I’m a thirtysomething from Japan living in Vancouver, Canada. I started listening to “Food For Thought” about a month ago when I seriously began considering going vegan, and you got me hooked! I just can’t stop listening to your podcast. I also visited your website, checked out some of the pictures, and was fascinated by how beautiful you are… [...]
Archive for the ‘freedom in being vegan’ Category
I am contributing to the world peace in my own way.
Posted in college vegetarianism, excuses for eating meat, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, reduce meat - then eliminate, return to meat-eating after being vegetarian, veg in college, vegetarian for health reasons, vegetarian then vegan, yoga, tagged commitment, coworkers, health, Japan, passion, Salt Spring Island, stress, Tokyo, Vancouver, yoga on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
A new-found world of veganism
Posted in children/animal connection, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, parents' response, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, tagged children, freedom in being vegan, meat, podcast, skinny bitch, vegan, vegetarian on August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A couple of months ago after many years of eating a limited amount of meat diet, our 7 year old daughter made us realize that we were ready to become vegetarian. She, as well as our son, naturally didn’t have a desire to eat meat. They questioned where it came from and ate so very [...]
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 – [...]
My eyes are no longer closed…
Posted in "ethical omnivore", becoming resensitized, cheese, children/animal connection, connecting with animals, excuses for eating meat, freedom in being vegan, inspired by vegan husband, inspired by vegan partner, inspiring others, vegan, tagged animal agriculture, cheese, chickens, cookbooks, factory farming, Humane Society, National Anti-Vivisection Society, podcast, transformation, vegan, vegetarian on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am sponsoring an episode of Food For Thought in honor of my boyfriend, Brian Kantorek, a compassionate, loving, gentle, supportive, fun, and all-around amazing person who also happens to be vegan. Since meeting him, I’ve gone from eating a bloody steak (piece of dead cow really, but I wouldn’t have called it that then) [...]
In Memory of Mustard
Posted in animal liberation, children/animal connection, connecting with animals, cruelty in egg industry, freedom in being vegan, inspiring others, vegan, tagged 'Meet your Meat', battery hens, chickens, children, freedom, peta, vegan, violence on April 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Thank you for all you do; you have changed me from a new and uncertain vegetarian to a strong and resourceful and most importantly joyful vegan! I am the other of two wonderful boys aged 27 months and 12 months; before and after I had them I sometimes became quite depressed at the idea that [...]
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 [...]
A Non-Vegetarian Buddhist to Vegan Activist
Posted in animal liberation, buddhism, freedom in being vegan, health benefits, hostile response from non-vegan friends, inspiring others, peter singer, religion and animals, vegan, vegetarian then vegan, tagged buddhism, cookbooks, ethics, healthy, journey, joy, liberation, meat, peter singer, podcast, releasing life, suffering, turtles, vegan, vegetarian on February 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I was born in Taiwan but grew up mostly in Africa and the U.S. I have very few memories of Taiwan but one vivid memory I do have is of my mom taking my brother and me to the market to buy turtles. We then traveled to a river somewhere and set them free. [...]
Why Go Vegan?…For Your Mind!
Posted in connecting with animals, desensitized children, freedom in being vegan, vegan, tagged animal testing, businesses, children, clothing, guilt, harmony, Kafka, peace, peace of mind, suffering, transformation on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Each time I have altered my lifestyle to omit the consumption or use of an animal product, I have felt a certain brightening of my spirit. I’ve wondered about the cause of this, and I can only assume that I must have felt a certain subconscious guilt about consuming animals all along. Throughout my transformation, I [...]
Meat-Eating Upbringing Inspires Vegetarianism
Posted in animal agriculture, becoming resensitized, cheese, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dairy cows, desensitized children, freedom in being vegan, inspiring others, parent's response to vegetarianism, vegetarian then vegan, tagged st. louis, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarian husband on January 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve always been someone who cared too much. I have a hard time ignoring things once they’re in front of my eyes, no matter who are what it may relate too.
When I was a kid I ate whatever my parents put in front of me and did not question it for the most part. I [...]
