Comments on: Veganism Is Not Just A Diet http://www.vegansoapbox.com/veganism-is-not-just-a-diet/ vegan theory, vegan activism, vegan video, vegan food and vegan resources for vegans, vegetarians, animal rights activists, animal liberationists, and abolitionists Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Elaine Vigneault http://www.vegansoapbox.com/veganism-is-not-just-a-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Elaine Vigneault Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/veganism-is-not-just-a-diet/#comment-29 I do know people who have gone vegetarian for health reasons and I think some can maintain it. <br/><br/>But many learn about other reasons (animals, workers, environment) and then they have a whole slew of reasons to maintain their healthy diet. I do know people who have gone vegetarian for health reasons and I think some can maintain it.

But many learn about other reasons (animals, workers, environment) and then they have a whole slew of reasons to maintain their healthy diet.

]]> By: L’il E http://www.vegansoapbox.com/veganism-is-not-just-a-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-28 L’il E Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/veganism-is-not-just-a-diet/#comment-28 I became first a vegetarian and then a vegan because I learned about the horrors of factory farming and could no longer palate the eating of any flesh. Then I found out the other two facts: it is better for the environment AND it is healthier for me (when practiced properly, eating french fries from some fast food joints--not McDonald's--is technically vegan but will kill you faster than lean meat). Anyway, people who come to veganism as a diet will probably last about as long as they did on the Miami Sound Machine Diet or Dr. Spatkins'. It'll just be a matter of time before they are back to sucking straight out of the soft-serve ice cream spigot on the-all-you-can-shove-in-your-gullet buffet line. I became first a vegetarian and then a vegan because I learned about the horrors of factory farming and could no longer palate the eating of any flesh. Then I found out the other two facts: it is better for the environment AND it is healthier for me (when practiced properly, eating french fries from some fast food joints–not McDonald’s–is technically vegan but will kill you faster than lean meat). Anyway, people who come to veganism as a diet will probably last about as long as they did on the Miami Sound Machine Diet or Dr. Spatkins’. It’ll just be a matter of time before they are back to sucking straight out of the soft-serve ice cream spigot on the-all-you-can-shove-in-your-gullet buffet line.

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