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Just wondering, why do people become vegan. Is this because of health, ethics or something else?

 Can't you just research this yourself using Google?
Some people do it for religious reasons, some people can't afford meat, some people are very empathetic towards other animals and some people simply have too many choices - that pretty much covers it.  Oh wait, it can also be trendy.

This question is relevant to me as I just turned myself to be a vegan when January started. Though I am not a hundred percent vegan, I am really trying not to eat those meat. My only reason is just I realized how brutal it is to kill animals in order for me to eat their meat. I feel pity for those slaughtered animals. For some people, it would be just nothing but for me, their lives matter.

 Okay.  You can't be anything other than 100% and call yourself vegan.  Strictly speaking, eggs, milk and honey are out.  What are you eating that disquLifies you?

some of them just panic when they heard some news about how heart can just stop if they eat all the pork rinds while watching TV like a potato couch. First thing they do is to simply do some fitness gym exercises may be zumba and then started chatting with some old ladies and discover they are not eating meat due to the fitnesss instructors business which sells farm grasses for lunch as recommendation for their diet programs.

There are these two instances (first in January and the second just this February) that I have to eat from a fastfood since that was already late at night and I didn't have my dinner yet. Too bad, there were no available veggies in that fastfood.

 Yeah, it can be difficult to find vegan food when you're on-the-road.  I know.  I'm not vegan but a special someone near and dear to me is and sometimes finding food is tricky.  McDonalds french fries are not vegan which actually shocked me.  If you're going to be serious about it, you have to do some research.  I found a web site (http://urbantastebud.com/43-vegan-chain-restaurant-menus-every-vegan-needs-know/) that helps when we're travelling.
 Sometimes it's not possible to find a restaurant - even fast food - and then you have to get creative and make sure to read the labels.  Many flat breads are vegan (stay away from naan bread) and you can find hummus or peanut butter almost anywhere (or nuts in general for that matter).   We stopped at a little gas station/variety store while on a road trip last summer and ended up eating watermelon (I always carry a knife), apples with peanut butter and potato chips. 
 If you have access to a microwave, there are vegan options in the frozen food section - Amy's (https://www.amys.com/our-foods?vegan=1) is our go-to entrée while on-the-road but be careful, some of their entrees are vegetarian.  Microwave-in-bag veggies are awesome too.
 Keep in mind that veganism is not just about food.  Good luck.

I cannot become vegan. I like eating meat very often. We in the US during lunch break eat a lot of fast food like McDonalds and even the cheese burgers have meat. Life without meat I cannot understand how it would be. Meat is very good for our health and organism when eaten at the right amount. Vegans to me are not very smart persons.

I think it is about religion or because of allergic to some meat

I am not sure why people would start eating only vegetables and fruit. I am also interested what make people do that? Maybe it is that they think they will live healthier life if they don't eat animal products, or maybe it is because or religion, but i don't know any religion that prohibits eating all animal products. Some maybe won't eat because they love animals so much... It could be many things.

As per my case, it's about dealing with the fact of putting an end to a life of a defenseless animal just to satisfy my hunger. I admit I have lived my more-than-two-decades eating meat but when I realized how cruel (for me) it is, I tried my best not to eat meat again. As much as I could, I want to live in this principle from now on. I know it would be hard since I am just starting, there will always be an instance that I don't have any choice but to eat them, but as long as my love for animals is in me, I would always want to go vegetarian or even vegan.

Every man has his own story...

They,re just removing themselves from the gene pool. Inferior human beings tend to do that.

You're right, some people become vegans because of diseases of the organism. Some simply because of moral convictions. Personally, I am not a vegan, and I can not give up meat

but not giving up meat is not the problem. It is the removal of inferior "human" beings. That is why some are vegan, to stop reproducing.

Okay, I can somewhat understand vegetarians, although man was eating animals as soon they learned to hunt and scavenge, but its best to avoid getting into discussion with them, they can be rather radical :D. But vegans... Really cant think of any good reason to become one, except to torture myself. Even now as carnivore I have problems thinking of my next meal and how and what to prepare. With less choices I would be hungry all the time probably.

 Well then I pity the blind, parapalegics who find themselves in her vicinity.  Someone should warn them!

Because it's more healthy.

Aside that they want to eat healthy foods they are kind to animals and dont want to see sufferings thats why they are sacrificing to eat vegetables until the time comes that they are loving it and will never go back to eat meat.

Because it's much more healthy and it s a shame how we care about the animals

On some vegetables, the body does not receive all vitamins and trace elements. This is more the influence of fashion or hypnotic propaganda. Everyone lives in this world in accordance with his vision of the situation.

It is not healthier to be vegan than to be on a paleo diet. It is just about not hurting animals.

I HATE VEGAN PEOPLE...NOT ALL OF THEM..BUT THOSE WHO HATE MY CHICKEN I HATE THEM...HAHAHAHAHAH

There are people with such views normal and adequate. But there are fanatical vegetarians who do not live by themselves and others do not allow it. Everyone chooses what they own, but why impose an opinion is grass.

My youngest daughter went vegetarian last year and went vegan a few months ago. Her reasoning is she is against all mistreatment of animals and it is her way of holding true to herself. She is the only vegan in the house and we gladly get her meals that allow her to maintain her own lifestyle without us imposing on her or her imposing on us.

People become vegan for personal reasons. I have a friend who recently become a vegan and her reason is healthy lifestyle. It's not like that eating cooked meat is very unhealthy, she is just saying that being a vegetarian is much healthier for her. She also said that she had watch a video of how an uncooked meat is really dirty and it really grossed her out. This does not affect me because I have not watched the video and I have no plan of watching it anyway.   :)

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If you eat only fruits and vegetables, then there will be no improvement in health due to a sedentary lifestyle. Each person has an individual organism. Who is good at eating meat, doing sports and sometimes smoking.

