Can I say that I'm now a Vegan that eats meat and dairy ?!
Well, I'm a bit confused, about six months ago I read Raymond Francis' book, Never Be Sick Again... and of course that got me thinking about the hormones in meat, and the pesticides on fruit and veg...and that dairy is bad for you.
So I switched to soya and have stopped eating cheese.
Then I read Colin Campbell's 'The China Study', which suggests that consuming high levels of animal protein is not healthy for you, or rather it promotes cancer (common sense when you think that protein aids growth - why not cancer growth?!) and other conditions like heart disease and diabetes.
Ok... so that's put me off meat too. My last two girlfriends were vegetarian (before readin these) so I'm already used to not eating meat every day.
But I hate to give anything up totally. I rarely buy meat or fish at all now (one mackerel fillet is about all in the last 8 weeks!). But if I'm in a restuarant then I may well eat what I like. I'm more concerned about the Protein/Carbohydrate combining than whether I'm eating dead flesh or not!)
For health reasons, I think the non-dairy, meat free diet is best, but there's no harm in having the occasional think you enjoy, even if it is a cappucino !
K
P.S. As for the spiritual aspect, I saw the meat van outside the butchers the other day and I really saw the carcasses as cadavers, distinctly. So I think your awareness does change. I used to worry , or think that in a survival situation, I'd have to know how to skin a rabbit. Now I see that's ridiculous. Better to learn what plants you can eat, and eat them instead. I don't particularly want to kill squirrels, they're way too cute
