At least I don’t think I could. Because that would mean giving up what I like to eat, meat, although most of the times I eat chicken, but once in a while I like to eat red meat. I try to eat liver often, because it’s good for me with the iron it provides and which I lack, so says my doctor last year. I have no idea if that has improved, and I have not been taking vitamins! I think I better start doing that ASAP!
I do like to eat vegetables and healthy foods and I do know doing so does not a Vegan make me, however, from what I’ve seen on television, at the movies, and read in books, magazines etc., that means also being careful what you put in your mouth, making sure they are not by-products of meat (if I’m wrong about that, enlighten me!). That I would find hard to do. I don’t even count my calories (although I do watch my food intake – I eat anything I want but not too much of it!), how would I be able to keep an eye out for all the details in every ingredients I eat?!
Does being a Vegan means not wearing fur? Not that I own any, at least not any more! I had one piece, a mink shawl; I gave it away when I moved from NY. But I also had pocketbooks and coats lined with real animal hair, was that cruel of me I wonder? I don’t have those anymore, given away too. I do still however, own a couple pieces with fake fur, so I guess that’s not so bad! And I really don’t like the stories I hear of what is done to animals to get their furs, I’m not a supporter of that at all!
Being a Vegan seems to be quite a responsibility. Not that us carnivores don’t take responsibility for what we eat, despite what some people think PETA)! There are those of us who do care enough about the world around us and try to make changes to make it a better place!
I was actually watching a reality show and that brought on this thinking. The Two Coreys on A&E. I loved watching those two guys when they were younger and was curious as to what they were doing now. Corey Feldman and his wife are Vegans and everything they do seem to revolve around being Vegans.
I might consider being a Vegan, but not at the expense of my meat!