 Veganism and smoking are not mutually exclusive. Not all vegans do so for health reasons.

this now in lifestyle in everyday iam vegan
my reason not eat meat, only healty, with not meat iam fressh healty in my body never fat

I was a vegan for little over a year and during that time I've noticed I was less fatigued throughout the day and I slept like a new born baby.

I have a few friends who stopped eating meat and other animal products, and the reasons where different from person to person.

Most people who judge vegans do not know what exactly they are eating from day to day basis, from those shitty kebabs and other street food, KFC, diary and so on, everyone who invested their time in to researching food already saw the benefits of plant based diet (short term or long term, doesn't matter) and in the end everything is based on choice.

What I mean by that is, yes, you can lead a healthy life as a carnivor if you know what you're eating and if you're ignoring all the processed meat and other shit which is served to you by day to day basis. And yes, you can also lead a healthy life as a vegan, if you're following the rules and are taking care of your body properly. 

I personally focus my diet 70% on plants, 20% on fish and around 10% on red lean meat. I try to ignore milk and other products connected to it since it's a fucked up industry.

 It's not normal to sleep as long as a newborn baby.  Seems like you were fatigued.  Maybe you weren't getting enough nutrition?

Edit: found a chart and marked it up for you compliments of the National Sleep Foundation (wasn't sure exactly what category to put you in but the young adult and the adult require essentially the same amount of sleep - much less than a newborn)

https://i.imgur.com/DHc0XMB.jpg?1

:))))


Anyhow, most of you guys would experience the same benefits (better sleep, less fatiqued) if you would add up more vegetables in your diet. The vitamins make a huge difference.

I dont understand that too

Yesterday I met a guy and he is now vegan. But before that he was non vegan and was eating all kind of meat.

I think religion played a big role in making him change this habit.

 Well this is the season for Lent (in western Christianity) and Great Lent (in Eastern Orthodoxy) so a lot of people will be vegan for a period of time.

Yes, many of my faithful friends also observe the Great Lent. It does not surprise me, because in the territory where I live this is a common phenomenon.

Obviously ethics. They have some compassion for animals.

Some people like to create topics that they're interested in and start conversation.

They become vegan because they're depraved

Damn, seeing these image really made me realize I am not sleeping well and alright.
And he said he is less fatigued but still sleep like a newborn baby, I think he is a heavy sleeper.

I need sleep because of these picture. By the way, i am not really vegetable lover, I dont want any vegetables unless it is in my burger.

Yeah tomatoes and pickles on my burger is all the vegetable I need too.  Wait, is mayo a vegetable?

Damn!  My wife made me veggie burgers tonight!!

A lot of people make that observation, it is sort of fashionable. But veganism has existed longer than its critics.

I am not vegetarian but try to eat less meat. It's not because I don't like it, it's because I feel sorry for the animals. It seems to me that killing animals for food clothing could afford the Neanderthals, but not civilized people.

Why is it good to be a vegan?
A plant-based diet requires only one third of the land needed to support a meat and dairy diet. ... Read more here on how vegan diets can help people. Why vegetarian isn't enough. The suffering caused by the dairy and egg industry is possibly less well publicised than the plight of factory farmed animals.

I think it is because of their feelings for animals, so they cannot eat something that was walking before that. But on the other side if we look that way. plants are alive too, they are living things too.
Only reasonable reason for somebody to become vegan is health. In situation of some hard disease, like cancer, it is good for that person to become vegan.

All are individual. And everyone lives in this world in accordance with their vision of the situation. Now, mostly because of fashion, they refuse to eat meat.

I think it is mostly a fashion nowadays.

I do not believe it is healthier not to eat meat at all.
There should be a little bit of everything in your diet (meat, vegetable, fruit, etc.).

Being a vegan to show pitty about animals getting killed is nonse to me.
This is nature. Look at lion killing an antelope. It is called "food chain" and its normal.

Plants are also living creatures, but their eating or cutting trees does not cause pity. A man by nature predator and he used to prey for prey, now he domesticated the animals and he does not need to hunt for them.

I have to constantly ask my wife the same question.

All I know is my steady diet of meat has been interrupted since she went vegan.

 ;D

because they think that's the only way to live a happier life.

Yes. If you look at this movement from the other side, then it's more like self-suggestion. The person inspires himself that if he does not eat meat, he will be happy and will feel good.

Most people become vegan because they want to improve their health or they feel pitty for animals

I agree. Now there is a lot of hypnotic propaganda that pours on us through the media. This influence is very easily surrendered by weak-willed people without their own point of view and begins to inspire themselves with the rejection of meat.

Some people are just stupid

evrybody has own reasons, but I think just to be in trand

I think there are a lot of reasons. I'm not vegan and I'm not a vegetarian but I always keep in mind that there a animals which will be grown up in bad circumstances. They only live to die and live to give milk or giving eggs. I think that's not cool and everybody should think about that. When they buy meat for a small amount of money. Many people say this is a nogo.

On the other hand you can see the ecologic side. We feet animals with food that we also can eat. I heard that 80 percent of the world cereals given to animals as food. That's totally crazy if you ask me. Think about it.

There is also a very interesting documentation that I recommend. Its called "Home". You can find it on Youtube.

Maybe because people thinks that eating vegetable is far good than eating carbs or unhealthy food cause It can also cleanse toxins from the body but it depends on different people cause some just don't have a choice but to eat vegetable because of their condition.

