The Shattered Into Pieces : Veganism

It was a summer night. I was comfortably laying in my bed, a computer in front of me and headphones playing music in my ears. That's when I stumbled upon a video named '101 Reasons to go vegan'. A presentation by Animal rights foundation of Florida. One hour long, and since that hour I haven't consumed animal products. And it hasn't felt like a restriction, not at all. Sure, I could no longer eat my favorite milk chocolate, but though I sometimes missed the taste I didn't crave anything that's not vegan. first of all because of the many vegan options in a grocery store, the new recipes you discover and the food in general but also because of the process behind closed doors. It wasn't worth it. I no longer wanted the

Most people have a preference when it comes to food and very few people like every food that if offered to them. Some people believe that eating animals is wrong and prefer become vegetarians. Some people go even further and become vegans who don’t eat any products that come from animals.

A lot of people always ask me why I am vegan and my answer is I love animals, I feel bad for them and it is healthier. As a vegan I try a lot of new food that I didn’t like before now I love them like kiwi. I try to eat organic food as much as possible. When I live on my own I want to recuse a dog and a pig from an animal shelter. That is how Eliza from The Wild Thornberrys imprinted me and my passion that I have for

About a year ago, I asked myself a question why am I not a vegetarian? After all, I am one of the green kids. I grew up with my vegetarian dad in a small town. I even joined a club called “Tree Huggers”. I knew that eating a mere hamburger a day could increase my risk of dying by a third. I knew that the 10 billion animals we raise each year for meat are raised in factory farmed conditions that we hypocritically wouldn’t even consider for our own cats, dogs and other pets. I knew that I was not alone, we as a society are eating twice as much meat as we did in the 50s. So, what was once the special little side treat now is the main course much more regular. What if I told you, that we can change our world through our food choices. The fact

Donald Watson, on 1944 had a meeting with non-dairy vegetarian, Elsie Shrigley, to talk about the lifestyle and diet of non-dairy vegetarian diets. These pioneers were the first people to discover a new movement – although resistant. They felt that they needed a new name, something more brief than “non-dairy vegetarians”. “vitan”, “dairyban”, and “benevore” were some of the rejected words. They settled on “vegan”, because it had the first 3 and the last 2 letters of “vegetarian”. In Donald Watson’s words, it marked “the beginning and end of vegetarian”.

Not many people used to know what a vegan was. Veganism was a completely new idea and has only just started to gather momentum in the last few years. A man named Donald Watson, originally from England, was the first person to found the vegan movement in 1944. This vegan movement emphasized the moral, spiritual, social, health and economic advantages of being vegan. Watson realized he would never eat meat again when he saw a pig get slaughtered on his family farm, and has not for seventy eight years (Rodger 1). Dedicating yourself to a vegan lifestyle can be a challenging thing to do because of the world we live in. “Veganism means living solely on the products of the plant kingdom, to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, animal milk, and

If someone had told me one year ago that in just a few months, I’d be a vegan, that I didn’t eat anymore meat or dairy, I’d laugh in their face. For me, just like it might be for you, it had been hard for me to imagine a life without the foods I ate on a daily basis. Today, I no longer eat those foods I once loved so much, and thought I couldn’t live without. I became a vegan due to ethical reasons, influenced by my mutual love and respect for animals as well as our beautiful planet, Earth.

I don’t think I would have ever imagined me calling myself a Vegan since my two favorite foods in the past were watermelon and Steak. I could have easily pounded a 12 oz steak on the daily if I could a few months ago. Now, I can’t ever imagine myself ingesting an animal, I don’t think ever. Taking what I have learned from being Vegan and applying it to my daily life in ways i wouldn’t have thought of before has made me change my outlook on life. Before Veganism, I pictured myself in a stressful but decent way to live like going to college and getting a degree for music or even business. I still have that mindset just so much more creativity and a more positive outlook that could come with those passions of mine. I’d love to start

People today are more diverse and open minded than they used to be, they want to try new things. Maybe to eat healthier, or become humane. But some like to stick to the traditions, to what they know. Gary Steiner’s Essay “Animal,Vegetable, Miserable” evaluates society’s procedure when it comes to animal consumption. He further explains his take on things, and why the stance of being a vegan in today’s society can be a very hard one. In the segment of “The Ethical Choices in What We Eat” is an array of analysis and opinions back to editor involving the essay, “Animal, Vegetable, Miserable” by Gary Steiner. Including thoughts on Steiner’s argument and what it truly means to be vegan. Is there really black and white when it comes to being a

Imagine a life with no joint pain, no guilt from food consumption, a ton of energy, and a spiritual connection to nature. This is what my everyday life has become and I have never been happier. My whole world turned for the best when I cut animal byproducts out of my life and became a vegan. Slowly but surely, my body healed itself from the inside-out. If one was to ask me about becoming vegan before I knew what benefits it would provide, I would have laughed. I would have told that vegan that I just couldn’t give up my beloved meat, dairy, and eggs but ultimately, I did just that. The transition to Veganism became easier when I accepted the truth of the matter. All of the research I did on the lifestyle led me to the conclusion that

In this chapter we are going to talk a lot about veganism and what they don't do. Another thing in this chapter you will find is the animal welfare act. I hope you learned a little something.

A very controversial question that has had many wondering for years is if it is healthier to eat vegan instead of a regular animal based diet. Eating vegan is essentially not consuming anything that comes from an animal. That means that vegans to not eat meat, eggs, or dairy. From the beginning of time, people hunted and gathered for their food. The earliest hominines were vegetarians, and hunting came in later years as a source of food. Prehistoric hunter and gatherers often lived in multiple smalls groups of people. In an article by Emma Groenevald, she states that, “Early hunters and gatherers developed tools to help them survive and were dependent on the abundance of food in the area.” If an area was not plentiful enough, it required them

This essay analyzes the ethical argument for veganism through the lens of philosophy using Utilitarianism defined by John Stuart Mill, and Deontological ethics according to Immanuel Kant. Through the use of these theories, I will justify the moral worth and legitimacy of the animal welfare debate that is often used to promote a cruelty-free and vegan lifestyle by analyzing questions of animal sentience, the worth of an animal’s happiness, and the right humanity supposedly has to the lives of other living creatures. Utilitarianism and Deontological ethics will provide two philosophical insights into the reasoning of a life abstaining from harming animals.

As different crazes and fads are appearing each day, we have come to expect them to simply fade away as the hype passes. However, veganism has stood the test of time in our fad society and is still increasing in popularity. Originally only thought to be a religious lifestyle, many people from different walks of life are becoming vegans. However, this poses many questions and sparks heated debates, mainly from omnivorous people who believe that veganism is against life’s natural order. Vegans, then, argue against an omnivorous lifestyle by bringing up facts about humans’ biological makeup and how humans are, contrary to popular belief, herbivorous by nature, not omnivorous. While both sides present good arguments to some, the veganism lifestyle contains more benefits and less harmful cons than an omnivorous lifestyle.

Some would not be able to live without eating any animal products in their diets, such as, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, and honey. For vegans, however, this is a normal way of life. Vegans are frequently misunderstood as either people who have eating disorders, or an unnatural passion for animal rights. It is time for people to realize that veganism, a challenging yet rewarding lifestyle, goes way beyond being skinny or caring for animals. In reality, veganism can be extremely advantageous to anyone who adapts it as a way of life and has many different benefits that come along with it.