Should I be vegan or stick to the way I eat?

[Rcrobert95]

Lately I have been seeing a lot of vegan posts, I tried being a vegetarian when I was younger but it didn't really work out like I just wasn't feeling it you know? Well I loved animals my whole life and well according to vegans I can't eat meat and love animals and I truly see their point but I enjoy meat and I'm not sure if I can give it up but I'll try maybe. I want to be good but I feel like I'm being guilt tripped into being vegan. I don't know what to do honesty, this is all confusing to me.

[Kiwedin]

Technically, you can love animals and continue to eat meat, the problem is just there would be a inconsistency between your values and your actions. Love is just not a sentiment that involves killing. My advice is to just continue educating yourself on the subject of veganism and make your own decision in the end.
I was exactly in your shoes three years ago, I was having doubts about my consumption of animals but I didn't actually change my diet until after I did heaps of research. I can link some YouTube videos and give you the names of documentaries and books that influenced my decision and if you ever want some advice or have any questions about veganism, feel free to message me. I'll be happy to help :).
Netflix:
-Forks Over Knives
-Cowspiracy
Books:
-How Not To Die by Dr. Michael Greger
YouTube:
-Earthlings
-101 Reasons to Go Vegan
-The Best Speech You Will Ever Hear by Gary Yourofsky
-Seaspiracy
-Glass Walls by Paul McCartney
-Meet Your Meat (with Alec Baldwin)
-Dairy is F**cking Scary by Erin Janus
-Vegan For Human Rights by Mic. The Vegan

[Anonymous]

Choose a diet that YOU'RE comfortable maintaining.

I mean no disrespect when I say this, but it seems like your decisions are being heavily influenced by what others are telling you is right or wrong. The food goes into YOUR mouth, not theirs, so ultimately it is your decision what you want to put into your body.

You can enjoy meat AND still love animals. People may have a problem with that, but if you contribute to visible change in helping animals, then that doesn't make you any less of a person just because you enjoy some meat. Also, some people are vegan because of health preferences or limitations, not because of a love for animals... so, being vegan and loving animals are not exclusively tied together.

[hellionthesage]

Animals eat other animals, their is nothing wrong with eating meat. Its part of nature and is in fact why we are as smart as we are (animal fat is high energy which was necessary for the development of the brain which requires significantly more energy then a vegetarian diet could provide). You can love animals and still eat meat, thats like saying vegans hate plants and thats why they eat them. Its an illogical argument that ignores our biology and how nature works. Guilt is the only way vegans can get people to be vegan, they are not doing it to save the animals, those animals will die regardless of whether or not we eat them and in fact because we rely on chickens and cows for meat and eggs/milk we actually ensure their surivival so in fact their ability to survive is higher with humans then in nature where nothing has an interest in their surivival. If you don't want to eat meat because you just don't like meat thats one thing, but not eating meat because of guilt is just irrational.

[Steelcore1085]

Honestly, fuck what vegans have to say; everything they say is honestly invalid to me. They think they know everything and are self-righteous pricks.

I love animals too, but you will see me enjoying a big old steak whenever I get the chance. Humans have consumed meat for thousands of years, and it's really good for you. Don't let a fragile conscience that tries to be "moral" decide what your diet is. If you like it and it's meat, don't let those vegan dickheads shame you for it. Tell them to fuck off and mind their own business. I always do that!

And remember this: if you're a vegan, you're an asshole with a fragile conscience. Don't be one of those. Good luck and don't join the dark side!

[AmericanPoet]

Unless you grow your own non-GMO, no pesticide vegetables and fruits, never use a computer, cell phone or wear pretty much any clothes at all then being Vegan is just a silly personal choice. Cute critters are killed all the time to provide food or resources to the things we need to survive.

So a hunter kills a deer to help thin the heard so the young won't starve to death and the herd can survive... it's no ok to eat this meat?

Vegans are good at trying to make you feel guilty but they often have no clue what it took to make that iPhone they carry, the package their vegan stuff comes in, the critters killed to clear the land so they can grow the vegetables, the pesticides in the ground eaten by the animals causing them cancer so those vegetables can grow or the chemicals applied to the vegetables to look nice.

Chose your own path, don't let the mouth breathers guilt you into doing anything.

[girlie222]

I've done both vegan and vegetarian for a long time. However I just could not keep it up for protein issues. Felt like I was losing muscle tone. I still dont drink cow's milk, only flax, soy, rice, cashew, coconut milk. Sometimes I have a little cheese. Eggs have to be organic and vegetarian, free roaming eggs. As for meat, I only eat it when I go to gatherings or out to dinner. No fast food meat, ever and I never prepare it myself except on an occasion when the body feels like it needs meat.

[Anonymous]

The world isn't black and white, especially when it comes to morality.

I too tried vegetarianism and after a number of years I couldn't keep doing it.

Rather than see it as all or nothing, if you view eating animals as kind of wrong but you can't stop, why not just eat less meat and animal products?

[sarahj897]

tbh being a vegetarian hurts the animals more than when you eat mean. when we are planting, harvesting, and sending the vegetables to factories to be packaged we are making pollutants for the air. not to mention doing the same thing to the protein substitutes. so when we do this all of the animals are being hurt instead of just one, and for a longer time. so mention that to your vegan friends

[ATPPC]

Alright look man, we humans are meant to be omnivores. Eat whatever you want. If you were guilt tripped into becoming vegan and you still really like meat you are bound to fail eventually so what's the point.

[AdamThomas]

I love animals and eat meat. We're omnivores. Animals kill and eat each other all the time, it's nature, and it's natural for us to eat meat. Vegetarian/vegan men tend to have lower testosterone levels and lower sperm counts too.

[9mfeo]

You know what, try being a vegetarian first. If you can handle being a vegetarian, then you should try veganism. Jumping in to the deep end head first doesn't tend to end well.

[mlts70]

I think if truly love animals, you need to stop killing them. Eating meat is an economic vote in favor of having other people kill animals for you.

I don't think your convenience or desires are a good enough excuse.

[Sara413]

Try gradually adopting that lifestyle.. start with a couple days a week without meat and then gradually make more days veg..

[Mesonfielde]

I think while vegetarianism does promote some healthy alternatives, I would recommend eating meat from time to time either way.

[f_ckmeup]

Honestly you can love animals and still eat meat. Dont feel forced to turn vegan. Only turn vegan when you actually have a strong will to do it.

[Kylesar]

You can't eat meat and love animals? Trying to impose their bullshit standards with their moral high ground fallacy

Stick to your guns

[MrMafioso]

Stick the way you eat. I mean you can eat meat but eat a lot vegetables.

[Zendrya]

Being a vegan just sounds dumb to me

[Walls_and_Doors]

Vegan.