Some people are vegetarians because they simply can't afford meat.

Because animals have to suffer a lot during meat production and dairy production too. And it makes sense too but i really like meat too much to be a full time vegan
Some people also think that it's healthier to live a vegan life but it has a lot of disadvantages too, so i'm not really sure if it's worth it in this regard.

It's a fashion trend - while I don't a agree with most meat and animal products there is plenty that is good for ya
like honey, goats and sheep milk instead of cow

no pork nor cow meat

Vegetarians make us healthier more able to withstand emotions

People choose to be vegetarian I think it is for health, or maybe because the person has a disease that should not eat meat. But for now there are many people who become vegetarian because of the lifestyle and the environment around it.

Much healthier food. Can cleanse you but most have allergens. I believe plants are sentient in some form.

I only eat animals who only plants, does that consider vegan?  ;D

 If plants are sentient, how does one kill them humanely before consuming?

Multiple different reasons.  The main one is what people believe in, most don't like animals being hurt.

I think it's mostly because of guilt with most vegetarians and vegans. I am an omnivore and its because i have no guilt about it.

So many different reasons:

Some people don't like the idea of killing animals for meat.
Some people don't like eating meat because they don't want to be fat.
Others for religions beliefs too ;D

Simply eating meat doesn't make one fat.

I respect the vegans and there discipline on doing this for the love of living animals butchered just to be satieted afterwards. Well at some point, the ecosystem works that way for a very long time. The predators eat the preys. Would it not be disturbed if everyone goes vegan? Just my wild thinking. Though I love the idea of thinking and caring for the innocent creatures.

Cause they are sad that animals that did nothing to them are being killed for our food.

People become vegan because they want to eat healthy foods and they also want to protect the animals because they believe that animals are not to be slaughter. They have their own reasons and vision in life and I respect their decision..

because some have no interest to eat animal products.

but it  is very rare. now a days most of the people having  non veg only.

but some people have no interest on vegan. because they have to believing ethical values.

I think that people become vegan because they don't eat meat from animals ,and when they eat meat they feel disgust and want throwup, this is just like person who likes to eat pork and meat but they don't eat vegetables and plants because they feel the same way as vegan.

This sounds good but i will add up , i want to become vegan person because i love to become more healthier than i am right now. I know that vegies is good in our body.

People who become vegan mostly are into animal rights of some sort, they despise animal cruelty and so to support the practice of slaughtering animals they will choose this lifestyle of not eating anything that came from animals or are animals and so the only option would be eating veggies or anything that grows naturally on trees or of soil thus resulting to be called as "vegan".

Apples with peanut butter?  For reals?  I gotta try this.  Sounds like a budget version of a sweet apple pie. :D just missing a dash of cinnamon and some crunch factor.   My gf has recently gone vegan. (not because of the hate for animal killing or anything but because she is trying a diet that will increase her energy levels and stabilize her moods. ) 

Alright this is going to be quick and sloppy but that't how you carnivores like it right?

Starting at your biological composition, your teeth are not designed for killing prey, you have no canines or claws. Your jaws can grind horizontally unlike cats and dogs. Humans intestinal tracks are significantly longer with weaker stomach acids to digest fruits and vegetables, while meat eaters are shorter and strong because flesh putrefies with in the body and needs to be cycled thru as quickly as possible. If you take to the theory of evolution and that we evolved from primates than our original diet stemmed from leaves, fruits, and bugs. Occasionally some primates like chimps can be seen hunting other monkeys but its rare and constitutes the smallest percentage of their diet. With that said the meat that they ate was wild and clean. What were fed are animals that are being tortured their entire lives causing their genetic make up to be altered. Distressed cells appear different under a micro scope. They are pumped with antibiotics and fed feed that has been soaked in pesticides and drank tap water with its plethora of contaminates. These things on their own would probably never yield too hard of a negative result in your life but when they're stacked to together they become a formula for cancer, lethargy, brain fog, chronic fatigue, hormonal imbalance, and more. As for dairy human beings are the only creatures on the planet that drink breast milk for their entire life and its not even the milk of their own species! To step back and reflect upon that it's really quite an appalling act. Yet milk/cheese is nearly in every thing we eat. How could this be? A dairy farmer makes 7x as much money as a beef farmer. What kind of farmer would you like to be? Dairy right? So now we have to push the product and this is exactly what they did in the early 20th century. They worked with big marketing gurus at the time and lobbied the government to get in on the action. Now I bet you cant make it thru a normal day with out at least one dairy blatantly or covertly in everyone of your meals.  
All source of energy comes from the sun, the plants collect that energy directly, herbivores collect it thru the plant, the next collects it thru the meat of that animal, and the next one after that. All the while the original sun energy gets diluted and contaminated with bad fats, cholesterol, parasites, and more. Skip the middle men and feed as close to the source as possible.


