Before I start this, I need to be clear that I am in no way saying everyone out there is horrible, despicable, how could you eat a poor helpless animal you disgusting excuse of a human.
no. I am not. Truthfully I think how certain vegans go about it is the problem. So very many of them want to shame you, throw facts in your face like a punch. And most meat eaters get overly defensive about this.
I am not saying that my way of thinking is correct, and I am not saying that carnivores are bad. In fact I believe, we as humans were "meant" to be carnivores. Eating meat played a crucial role in humans getting to where we are now.
THIS BEING SAID..I find it hard to wrap my head around why anyone, in this day and age, would willingly choose to put meat on their plate.
We don't need it. We don't. Think everything you want about it, say everything you will, fact is we don't. Go research it.
There are going to be people reading this, saying "yea well I did research it and it we do need it". I'm saying dig deeper than that. You do know that meat and dairy companies pay to get the green light that this is okay, don't you?
It is hard to grasp this, but try to strip away everything that you learned about it being healthy and think about it logically, which I know everyone reading is capable of doing.
Why is it that we eat pigs, cows, chickens, but we would never eat dogs, cats, guinea pigs?
Everything that you're thinking, all the reasons you can come up are not validated.
I personally love the "because (blank) tastes good" yes well, in other parts of the world they could, and do, say the same for the animals I listed above that you associate with pets.
And if I have to hear one more fucking time about protein, I'm going to lose my head.
NO ONE I repeat NO ONE needs as much protein as the average american consumes. Yet this concept is so troubling. I have never in my life received so much concern to my health as I have when I stopped eating meat, and I'm talking from friends, or worse yet strangers. It got me thinking how many of them would be accepting of me walking up to them and saying, "I noticed you have more than your fare share of carbs on your plate and I don't remember the last time I seen you eating a vegetable. You should reconsider your food choices, your hips are already pretty wide."
Hell no. no one would accept that. I can already imagine the uproar.
I truly do not get how anyone can eat it knowing, truly grasping the fact that it was once alive.
Thing is we do not all have to remove every animal product from our diet.
Most vegans are so passionate about the wellbeing of animals (which is wonderful of course) but they are scaring away so many people, who to be honest, will probably never have went fully vegan but who could have made a significant contribution to the lowering of deaths.
Since people have been eating less meat millions of lives have been saved each year.
You can be part of that too! You don't have to remove everything. If you are one of those who say "I could never be vegan because I love cheese too much" be a vegan who eats cheese! WHAT?! I can hear every vegan in the distance screaming. But think about it, think about how much they are contributing by stoping their consumption of animals, eggs, ice cream, yogurt. Same goes with literally everything.
This even includes those reading who completely love animal products, who eat a cheeseburger a day and a greek yogurt every morning. Out of those reading, one could absolutely hate chicken, another could hate milk, another eggs, and the list goes on and on and just from each person completely illuminating something they aren't particularly found of, or something they believe they could live without, well that plays a huge part!
Just this, JUST THIS, is enough for food companies everywhere to make more vegetarian/vegan options, this including new companies popping up and old changing their ways.
If even this is too much for you, then cut back your consumption. I know so many meat eaters who eat a disgusting about of meat. Even when I myself consumed meat, I would see this and be completely turned off.
I grew up in a household of meat eaters, but that didn't mean we always had it. As a treat, on christmas or the occasional weekend, we would have a huge breakfast made up, including, toast, eggs, and of course bacon. Other than that most breakfasts didn't include meat and lunches were always peanut butter and jelly.
Dinner was when meat was served as a main course, however not every dinner included meat.
This is why I could never understand the mass consumption of meat in every other household. Not only is it (obviously) horrible for the environment, it is horrendous for ones health. By just limiting the amount of meat on your plate you can help.
You do not have to be a herbivore to help the animals and the planet.
