So this was in GD veg*n folks: what was your defining moment

[flvegan]

I thought this to be interesting and intriguing. It's an animal liberation march, but whatever. What's your defining moment. What made you go veg*n

Original thread:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212428047

[MLAA]

1. One day about 8 years ago I just realized that if I won't eat cats or dogs

why would I be okay with pigs and cows and chickens.

[flvegan]

2. Wow, 8 years. That's fantastic!

Thank you for that response.

[MLAA]

3. With a recent conversion of two friends (one had breast cancer and I gave her a few books)

my 10 or so best friends are all vegan. It sure helps making dinner parties easy with lots of fun and delicious food 😉

[mucifer]

4. In 1982 I was 16 yo one of my best friends went vegetarian

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I loved animals, too so I went vegetarian, too. I always was in awe of vegans and thought I didn't have the dedication to do it. Then 6 years ago I was going to veg meet ups and noticed most people there were vegans. So I thought if all of these people can do it, I should at least try. I tried it and realized it wasn't that hard and kicked myself for not going vegan decades ago.

I can't recall an actual defining moment when I said "wow that is too much I won't eat an animal." As I recall I remember thinking "there is so much I can eat, why eat an animal" and the factory farming go so much worse over the years.

[flvegan]

9. I don't know, that sounds pretty defining to me.

Congrats!

[MFM008]

5. Not vegan

Still eat butter
Hard cheeses
Fish.
Thats it for now.
Feel better about giving up meat
Most dairy.

[Blue_playwright]

8. Me, too, but I'm still new

Love to cook and I’m enjoying swapping over to more vegan meals. But I still occasionally eat fish or chicken. It’s a transition. 🤷🏻?♀️ My choice was twofold- climate change and reading about the health benefits of a plant based life.

[flvegan]

10. Cheese is tough to give up.

What are you replacing "meat" with these days?

[MFM008]

14. Beyond burgers

Morningstar stuff.
Amazingly good.

[athena]

16. Gardein is good, too.

I love their "Fishless Fillets", "Beefless Ground", "Meatless Meatballs", and "Crabless Cakes". Gardein is also a lot healthier than Beyond Meat (which is itself healthier than animal meat).

[MFM008]

17. Thanks

Ill look for them.

[mitch96]

6. It started back in '72 with DES given to cows in the feed lots to stimulate growth

Then I found out my mother in law was given DES to control her morning sickness and it caused cancer in both the mother and child. Ok humans given DES get cancer, cows given DES and we eat the cows...... AAAAHHHHHH. NO.
It was a slow progression from no red meat to very little of any meat to the book Forks over Knives.
Rampant heart disease in my family and after reading the book a no meat/dairy/fat vegan diet was the way to go for me.. Too much science to prove that was the way to go for me...
I might eat a piece of salmon now and again when invited over a friends house for dinner but for the most part, left to my own devices I mainly eat vegetables. I’m a geezer still going strong!
M

[flvegan]

11. Science is a funny, factual thing.

I'm sorry to hear about your family members' cancer issues. Fuck cancer. Twice.

[Mendocino]

7. When I

had a stroke.

[flvegan]

12. Ugh.

I didn't mean for this to be painful for anyone. I sincerely hope that you're better now than then.

[Mendocino]

13. No problem

Go Vegan!

[athena]

15. When I saw "Vegucated".

I was at home, recovering from a medical procedure, and Netflix recommended "Vegucated". That was six and a half years ago.

I had tried to go vegan eleven years earlier and had lasted only four months. I don't remember what made me want to go vegan back then, but I remember the enormous peer pressure I felt to go back to eating animals. My circumstances (in particular, my need to travel to Japan regulary) made it impossible for me to be vegan at the time. I wish I had been vegetarian or pescetarian for those eleven years; I could have saved a lot of animals.

[flvegan]

18. No need for regrets, just moving forward.

I remember "Vegucated" as being pretty good.