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 If you are going to tout evolution as part of a reasoned argument for becoming vegan while ignoring the human ability to kill and butcher our prey with tools rather than rely on our teeth to do the dirty work, your conclusions will have an element of bias and would likely be considered invalid by any discerning reader.   Meat is nutrient dense food for humans and once it is processed all we need do is grind it up a little more with our teeth and in this way, our lower-acid digestive tracts can make relatively short work of the meat. As you probably know given your discussion on the relative lengths of the digestive tracts, meat is much easier to digest than most plant material.
 The rest of your argument appears to be more politically motivated and I would agree that this is probably a more compelling reason for one to venture into Veganism but you will run into the same issues you have mentioned as far as pesticides, contaminants, big marketing gurus and genetic modification (I know you said altered) while pursuing this lifestyle as well.  In order to avoid some of these pitfalls, you have to look specifically for organic foods which come at a premium price and are not necessarily pesticide free (unless explicitly stated) as many pesticides are still valid for use on organically certified crops and certified organic usually-but-not-always means GMO-free.  Many people have been convinced that organic is "good" and therefore are willing to pay much more money for organic foods but don't you think this was marketed in the same way as the products from the dairy farmer you decry in your argument?  There are scholarly articles that indicate there is no overall benefit to organically grown food and that they might be a detriment to humanity as the crop yields are lower and costs of production are higher than those of conventional farming.
  Lastly, I would like to mention that energy can't be created or destroyed and I'm pretty sure it can't be diluted or contaminated with... stuff?  Humans can't directly use the energy of the sun to power our bodies.  Perhaps in the future it will be a reality but for now, we need to get the energy indirectly from our available surroundings as impure, unethical and unsavoury as that may be.

I imagine that there will be people who love animals and do not see the possibility of eating them, alomejor gives them grief or is simply a way of claiming the rights of animals.

https://lokisrevengeblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/i-am-death.png?w=819&h=348

Here are the companies that sponsor the organizations that are suppose to heal and prevent . Bring on your "scholarly" articles and lets see who sponsors them. 
"I'm pretty sure it can't be diluted or contaminated with... stuff? "  ok put a drop of cyanide in your water every day and tell me how that works out for you. 

 Clearly, you wrote about the original sun energy being diluted and contaminated by stuff; a drop of cyanide in the water is an entirely different argument but since you brought it up, cyanide occurs naturally and concentrates in certain nut meats and seeds.
  Organic Almonds Recalled From Whole Foods For Containing High Levels Of Cyanide (http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/almonds-prove-bitter-organic-purists/)  <--it doesn't get much more direct from the sun than that.
 
Also,
 Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods, study finds (https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2012/09/little-evidence-of-health-benefits-from-organic-foods-study-finds.html) <-- Stanford University
Are organic foods better for my health? (https://www.dietitians.ca/Downloads/Factsheets/Organic-foods-are-they-better.aspx) <---Dieticians Canada (a 6000 member organization of professional dieticians)
A Review of the Nutrition Claims Made by Proponents of Organic Food (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-4337.2010.00108.x/full) <-- Joeseph D Rosen, PhD Rutgers University: Food chemistry; analytical toxicology; mass spectrometry
 The most recent pro-organic food studies center around pesticide residue rather than nutritional content and I'll state again that organic doesn't mean pesticide-free; it only means synthetic pesticide free.  I just make sure to wash my non-organic fruits and veggies before consuming.

There are two main reasons for veganism: Health and ethics.

Dairy cows are injected with hormones and antibiotics, and their food is laced with pesticides. Residue from the hormones, antibiotics and pesticides are found in milk. These have been linked to cancer and compromised immune systems.

Cows have to be impregnated to give milk, just like people. If the resulting calf is male, it is sold for veal. I'm sure you know what a pleasant future awaits them.
Dairy cows are "pumped out" after an average of four years, and are then slaughtered for meat.

Laying hens are kept in some of the most horrendous living conditions imaginable. Do some quick research in to "battery cages," and you'll understand. (Less than 5% of all eggs are "free range," and even most of those operations are disgusting.)

A problem with all egg production, even free-range, is the disposal of unwanted male chicks. Because male chicks don't lay eggs and do not grow fast enough to be raised for meat, they are deemed a financial liability, except for the few used as rooster studs. Nine out of ten male chicks are considered virtually useless and will be killed by the cheapest means available, including suffocation and being ground up alive.

I don't think this question has an ending answer because it has so many reasons why someone turn to vegan.
For the most appropriate answer is personal choice.

because they think that's the only way to live a happier life.

There are people who do it to stop animal cruelty and there the ones who do it because it's the healthiest diet. If you are serious about knowing the reasons, you should watch some documentaries like Earthlings, Forks Over Knives, Food Inc, Unity, Cowspiracy (these are easy to just watch) and then you can read the research if you want to get into detail, also another easy way to educate yourself about the research, go on youtube and check this channel "Nutritionfacts.org". That doctor reads research all day about health/diet and publishes in videos mostly. If you suffer from "chronic" disease like diabetes, high blood pressure, have or had heart problems it's worth checking out the vegan diet since it can solve all those and many more. Also it's one of the cheapest diets, you can easily survive with a few bucks, even under a $ if you're serious about it, in my country for example lentils are 2$~ for 1kg, that has enough calories for about 2 days, split peas cost half of that so 1$ and the same calories and the absolute cheapest food that I ever found was barley (which can sustain you for life, you just need some green leafy vegetables every other day, like cabbage, kale or any other green stuff with some vitamin C) it costs 0.5$ here for 1kg, with the same calories as the previous, so 2 days keeps you full (assuming you are a 70-80kg person). So not only the healthiest, cheapest but it can actually solve humanity's problems, world hunger is not a joke, water supply is getting lower and lower, too many resources are wasted for animals that we slaughter, I don't remember the exact number but the food we feed to animals could alone feed all the people in world. Always do your own research and try to not blindly believe anyone.

I will most likely not check this thread again so if anyone wants to troll me with bacon or vegan jokes, don't waste your time.

Maybe the beginning of why they choose to be vegan comes from a small thing, maybe they're on a diet to not consume meat, but the longer it's used to just eat vegetables and do not like to eat meat

I think people because of fashion become vegan, they want to be different from everyone and switch to such a diet. But for me it's very wild to give up useful meat food.

I once had a childhood friend and I remember she was terrified of cows. I always thought that was weird, but she had no problem eating them.

