The more people i meet the more i love my dog

 

I like to think that limiting my intake of animal products improves my karma and the world. Why contribute to animal suffering when you do not have to? There are delicious recipes you can find all over the web, I have been very surprised. I like to check out vegetarian restaurants menu's and just find the recipes online. I live in Denver so I like city O city , a lot of which you can find recipes for online

 

During a trip in India, I met a master yogi that explained to me something similar to what you say. According to him, being vegetarian improves the karma because then you create less death and pain than if you were eating meat. In a way that makes sense to me, because no animal is slaughtered to feed me when I go vegetarian.

 

I feel really bad that now my doctor wants me to take
omega three fatty acid pills for my cholesterol and painful
joints! HATE adding to death! Now getting people who say
you might as well EAT fish now! Sigh...uke:
hugs and peace!
Delfynasa

 

why should an animal die just so that i could eat it.

Why should fat capitalists make money out of poor animals that are brutally killed

And it is more healthier,and people respect you more for dissension you make.

it is rely better being an vegetarian trust me.

 

I'm brand new to eating vegetarian (second week). I got interested in eating this way after meeting a vegetarian and hearing about the positive health effects she's experienced since cutting out meat from her diet. That caused me to do more research on vegetarianism as it relates to health issues, and I was sold
So my reason for changing my diet is health reasons (diabetes, heart disease and cancers run rampant in my family tree). My family will still eat meat from a local farm, so it will be interesting to see how my new way of eating blends with theirs. I'll also still be eating local eggs and cheese so I guess that makes me an ovo-lacto vegetarian (still figuring out all the lingo lol).

 

Simple. I love animals.

When I was 10 years old, I made the correlation that animals going through un-needed suffering from being slaughtered are just like the animals (pets) I have at home. I didn't want to contribute to this suffering and I havn't eaten meat since. Factory farming is disgusting and downright cruel.

I can't believe that more people don't see that these industries are all about money & greed. Animals are enslaved and then brutally murdered.

 

Animal rights, better health. Eating hunted game is one thing, but animals raised and killed in inhumane situations and pumped with horomones is another.

 

some people extend that logic to horticulture, a lot of what vegetarians eat wouldn't be viable for a hunter gatherer (excludes grains, legumes, dairy products, salt, refined sugar, and processed oils.) which is perceivably the period where most of our digestive development occurred.

 

Same. How could you not love animals. :love: