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You might well think that you're addicted
to all the yummy, creamy, rich, salty, meaty items that you've been indulging
in all your life. You try a change - start eating solely plant-based foods,
perhaps at first gritting your teeth with determination, only to find to your
surprise a whole new and satisfying food experience. It might be like the ease
of breathing with clean lungs when you stop a long lasting tobacco-smoking
habit.
When we give up animal foods, taste buds
quickly readjust. They almost tingle at the clean-out and the chance to open up
to new sensory sensations.
The biggest surprise for new vegans is
that we no longer crave the crap foods. Once you get this (about vegan
food) you'll probably never want to go back to the old ways; you find energy
levels are higher, you're less sluggish after meals and your general health
improves. One more thing - you notice how much more alert and mentally sharper you
become.
But the big bonus is that there's a
self-esteem boost too. You're thinking things through for yourself for the
first time. You're no longer doing what nearly everyone else is doing. You're
repairing the ‘spiritual’ damage done by years of using animals, and condoning
their enslavement and killing.
My main point here is that if survival
isn’t dependent on animal-foods (or animal anything-else) then it has to be
questioned. We don't in fact need animals to survive. If eating them was
essential, our vegan arguments would collapse, since it would be suicidal to
ignore survival-needs. However, since no one has put up a serious argument
along those lines (ever since the first vegans appeared seventy years ago) we
must assume that plant-based foods are efficacious and safe. (But, vegan
doctors advised we take regular vitamin B12 supplements, since that vitamin is
in short supply in plant-based foods).
Once you are living a safe and satisfying
vegan lifestyle you can then (and only then) assume the role of animal advocate
with a clear conscience.
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