It's not a bad question to pose to vegans. From past experience being vegan can be caused by a whole array of reasons. A lot of times, I find that something traumatic has happened in the past to cause not eating meat.

They are just traumatized animals that don't want to eat other traumatized animals.   ;D

I believe some people choose to be Vegan for healthier options. Vegetables is a good source of vitamins and minerals and it keeps your body fit and away from diseases. I think being a Vegan is choosing to have a healthier lifestyle.

I believe that such people are very fond of animals and are afraid to eat them. But primitive people did not feel such pity, because they needed to survive, and now because of the large production of food, some refuse meat.

I think there are several factors that pushes them in becoming a vegan. Some might just be really concern of there health. Some are just nature caring and hates to see an animal butchered to death. Some might be in there ethics.
 I don't think that primitive people don't feel the same pity like the vegans do. It is just part of the ecosystem that people are predators.

Its simple people become vegan because they do not want to eat animals.

For some people they became vegan because they it's healtheir than eating meat.  They believed that they will feel younger and look younger for eliminating meats in their system.

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I have friends who are vegan.  They became vegan because of how they love animals.  They are against animal cruelty so they made a decision to be vegan.

People become vegan because they choose it.  Fot them eating vegetables will give them a longer life than eating red meat, poultry products, dairy and fishes.

People become vegan because they don't like to eat animals they are Pro-Life.

Or maybe others became vegetarians because their doctor advised them to do become one.  For a healthy life.  And to prevent other diseases that may occur if they eat meat.

Yeah, I am also wondering why people call the non-meat eaters, vegan. Don't you guys know that frutarians do exist too?

It is not healthier to be vegan than to be on a paleo diet. It is just about not hurting animals.

In Europe we disgust the meat eaters. So we produce less and less, we destroy agriculture. BUT we are offered treaties of free trade with the North American part with their meats with hormones.

So trendy!

People become vegan I think because they are health conscious. But for me, my principle in diet is eat whatever you want but in moderation. It will be very torturous fornyour body to not eat what you want. So instead of torturing yourself with strict diet why not go for an alternative where you can still enjoy foods you like and yet control it. :)

many to reduce animal suffering

Generally because they love animals and they don't want them to suffer. Most of us if we had for pet a pig, cow and animals we eat would be different because we would had more compassion for them

I think that now people have become very inactive and they do not need as much energy as physically active people get from meat and fish. I do not see anything wrong with this, but I like meat.

I have had countless of researches, some involves reading articles from different websites and gathering hard to find books about vegetarian behavior. And, the main reason as to why they do not eat meat is because of their sympathy to animals. Before all this, I thought the reason would be because of healthy living and the like but this reason is for those who are not truly pure blooded vegetarians. After all, our gene matrix overwhelms all reason there is.   

Even though eating less or no meat is very healthy, becoming vegan is more a religion actually.

It's mostly about culture. Some people take it as religion where eating meat is actually forbidden or taboo. I don't know why people switch to vegan, but it's really unhealthy skipping on red meat and other kinds of meat that is suitable for consumption and survival. Meat is essential to growth and development.

I don't think becoming vegan is not fun at all. Maybe for meat lovers because they do not eat meat but it is their way and we just have to respect it. Being vegan is really healthy too because all they eat are fruits and vegetables. And for the vitamins that we can get from meat, they have a lot of substitute to that.

I think people become vegan because of their change of perspective towards animals. They become vegan because they raise the advocacy of saving animals. Also, i think because eating vegetables makes them healthy.

many of them have problems with digestion

Because of everything, but I think health.
We get too much poison in meat and animal products.
It just isn't worth it anymore.

Vegetarianism is a serious choice, changing food habits of a person drastically. Therefore, the reasons why people become vegetarians should also be good.

I think the most are because of ethics.

Because they don't like meat?

maybe they want to keep health becomes more promising because if someone exposed to the disease surely spending to care for him too much.

Sometimes because of fashion, sometimes because of religious or other type of propaganda. And few start it because of their own tastes and choice.

Because they don't want to exploit pets

drugs i think

May they are wondering why you eat meat. popular vegan word : I dont eat my friend.

It's healthier, you live longer, you save CO2, you dont abuse animals

I think some of them became vegan because of healths reasons. There is much less fats in vegetables and it is better for heart. Personally I'm not vegan and i cant imagine my life without meat but i do understand vegans.

some become vegetarians because of their beliefs, but it seems to me that many people are doing it now because it's trendy. However, I do not understand why do people risk their health so much? not everyone is physically able to stop eating meat without damage to their health, the doctor's control is always needed

people are becoming vegetarians as possible because if eating meat can cause disease recurrence. or just because of the mere trend.

Vegan - as it says in the topic,


 is not the same as vegetarian


 The next step from vegetarian would be flexitarian and there goes your ethics out the window.

they dont want animals to get killed!

For vegans, I think it is for their respect for life and they don’t want to see even know that animals are hurt just so they can eat. Which then they formed a group and made it into a religious group.

My father can't eat meet because of health

been a vegan is something positive, i think that killing animals to eat is something bad, and everyone should stop doing it.

I even don't the know actual reason why people do that. But a vegan can describe this situation well. hehe!

Many can't digest meat

I think this is a trendy move. In fact, such people would eat meat if no one had ever tried to prove to them that its harm actually does not exist with moderate use.

I think the two most popular reasons of this is religion and protest against animal killers






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I think it depends on the person but I think for most people its a cross between health and ethics. I don't mind if somebody makes it their life choice to be vegan, the only problem I have is when they make it my problem that I am not.

