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 – [...]
An Animal Lover Turned Vegan
Posted in "ethical omnivore", "humane" slaughter, college vegetarianism, connecting with animals, excuses for eating meat, humane dairy, organic meat, speaking the truth, veg in college, tagged animal rights, conscience, diet, disease, ethics, meat, organic, podcast, student, truth, vegan, vegetarian on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to take a minute and sincerely thank you for all you do. I became vegetarian only about a month ago (hey, you’ve got to start somewhere, right?). Currently, I am well on my way to turning vegan.
It all started after reading “skinny bitch” for me. My roommate told me “this book sounds [...]
From a Unconscious Vegetarian to a Conscious Vegan
Posted in India, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, dairy cows, freedom in being vegan, inspiring others, raised vegetarian, speaking the truth, vegetarian then vegan, tagged animals, earth save, indian, lacto, vegan, vegan freak, vegetarian on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It all started when I was a young boy, growing up in Miami. My parents did their best to try to find us events and programmes that would let us kids feel like we have a community to belong to. Having immigrated from India, finding such a community was difficult enough, but being (lacto) vegetarian [...]
Vegetarian for Health, Vegan for Compassion
Posted in becoming resensitized, connecting with animals, cruelty in dairy industry, cruelty in egg industry, health benefits, inspiring others, speaking the truth, vegan, vegetarian then vegan on May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have been vegetarian for two years now. I originally cut meat out of my diet for health purposes (to lower my blood pressure, to lose weight, etc.), but I found that before long, I was rediscovering compassion buried deep within me, compassion that I had suppressed for so long because this is what our [...]
