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Why don't you eat meat?

Asked by Jane Belanger

July 21, 2010

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Erica Waterhaler

From La Costa (Sales Rep)

I don’t eat meat, but I do eat fish. That’s the only meat I eat, I should say. I don’t eat meat because it’s not okay with me if I couldn’t kill the animal right then and there. I go fishing. I can kill the fish and eat it. If I did that and couldn’t eat it, then I would stop eating fish as well.

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Ziva Gottesman

From Talmadge (Singer and Photographer)

I’m a vegetarian, but I don’t like vegetables. But I love animals. So, I actually eat a lot of the fake meats that they have. They’re making better and better fake things that apparently taste like real things. I think if people gave it a try, or think about what they’re eating, maybe they’ll be more likely to give it a try. If I liked vegetables more, I would be vegan and not eat eggs and dairy. I try not to, but I’m not that strict yet. I’ve been trying. I feel bad. I won’t crack an egg open, but I will eat something with it in there, and I’m not happy about that.

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Zoë Lawson

From Solana Beach (Student)

Different reasons. My theory is that people eating cows —well, it’s not quite my theory, but it’s a theory — people eating cows is causing global warming. And chickens are the most tortured animals on Earth. So, I won’t eat like that. I do eat eggs and ­dairy.

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Richard McPheters

From City Heights (Canvasser)

I think it’s because of peer pressure. A lot of my friends are vegetarian and vegan, so I just kind of went down that path. My last roommate was super healthy, so meat was never around. And meat’s super expensive. I grew up in the Midwest, where meat’s always around. It was, like, steak steak steak steak steak. And now I’m just kind of, like…I’m gonna stop eating meat because I get really tired when I eat meat. I try really hard, but if there’s a slice of pepperoni pizza, I’ve got to go for it. If I told my friends who are strict vegetarians, they’d slap me, but what can you do?

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Alex Christopher

From Del Mar (Adminstrative Assistant)

Health reasons, mainly. It’s hard for our bodies to digest it. I started college a couple years ago and saw a movie called Food, Inc. I tried to do the “no meat” thing, but it wasn’t very healthy for me, so I changed to “no red meat.” I miss burgers. Every now and then I’ll accidentally have some, and I’ll feel kind of sick. It’s not like a really concrete belief with animal rights or anything; it’s more just for health.

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Shirley Camey

From Applegate, Oregon (Retired)

I became a vegetarian because I was trying to find a way to lower my cholesterol and avoid the prescription medications that the doctor had recommended because they didn’t agree with me. I had tremendous headaches. So I thought, Well, I’m going to have to find another way to be more healthy. A book was brought to my attention by another doctor, Eat to Live, that gave a vegetarian way of living. Mainly vegetables, no meat, a lot of legumes and beans, all the fruit you can eat. And it’s wonderful! I’m never hungry, and I’m completely off the ­medication.

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