I've recently seen a tv show about famous chefs and I've seen first time in my life awful video how people prepare meat from the whole moose.. I'm a huge meat fan but I was almost ready to become a vegan.. so I can understand them now..

But killing animals is part of *queue Lion King music* the ciiiiiircllle of liiiiiiiiiife

Watch the movie Earthlings, there are answers to why?!

I am not a vegetarian, but I respect and know some who adhere to this way of life. A friend is for ethical reasons, a brother is for health. You can add more environmental reasons and fashion, in the end.

I have only two option in mind why people choose this healthy eating habit, 1st is to have a healthy lifestyle and 2nd are animal advocates against animal cruelty.

I think people because of fashion become vegan, they want to be different from everyone and switch to such a diet. But for me it's very wild to give up useful meat food.

Generally because they love animals and they don't want them to suffer. Most of us if we had for pet a pig, cow and animals we eat would be different because we would had more compassion for them

Because they are becoming aware of the junk they have been fed for years and how those affected their whole lives and those of their loved ones...

The whole system is based on a lie. We even have a day to celebrate that: April Fools' Day!!!

We have been systematically lied to by everyone, including our parents, teachers, nutritionists, doctors, governments, economists, lawyers as well as religious leaders. Everyone is in the loop. What's sad is the fact that most of them are unaware that they are spreading lies.

It is time to wake up and face the facts before it's too late...

I'm vegan because the fact that it's better for the environment. I have a will duty to do my own part even though that there is no major significance between one person and the fact that there is a growing culture in both meat eating and vegan. I am not one of those stupid vegans who say theres a conspiracy behind cow milk and I hate the taste of meat. Yo dead ass meat tastes amazing, my parents own a Korean all you can eat bbq trust me but I've done my research and I have to do my part before I die so maybe in another life I'll eat bare meat but right now nah.

I think that people become vegan because they don't eat meat from animals ,and when they eat meat they feel disgust and want throwup, this is just like person who likes to eat pork and meat but they don't eat vegetables and plants because they feel the same way as vegan.

First reason may be due to health and second there might be change of heart for other living beings.

I think people because of fashion become vegan, they want to be different from everyone and switch to such a diet. But for me it's very wild to give up useful meat food.

Could be doctors advice or a personal choice, either way it's healthy for the body.

wathing how they make chickennuggets

My opinion is that people do it to feel better about themselves. Or they do it to try to better the cause even though billions of us are still eating meat on a daily basis. Truly, there is no point to become vegan, large companies will still be killing animals to support the large demand for meat.

I think people become vegan because they want to live a long time. But I do not know if it will help.
You need to grow you own fruits, from market is bad.

The very reason for these is because of health. We all know how much nutrients and how much will it change our body if we became a vegetarian. It will make us healthy, yes. No other food that will ever replace vegetables. So if you want to have a healthy and long life without suffering major diseases when you get aged, then try to be a vegetarian.

There may be certain factors from that person that he becomes vegan, there are also reasons that can make people vegan, do not think too much about something you can not think

Like one of my loved ones , that just recently passed away, was saying:
It is better to have a diet that covers meat, eggs, cheese, vegetables and fruits, throughout a week period.
Turning vegan is a personal choice , you come to that choice because of multiple reasons:

Ethical, it is about how the animals are treated while being alive and then after death.
Budgetary, self explanatory, millions of people choose between putting something on the table and paying bills.
Environmental, it is about deforestation and how much gtain and water is being consumed.
Religious, advocated by Hinduism, Buddhism, Seventh Day Adventists and Jains.
Health, it is though to avoid heart diseases, cancer, high blood sugar, bad colesterol, to name a few.

You can find a more complete explanation by googling, for a quick look you can check this linkhttp://vegetarian.lovetoknow.com/Why_Do_People_Become_Vegetarians (http://vegetarian.lovetoknow.com/Why_Do_People_Become_Vegetarians)

Hope it helped.

I can't understand people who willingly refuse to eat meat. Are they crazy? Maybe. It seems like people can not accept who they are and start hating themselves which leads to becoming a vegan. Pretty much like with changing sex.

Religious mindset.

Yeah tomatoes and pickles on my burger is all the vegetable I need too.  Wait, is mayo a vegetable?

I need sleep because of these picture. By the way, i am not really vegetable lover, I dont want any vegetables unless it is in my burger.

A lot of people make that observation, it is sort of fashionable. But veganism has existed longer than its critics.

I am not vegetarian but try to eat less meat. It's not because I don't like it, it's because I feel sorry for the animals. It seems to me that killing animals for food clothing could afford the Neanderthals, but not civilized people.

I think that is the rule of religion .

Like Buddhism  , you must to eat vegetables when you join

A plant-based diet requires only one third of the land needed to support a meat and dairy diet. ... Read more here on how vegan diets can help people. Why vegetarian isn't enough. The suffering caused by the dairy and egg industry is possibly less well publicised than the plight of factory farmed animals.

Maybe because they are now suffering from severe disease and they don't have a choice but to eat only vegetables. Most of people took care of themselves when they are already in pain. People were used to eat what they want thinking that they are too young or strong that they won't be able to get sick. But the opposite happens. Most sick people are now at a young age.

I think it is because of their feelings for animals, so they cannot eat something that was walking before that. But on the other side if we look that way. plants are alive too, they are living things too.

Only reasonable reason for somebody to become vegan is health. In situation of some hard disease, like cancer, it is good for that person to become vegan.

All are individual. And everyone lives in this world in accordance with their vision of the situation. Now, mostly because of fashion, they refuse to eat meat.

Plants are also living creatures, but their eating or cutting trees does not cause pity. A man by nature predator and he used to prey for prey, now he domesticated the animals and he does not need to hunt for them.

