preview

Why Should You Go Vegetarian Or Vegan? Essay

Better Essays
Open Document

“Food makes philosophers of us all. Death does the same … but death comes only once … and choices about food come many times each day” (Irvine 2013:145). Gluten-free, nut-free, low calorie, low fat, and/or plant-based diets; with any 'diet ', one must do research and this research usually leads to some kind of realization about the food one is consuming and how its production can affect upcoming lifestyle change(s); this is especially true with those going some level of vegetarian or vegan. Why does one choose to go vegetarian or vegan, and how the world and culture around them change when they ultimately do so? “History shows us that food consumption is steeped in morality and is a means for the practical transformation of moral and political visions into social practice... For some consumers, making ethical food choices on the products they purchase is a political act: an attempt to contest, construct, shape, direct, and determine policy through the decisions they make about what they buy and what they eat” (Irvine 2013: Zwart)(Irvine 2013: Clarke) This, too, is why vegetarians and vegans make headlines, both at the global level and at the dinner-table level – there is an expectation that this label will eventually come up when eating with others, and all the reactions society has once that label is exposed are the basis of this paper. The truth is, once an individual learns about the cycle of food and learns how mass production of livestock penetrates their everyday

Get Access