Why do people become vegan?

[newsilike]

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

[angel XxX]

Vegetarians make us healthier more able to withstand emotions

[afan.sya]

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.

[Elporkours]

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

[kryptoknightk]

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

[xhomerx10]

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

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

[kittycat54448]

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

[izza123]

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.

[cybersofts]

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

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

[xhomerx10]

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

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

Simply eating meat doesn't make one fat.

[Lenzie]

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.

[BobBct]

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

[zekeshawn]

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..

[cinderella72]

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.

[Ziomuro27]

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.

[Jenn09]

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.

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.

[Ewox]

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".

[AnxiousStoner]

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?

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 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 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.

Apples with peanut butter?  For reals?  I gotta try this.  Sounds like a budget version of a sweet apple pie. 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. ) 

[BossBee]

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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[xhomerx10]

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.