All I know is my steady diet of meat has been interrupted since she went vegan.

It varies for any person, some just consider it as animal slaughter, some doesnt eat for religional beliefs, some just do it because being vegan and brag about it is COOL.

And the sympathy to animals doesnt count?

Environment. Entirely on my part.

Because this makes them feel that they are GOOD. In fact, they are not really better because of that. Nothing against veganism, but it is not a diploma of goodness.

I believe the reason behind a lot of people becoming vegan is to take a stand against animal cruelty. When you watch videos on how we farm animals, you'll be disgusted because humanity have come to a point that we put animals' lives to our hands hence the term 'livestock'. Most of the big industries that provide us meat products are inhumane with how they kill animals for us consumers.

Im against animal cruelty but I believe there's a humane way to kill them. It's just how foodchain works. Predator eats prey.

Some cant eat meat because of their condition and some thinks eating animals is too cruel.

It is up to everybody. But I prefer the ethics side. This helps to avoid cruelty.

Maybe they do not like to eat meat, or follow them to eat meat is killing

Because they don't want to kill animals for meats.

I think because they're enjoying their vegetables food.

I suspect that they do it because they don't like meat and everything related with animals. Modern phobia.

many reasons, such as a disease, habit, and congenital

I think because they're buddhists.

I'm not a big fancy of meat, and I rare eat it, but I live in a climate where it's almost impossible to not weather leather shoes for wonder, since the winter is so hash. It's kinda hypocratic of me I think to still use leather and not eat meat...

Nowadays people are more educated and informed about their daily diet. Some of them find a way through vegetables to get rid of the habit  of eating meat.Some other prefer vegetables because of their belief or religion.I believe that meat is not necessary in our diet therefore i do eat meat. :)

One day I was eating an orange and I thought, "If an animal was killed every time I ate an orange, I would just stop eating oranges." For some reason it had never made more sense than that moment.

I have a friend who is a vegan. His idea is eating vegatables can save more energy because we need feed animals with food and it's a waste process for raising them.

I was driving on a highway in Ohio and passed a slaughterhouse truck packed with live chickens. I didn't realize they were alive until I made eye contact with one through one of those oval holes through the metal. The holes were just puffing out with feathers. It was so jarring and disturbing that I vowed to go vegetarian.

In all honesty, I didn't actually go vegetarian right then and there. I was like, "Surely there are more humane places out there." And started to research "humane certified" labels, which lead me to The Humane Society and I realized this was not even just a meat problem, but also a dairy and eggs problem.

So I was like, "Ok, I will ONLY get Certified Humane animal products." I spent HOURS looking up ratings on different farms, trying to determine the best products that I felt I could buy in good conscience.

I finally narrowed it down to a single brand of chicken that was maybe in some local stores. A single brand of eggs. And a handful of yogurt brands. No cheeses that I could find.

I lived like that for a while, still getting cheese from who-knows-where, and trying to buy "in good conscience" until I felt like it was not in good conscience at all.

The more research I did, the more I realized the environmental impact of the foods I was eating. Cheese is worse than chicken! That blew my mind the most.

It depends of cases. Some people do it because of religion, others for their health, and most of them because they love animals and they fight for their rights and in aim to let them live in good and natural conditions, that some farms doesn't always respect.

Preventing the exploitation of animals is not the only reason for becoming vegan, but for many it remains the key factor in their decision to go vegan and stay vegan.

Some people become vegan because of their beliefs and their health

People turn to becoming a vegan for different readons. Most common ones are so that they can have a more healthy lifestyle or even to try reducing their weight.

I imagine that there will be people who love animals and do not see the possibility of eating them, alomejor gives them grief or is simply a way of claiming the rights of animals.

Dairy cows are injected with hormones and antibiotics, and their food is laced with pesticides. Residue from the hormones, antibiotics and pesticides are found in milk. These have been linked to cancer and compromised immune systems.

Cows have to be impregnated to give milk, just like people. If the resulting calf is male, it is sold for veal. I'm sure you know what a pleasant future awaits them.

A problem with all egg production, even free-range, is the disposal of unwanted male chicks. Because male chicks don't lay eggs and do not grow fast enough to be raised for meat, they are deemed a financial liability, except for the few used as rooster studs. Nine out of ten male chicks are considered virtually useless and will be killed by the cheapest means available, including suffocation and being ground up alive.

I don't think this question has an ending answer because it has so many reasons why someone turn to vegan.

because they think that's the only way to live a happier life.

Maybe the beginning of why they choose to be vegan comes from a small thing, maybe they're on a diet to not consume meat, but the longer it's used to just eat vegetables and do not like to eat meat

I think people because of fashion become vegan, they want to be different from everyone and switch to such a diet. But for me it's very wild to give up useful meat food.

It's not a bad question to pose to vegans. From past experience being vegan can be caused by a whole array of reasons. A lot of times, I find that something traumatic has happened in the past to cause not eating meat.

I believe some people choose to be Vegan for healthier options. Vegetables is a good source of vitamins and minerals and it keeps your body fit and away from diseases. I think being a Vegan is choosing to have a healthier lifestyle.

Or maybe others became vegetarians because their doctor advised them to do become one.  For a healthy life.  And to prevent other diseases that may occur if they eat meat.

Yeah, I am also wondering why people call the non-meat eaters, vegan. Don't you guys know that frutarians do exist too?

It is not healthier to be vegan than to be on a paleo diet. It is just about not hurting animals.

In Europe we disgust the meat eaters. So we produce less and less, we destroy agriculture. BUT we are offered treaties of free trade with the North American part with their meats with hormones.

