vegetarian

So I have been a vegetarian for one full week. It is really start to drain on me. It isn't that I have a burning desire to eat meat, although a pepperoni pizza does sound really good right now, but I am so tired of the repetitiveness. All of my meals are beginning to be the same. Being a vegetarian and eating at a college cafeteria do not mix.  Read More »

The argument over eating meat and using animal byproducts thrives in sociopolitical discussion in the United States. Interest groups, news media outlets, advocacy organizations and scores of medical researchers continue to barrage us with a torrent of conflicting information pertaining to the consumption or other use of animal byproducts and their alternatives.  Read More »

Oh PETA, My PETA…..

I still love you, but I’m dealing with some issues I can’t ignore right now. You make me love you and hate you at the same time, and I just can’t sort it all out. Maybe we can make this work, but who knows. I think we need to have a talk before we go any further.  Read More »

Well to start off I am a vegan. Its been pretty good so far...I feel really good about it, but its kinda hard to find vegan friendly places. By I mean about that is that to me being vegan means :eating nothing that comes from animals! and when I say nothing I mean NOTHING!  Read More »

Lately I've been trying out being a vegetarian. I tried it before, but it was too difficult in high school because we didn't have very many options at my house that were meat-free. Now that I'm at college it's actually really easy. My best friend is a vegetarian, and she wants to be a chef someday. She's always reading books on nutrition.  Read More »

I recently read a blog by another ProU user titled “Meat is...manslaughter?” encouraging others to reduce their meat consumption based on the prominence of E coli. This blog, though very well-written, is an excellent example of alarmist material written by vegans and vegetarians to force others to make the same choice that they have. It leaves out some very important information about E coli, and when this information is included the original poster’s argument against the consumption of meat falls apart at the seams.  Read More »

In this sequel post to follow up "Attacking Anti-Smoking Propaganda and Anti-Smoking Hypocrities", I am focusing on one of the several arguments in particular put forth: the argument that eating animal products kills more people than smoking.  Read More »

I know I say this often; it's a great vegetarian catch phrase (though annoying, this I also know--but why is ALL of economics based on the price of meat anyway?): "Meat is Murder!" But when meat has literally killed people, am I so wrong to say that? I think not.  Read More »