Went vegan for health, animals, and the environment

I went vegetarian in 2014 when I felt the need for a change in my life and I realized I don't need meat, so cut meat off the menu for a year and a half, interrupted after. Started to eat plant based for health reasons in Feb 2022, and then...

For the animals, I’ve been vegetarian since about 29 yo, turned vegan about ten years ago, 61 yo now. My two daughters are vegan and my son tends strongly towards vegan for the health.

Suffering from Epstein Barr and Strep symptoms, trying to find a cure trough food.

I had spinal injuries and was looking for other options to medications, so I started experiencing with a plant based life style. I searched the internet for inspiration and found fork over knives and Cooking with plants. In 2016 my Daughter n Granddaughter became active Vegans. I had never hear...

It felt like the right thing to do. I'm watching more documentaries to learn and stay committed to making this change and learning new ways to cook and nourish my family.

Changing my lifestyle to Whole Foods plant based. Need guidance.

I started realizing where ‘meat’ came from around in my teens. Went vegetarian on new years eve when I was 15 years old. I started learning more in my early twenties and slowly transitioned to vegan by 27 years old. Once giving up dairy I didn’t get upset stomachs. I...

I was raised as a lacto-vegetarian since birth (religious, ahimsa reasons). Being a heavy dairy consumer, I dropped dairy as soon as I watched Cowspiracy and never looked back.

I went vegan in 2013 for ethical/animal rights and health reasons, primarily. Then I learned about environmental reasons, and those are valid too. I'm happy to know that this site will help parents to raise vegan children. I wish I had been vegan from conception and all throughout my life!...

I went vegetarian in a bet about not eating meat for 2 weeks when I was 19. I researched why people would actually go vegetarian and ran across the term vegan. I had never heard of vegan before in my small town, and didn't even personally know any vegetarians. I...

I went vegan in 2018.

When I was 16 years old, I was frustrated with going back-and-forth with so many diets and wanted to be healthy and slim in a sustainable way by adopting a lifestyle rather than diet and I really liked how you were able to eat more volume of food on a...

I'm a vegan mom of two amazing, lifelong vegan kids and married to my best friend and awesome vegan, Nathan (@n++). I went vegan in '97 for the animals, after reading Diet For A New America by John Robbins. I had gone vegetarian in early December of '95 and wanted...

In 2012 I was involved in volunteer work at animal shelters, which put me in touch with people involved in (Rescue). While online I happened to come across a video of animals being skinned alive for fur. That had a huge impact on me and pushed me to do research...

Ten years ago, on August 18, 2015, I sat next to my dad, holding his hand, as he took his last breath. He was only 46 years old. He wasn’t a smoker, he didn’t drink, but the kidney medicine he was prescribed caused skin cancer that spread to his lungs....

The rejection of veganism entails either absurdity or incoherence.

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I started vegetarian in 2022 primarily to because I suffered 2 strokes in 2018 and 2019, reduce my cholesterol, blood pressure, arterial sclerosis, and to get off meds. I adopted two children in my 60’s and wanted to live long. In 2024 even being vegetarian, my BP and LDL was...

My reason for going vegan is partly centered around my youngest daughter. She could not Tolerate dairy while I nursed her causing me to go vegan. I feel it’s the best way to live and heal the body which is why I continue to work towards being plant based.

Born pesco-vegetarian in England in 1985. Fish was a rarity and dairy was a staple for a family with very little access to a plethora of seasonal and organic produce. Moving to London at a very early age I was immersed in ethnic diversity and learned many ways to eat...