People become vegan I think because they are health conscious. But for me, my principle in diet is eat whatever you want but in moderation. It will be very torturous fornyour body to not eat what you want. So instead of torturing yourself with strict diet why not go for an alternative where you can still enjoy foods you like and yet control it.

many to reduce animal suffering

Generally because they love animals and they don't want them to suffer. Most of us if we had for pet a pig, cow and animals we eat would be different because we would had more compassion for them

I think that now people have become very inactive and they do not need as much energy as physically active people get from meat and fish. I do not see anything wrong with this, but I like meat.

I have had countless of researches, some involves reading articles from different websites and gathering hard to find books about vegetarian behavior. And, the main reason as to why they do not eat meat is because of their sympathy to animals. Before all this, I thought the reason would be because of healthy living and the like but this reason is for those who are not truly pure blooded vegetarians. After all, our gene matrix overwhelms all reason there is.   

Even though eating less or no meat is very healthy, becoming vegan is more a religion actually.

I'm vegan and the reason is purely ethical, I don't think animals should be treated the way they're. Plus it's also healthier not to eat animal products, so it's utter nonsense the whole meat industry.

People became vegan because they chose to have a healthier lifestyle.

many people choose the first vegan may be for health reasons, as we know that the content of the vegetables is very good for the body and very easy absorption, the second to maintain ideal body weight, because vegetables contain lots of fiber that makes the body not hungry easily , other reasons may be because of a belief or religion they believe in.

To live a healthy lifestyle, health scare and even to age slower.
Vegans are sensitive to the use of animals for any purpose, the ethical side of their philosophy.
Makes sense to me, I respect that.

Because of this healthier, diet is more balanced

Maybe they think eating meat is sin,and think that the animal is pitiful.

Yep, most of tham do that because of health  :)

probably because they care about animals and other living things, as well as the wellbeing of our planet

60% of vegans I know have become vegans just because it’s fashionable.

inner peace , to be healty

Mostly because of lack of mind, or health problems

Yes. But possibly not as you think.

People who become vegans, are already in that direction before they become. Then they become vegans and get even more in that direction.

What is that direction? It's a weakness that makes them think that they can get enough nutrition without eating meat and dairy. It only makes their thinking health worse, so that they become more vegan than ever.

If they ate dairy and meat in right proportions, they might lose the illness that causes them to become vegan.

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I really dont know why, as for me its cazy

(facepalm!!) This is some first-class crap that you guys are selling here  ::). No offense!! But seriously?

The healthiest persons in the world are vegan, vegans are more intelligent than meat eaters (https://www.quora.com/Do-vegans-have-a-smarter-brain), the strongest animals are vegan, Elephant, Rhinoceros, the Hippo, the Bison, Gorilla, Giraffes, the Yak, Horses... I could go on like this but that's not my point.

The reason that they become vegan I seriously don't know, but claiming it's because of health issues is a big lie. Maybe for love of animals or so. Others for believe purposes and so on. Buddhists monks are vegans, Hindus monks are vegan and it's not because they are "sick" persons, on the contrary...

I used to eat lots of meat before I gave a try to vegetarian and guess what? It completely changed my life. I sleep better, I digest better, my skin looks younger, and even grey hair that I was starting to get has reversed to his original color. I decided to give it a try because that's what I doe. When I want to find out something, I try it by myself instead of hanging on into my belief system thinking I'm the only one who knows things better... I do my own research if you like!!

One of the reason why people decide to go this way is called "Photosynthesis". We need it in order to be healthier and the only way a human being can take it in is by the ingestion of plants. Plants are the one who make this process possible by laying in the sun, not animals. Fruit, vegetables, a flower and such can only come to live by the process of photosynthesis. If you don't know what photosynthesis is I advise you to look it up...

One thing is for sure, a human being is not made to be eating only meat. We need someone to kill it for us, someone to clean it for us, someone to tell us it is safe to eat it, we even need someone to prepare it for us, or at least teach us how to prepare it. Animals in the wild who are meat eaters don't need any of that. And no human being need someone else to prepare their peace of fruit, a legume or something similar. Do you have the teeth of a Lion or a tiger or any other carnivore specie in the world? No, you don't!! And no other human being can claim they have. We evolved to become omnivores.

This is the problem we are all facing today, everyone thinks they know better than others without educating themselves. Without researching people go and start telling others how things are. Have you ever tried to go vegetarian for one month before making assumptions? By your comment I think you didn't and I can only advise you to give it a try and to come back after a month and tell us what has changed within your body, you'll be amazed to see how the quality of your life can improve from testing something different than what is known to you .

If you put a bunny and an apple next to a child, is the child going to eat the bunny and play with the apple? I don't think so...

And also...
https://imgur.com/a/VnHbA1v

Some of the reasons people become vegan are because of the demands of their religion. But, the rest is also reasoned because of health, or because of their concern for animals.

Definitely trendy. Also the food quality in the states is garbage

It's for many reasons, some are just born to dislike meat, think it's gross. Others are just trying to have a healthy lifestyle, some are caring and protecting animals from being slaughtered for food and some think that its just unnatural for us and that it'll be more sustainable and organic. Yet it doesn't matter, what matters is what crypto exchanger are you using? Bitrus is an emerging exchanger that is built for beginners.

I don't know, maybe this way they are trying to change their everyday life and make something useful, like not to eat animals

Scientific research suggests that going vegan has hardly any medical benefits.

I think vegan is the extreme so definietly more towards ethics. Health too though

For spirituality, health and lots of other stuffs. Heard its good for the environment too. I'm a vegetarian.

Do vegans need supplements?