Why Did You Go Vegan?

Daniel

In my school and in my class, there were a girl that I really liked back then. I had liked her for about a year, and then she switched to vegetarian. I, being raised on a typical meat-based diet with dairy products thought she was mad! I really hated dairy products (because I got ill when I ate it, later found out that I was allergic) but I thought she was mad for cutting out meat and fish. Hey, why not eat that?

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Since I really liked her, I was afraid to ask her why you shouldn't eat meat or fish. So I started browsing the internet for information, why people cut animal products off their diet. I was amazed of what I found, I thought vegetarians/vegans were just silly people feeling sorry for animals. But what I found were reasons not just for feeling sorry for animals, like the environment, your health, people starving and other stuff. And it's really not about feeling sorry for the animals, it's about caring! I made the switch to vegetarian when I ended school, and I thought that was enough then. Hey, why not eat eggs? I later found out everything was connected and about 1 and a half months later I made the switch to vegan and at the same time I made the girl that I liked vegan.

I have never felt better physically and mentally since I went vegan, and I being a couch potato before has started exercising, caring for people, the environment, doing better in school and never feeling tired. Being vegan isn't that hard, just do it!

My family thought and still thinks I'm a oddball for not eating meat, dairy products and eggs. But I really don't care, but hey; that's not so odd. My father has been a butcher...

I never got the girl that I liked, but we are still friends and that's what's most important!

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