Nature has already created everything we need packaged perfectly. Fruits and vegetables are fantastic for your body.

Because they are a convenient and familiar way of getting protein. I would not prefer to eat animals, quite the opposite, but why avoid something nice because it happens to be shaped like a burger? The decision to consume meat replacements has no relation whatsoever to a persons motives. I eat a lot of quorn and tofu and have been a veggie for nearly 20 years, so a bit past the usual expected staying power for someone trying to be cool and stylish. True vegetarianism isn’t about proving anything. It’s about preventing animal suffering and saving the planet.

You went into it later that torturing animals is a problem, and the real problem is that almost all animal products you can buy are from tortured animals. Chickens with their beaks cut off (because they go insane from living in wire cages for their entire lives and try to kill the other chickens) and pigs stuck in cages they can barely move in (keep in mind that pigs are smarter than dogs, so imagine trapping your dog in a cage smaller than your bed for its’ entire life).

I think the environmental point is important too, but I suppose you’re not really interested.

I went Vegan overnight on a whim. Sure it presents difficulties at first, but the benefits of sticking to it - of exploring new food and gaining a more intimate relationship with the food I eat - was completely worth it.

If you want some great recipes to try check out Susan’s website at http://www.fatfreevegan.com/ I don’t like the idea of a fat free vegan diet (I eat a ton of fat and I’m still small as a rake, haha) but she has some tasty recipes. Also Vive Le Vegan is a great book to check out. The majority of my large meals follow one or two recipes from that book.

Most of the people who get really angry about it aren’t vegetarians for themselves anyway… they’re doing it to be cool or something.

I’m enjoying soup and salads, and still eating evil sandwiches with maynaisse, egg, and cheese… and tomatoes, onions, and lettuce, of course. Eating animal products doesn’t seem so bad to me, but our farming system tortures them quite a bit for that too. I guess I’m afraid of not being able to eat pizza or pasta w/ cheese or other processed foods, but those limits would push me to find more interesting foods anyway.

If you’re going to quit smoking, what do you do? Talk to people who are smoking now? Of course not. They’ll just convince you it’s alright.

Why are you taking advice from meat-eaters? They’re the only ones who will tell you that eating meat is necessary. It’s not.

But you don’t have to be! Even if you don’t go vegetarian, just eat more healthful food now.

My girlfriend has jsut started upa vegan recipe site on my website though if you fancy taking a look at some pretty tasty international vegan recipes, good luck with being meat free man!

I mentioned it above: don’t go to the gym to build muscle. Do some meaningful work. Rake the lawn, mow grass, lift boxes that need to be lifted, get a job. It isn’t natural to go to the gym, it costs money for some reason, and it contributes nothing to the world.