Many Reasons...

We all have been there.

Passing by McDonald's on a hot summer day.

"A nice milkshake and side of extra large fries sounds like a nice treat right now"

Or you you could always go home and make a fruit smoothie & avocado.

The temptations are out there. But why let it control you?


You care about the future, you say, but you contribute to animal abuse & pass bad eating habits down to your children, which result in bad health, diabetes, weight problems, & habits that are hard to break.

What is Health?

The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.

Note: the definition mentions "mind and soul". Not just the physical. People in America overeat when they are depressed, have failed, lonely, unhappy, stressed, and feel out of control.

Unhealthy, junk, foods lower our frequency of consciousness. For this reason alone, it’s a great idea to review our eating habits.

I became vegetarian for many reasons. My over consumption of dairy and meat made me gain a tremendous amount of weight. So, I did my research and decided that animal products are the problem. From burgers, to steaks, chicken, and Pork (disgusting, by the way), I had to empty the fridge and change my life. Not to mention, animals are abused, injected with hormones and drugs, and unable to live a healthy lifestyle themselves because we are the most greedy country on this planet. Inside, I felt bad for them. So I quit.

My spiritual life has also changed since becoming Veggie. I am more aware of my spirit. I started meditating, fasting, and looking within instead of letting outside influences effect me.

America lacks Spirituality. We've become so caught up in Materials that we try our best to Avoid the unsolved mystery of our Souls. We party, drink. We go to work and come home. We smoke. Take mood-altering drugs. We watch too much t.v. and spend to much time on our phones. But is this satisfying us? It isn't. In the end we end up hurting others and hurting ourselves.


An interesting way to think about nutrition is that a living cell only survives for seven years, on average. This means that your entire body becomes replaced every seven years. What does it become replaced with? Well,
the food and drink you put into your body, of course. So you literally are what you eat!


I've noticed that the people I know who are vegetarians and/or conscious about their physical health also have fulfilling spiritual lives. They have energy. They are full of Love, Hope, and Optimism. And they look good ;0)

Is it good for the Planet?
Studies show that vegetarian, organic diets have the smallest environmental impact while the single most damaging foodstuff is beef. All non-vegetarian diets require significantly greater amounts of environmental resources such as land and water.

America's meat addiction is poisoning and depleting our potable water, arable land, and clean air. More than half the water used in the United States today goes to animal agriculture. Farmed animals produce 130 times more excrement than the human population and the run-off from their waste fouls our waterways. Animal excrement emits gases that poison the air around farms.10 In its 2006 report, the United Nations said raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined. Most of it comes from carbon dioxide and methane gas generated by manure. (Livestock a major threat to environment,” United Nations FAO Newsroom, Nov. 29, 2006: http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html)

I don't hate America, or the people in it. People just need to open their minds, take in new information, teach their children to take care of themselves, and possibly change the course of our future. I remember the day I thought vegetarians were "weird". Until I realized that maybe I was!!

Peace & Love