12/20/2015 0 Comments Plant Based DietI became a vegan because I thought it was the right thing to do. I knew that if I did not eat meat or any animal products I would be contributing to a healthier planet. At the same time, I was working on organic farms that raised animals. Cheese came from the goats that I walked. Eggs came from the chickens that I build coops for. Meat came from the livestock that passed away due to illness. In my opinion, this is the ideal way to incorporate animal products into your diet. The reality is that most of us do not live on organic farms. We do our shopping at a grocery store where most animal products come from a factory farm. These factory farms are unacceptable environments for an animal to be raised in and perpetuate the global change crisis. I do not want to participate in this.
In order to stay out of this practice, I decided to eat a vegan diet for at least one year. After a year and a half of observing myself on this diet, I have decided to make a change. I will not be introducing meat into my diet at the moment as I have no desire to, and I do see it as unnecessary in most, even local and organic, cases. I will, however, begin to consume other animal products that come from local, organic farms. This will be not be often. My body does not react well to animal products, especially diary. Meat and dairy is slow to digest and often causes inflammation in the body. However, ethically, I consider this consumption okay for me. I may buy cheese at a farmers market once a month or if I am working on a farm, I may drink milk. I am implementing animal products on a very small scale. I will still eat a plant based diet but I do not want to consider myself vegan. I would like to become more critical in my actions. Practices may be wise or unwise depending on the situation. It was helpful to be a vegan as I did not want to, and still don't want to, eat animal products from factory farms. I did not want to explain why I would drink some milk but not eat pancakes. I think that I have enough experience and capability to explain this now.
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