I want you to know that your podcast has helped transform my life.
I have always been a health nut, and in January of 2008, I was directed to John Robbins’ Healthy at 100, which documents how cultures subsisting on plant-based diets tend to live longer. Robbins’ book, along with Skinny Bitch, convinced me to [...]
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A diet that fully reflects all of my values…
Posted in connecting with animals, environmental concerns, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, inspiring others, john robbins, perception of vegans as extreme/freaks, speaking the truth, vegan, vegetarian for health reasons, tagged asthma, compassion, environmental sustainability, finding voice, good health, tradition, values, vegan on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Curiosity Antennae
Posted in animal agriculture, connecting with animals, environmental concerns, excuses for eating meat, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, hormones in meat, inspiring others, small farms, speaking the truth, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, tagged awakening, cruelt-free, curiosity, diet, farmed animals, health issues, New Zealand, vegan on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had never really been a particularly healthy person growing up. I guess I ate mostly what everyone else, my family, friends and the rest of New Zealand society ate. Meat and two veg for dinner, plenty of fruit, cereals and grains, a lot of dairy. It was the simple things I remember eating – [...]
Inner Peace for the First Time – from Eating Vegan
Posted in animal agriculture, cheese, connecting with animals, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dairy cows, dog and cat advocate turned vegan, environmental concerns, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, hostile response from non-vegan friends, humane dairy, perception of vegans as extreme/freaks, return to meat-eating after being vegetarian, small farms, vegan, vegan doctor, vegetarian then vegan, tagged animals, chickens, dairy, dogs, factory farm, fitness, foodie, health, iTunes, medical, nutrition, omnivore, organic, ovo-lacto, peace, physical, podcast, spiritual, sustainable, transition, veganism, vegetarian, VegNews on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Your podcast has changed my life. I am so grateful that you dedicate so much of your time to this work. It is so very important. I love to hear you read the letters written by listeners whose lives you have helped transform. I hear myself in so many of them, and that is part [...]
Newly Veg During a Vacation in Eastern Europe
Posted in animal agriculture, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dairy cows, environmental concerns, excuses for eating meat, reduce meat - then eliminate, veg traveling, tagged budapest, environmental cost of eating meat, prague, reduce meat, vegan, vegetarian on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you, thank you for your terrific podcast. I have been a vegetarian for about 6 weeks. It has been a slow, long process to get to this point. I’ve always been a picky meat eater, never eating veal or rabbit, more fish than chicken, but I did enjoy foie gras until [...]
“Environmental Vegetarian” Becomes Vegan after Seeing Video of Animals in the Dairy/Egg Industries
Posted in animal agriculture, calf separation, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dog and cat advocate turned vegan, environmental concerns, vegetarian then vegan on June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In 1988 I took an Environmental Science class as a sophomore at Penn State. From films, we learned about soil degradation, water pollution and destruction of the rain forest as consequences of animal agriculture. I don’t know if the professor was a vegetarian, but I made the switch rapidly that semester to a meat-free diet. [...]
Vegan in College
Posted in cheese, college vegetarianism, environmental concerns, freedom in being vegan, veg in college on June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Although I’ve never been a huge meat eater, I decided to officially become a vegetarian this past summer. My original decision was simply because I was disgusted by both the taste of meat and the thought of eating animals that were once living. But as I began to search for tips on vegetarian cooking, I [...]
No Going Back Once Blinders are Removed
Posted in buddhism, environmental concerns, inspired by vegetarian boyfriend, mindfulness, reduce meat - then eliminate, vegan, violence on May 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was probably a very “typical” vegetarian. I had slowly transitioned into it because of a smart, loving, vegetarian boyfriend, who had asked me some great, poignant questions like: “Could you kill an animal yourself?” Eating less meat, I slowly realized how much happier and better I felt about my food choices. Simultaneously I was [...]
