How many of you are vegetarians?

[Blubb]

I'd like to find out what the ratio between vegetarian and meat eating (and vegan) GAG members is, so please vote! :)

By the way, you're not a vegetarian if you eat fish or any other aquatic creatures.

Vegan

Vegetarian

Meat eater

[lace1228]

I eat meat but I'm slowly trying to eat healthier and want to become a vegetarian. Most people who think of animal abuse think about our pets but never think of the abuse and torture the animals we eat go through. It isn't humane by any means. Even cows milk,cows are made pregnant to produce milk, the calf is taking away which stress the calf so much. Then the mother is sucked dry and the whole process is done over again until the cow can't handle it anymore and is killed because it has no more use. Think about it all mammals who give birth to their young produce milk for their young and not for our consumption. Why do you think a lot of people are lactose intolerant? We weren't meant to drink other animals milk that is what our own mothers milk is/was for. The list of things that are so wrong with all of this is ridiculous. Don't you think we should know the true on where and how our meat gets to the plate?

[Blubb]

That's why I've been vegetarian for the past 10 years.

[zero444440000]

do you have links to this torture of animals? i like to see them for educational purposes.

[Arwens-Fire]

I'm a vegetarian and have been for a whhhiiilllleeee now.No seafood,nothing.Im lactose intolerant but I can't bring myself to become a vegan...not yet. I hate the fact that I have to take lactose enzyme pills just to digest dairy,but I guess I will have to do that for now.:/

[Betawolf]

I eat food based off of texture. Don't call me a picky eater because its not up to me what I can and cannot eat, my body will throw up certain textures. I generally stay away from meats because of their stringy yet soft texture...just can't handle most of it. But sometimes Chicken and Beef is OK. That is why if people ask, I do tell them I am a vegetarian because I hardly eat any meat. I don't eat fish or any type of seafood either. I do love milk and eggs and whatnot so I'm nowhere near a vegan =P

[zero444440000]

so attleast 1/3 of people here don't eat meat huh. thats a much better ratio then i thought it would be.

[Anonymous]

I'm a vegetarian. Specifically, lacto-ovo-vegetarian meaning I still consume dairy and egg products.

And you can still be a vegetarian and eat fish. They're called pescatarians. So it's not necessarily right of you to say "by the way, you're not a vegetarian if you eat fish." There are different types of vegetarians.

[Blubb]

If you eat fish, you're a pescatarian. Not A vegetarian.

[Opinion Owner]

A pescatarian is a type of vegetarian. You are still a vegetarian. -__-

[Blubb]

By your definition, a meat eater is a vegetarian too, since he/she eats vegetable, fruits, etc. too...

[Opinion Owner]

No... Fish don't suffer to the extent animals do.

[Blubb]

An what exactly would that have got to do with the terms?

And by the way, it's not even true. Fish have an extremely sensitive nervous system.

[Kimkitty]

Sorry Enchanted, but what you say is not correct. He's right.

[Opinion Owner]

Lol I know for a fact I'm right. So whatever.

[Blubb]

Oh, so you're god? lol

By the way, awesome argument just saying you know it "for a fact"... lol

[Kimkitty]

Fish is not considered as meat, but so isn't poultry either. So by your logic, someone who eats chicken and turkey can still be a vegetarian. But that's just not true. A vegetarian is someone who does not eat dead animals.

And you're also wrong about fish not suffering "to the extend animals do" (saying it as if fish weren't animals...). It has scientifically been proven that fish suffer physical pain just as any other vertebrate.

[Lilyaris]

I'm not a vegetarian, but I live with two. :) And about 15% of my college campus are vegetarians or vegans.

[brunettebelle]

I am vegetarian and I can never go vegan, I would die if that happened because I love eggs and cheese. What is odd is that I find it hot when a guy eats meat!

[Lupianwolf]

jealousy maybe?

[brunettebelle]

I chose to become vegetarian so no I don't want to eat meat but it just looks so hot when a guy does eat meat. Don't ask why, it just does.

[Blubb]

You'd die without eggs and cheese? But then why didn't you die without meat?

[JCK6791]

I was a vegetarian for about 4 years, but I wasn't really healthy. I'm a picky eater, so I wasn't really eating enough and I got pretty thin, so I'm a "meat eater" again.

[Blubb]

A vegetarian diet is much healthier, just so you know.

[JCK6791]

Like I said, I'm a really picky eater... So while it may be healthier for you, it wasn't for me, because I wasn't eating enough or getting enough nutrients that my body needs. I don't eat meat that much anyway and when I do, it's usually chicken, which is better than red meats.

[xzinax2]

i'm a vegetarian and I hope to become a vegan once I leave my parents.

[Lights]

I tried to be a vegetarian but being quite picky and having food allergies.. I found myself tired all the time and generally unhealthy so it wasn't the best idea.

- I voted C.

[Belgie]

I eat everything. Meat, fowl, fish. Hell, I'll eat a goodly amount of veal and not have the least twinge of guilt about it. I'll watch Babe and eat a bacon sandwich.

[Blubb]

That's called speciesism... ;)

[skyeisblue]

I recently had to give up bacon due to getting a teacup pig XD But other than that I'm a meat eater

[Fiona83]

So if you got a baby calf instead of a teacup pig, you'd quit eating veal and still be eating bacon?

[skyeisblue]

idk I guess XD

[Kimkitty]

Vegan and proud of it :)

[beerY33]

used to be vegetarian (6 years) but got anemia

[Arwens-Fire]

Iron pills or consumption of more greens would have rectified the anemia. :)

[beerY33]

yeah, I know--I tried that. it's kind of a weird case, but it wasn't helping enough, so I decided to start eating meat again. I didn't have the time or desire to regulate my diet enough to make sure I was staying healthy, which was really not happening.

[beerY33]

actually, more recently, I've been trying to limit my meat eating a little more, but it has been about a year since I started eating it again.

[starlight124]

Not a vegetarian but I don't eat meat muchN

[miramiraonthewall]

im a vegan. :)

[Kimkitty]

Me too :)

[hALLDAY]

I'll eat pretty well anything.

[sephora]

Not me, I like bacon too much ;)

[scribbles]

I'm a vegatarian :)

[shenholds09]

shes a man eater ha

[Blubb]

Huh?

[Lupianwolf]

meat eater

[rachel05]

im a carnivore :)

[rachel05]

sry that's wrong. I don't only eat meat.. I'd be an omnivore.. there we go :)