Vegan?

Wow.

That right there seems to be the word-of-the-day for me. I woke up this morning with a text from a very close friend, "Sooo, I think I'm gonna go vegan..." Wow. I got excited and wasn't sure why. I mean.. the word vegan or vegetarian has always sounded slightly scary to me. In the past couple of years, that has seemed to change. I've come to the realization that it scared me because I didn't understand it; like in my head I thought it was some kind of religion or something. I'm not the only one, though. People have told me that going vegan or vegetarian is against the Bible and against God's will. Their reasoning is usually that "God put animals on this earth for us to eat." I'm not saying no to that, but I am saying that in Genesis it seems like God prescribed a vegetarian-based diet to us.

My friend told me that she decided she was going to go vegan after watching a documentary on Netflix called Vegucated. It was created in 2011 by Marisa Miller Wolfson. She was also like me at one point; uneducated about the vegan diet. She, too, thought that being vegan was some kind of religion or movement. One day, she decided to get educated about the matter to really see what it was about. As you may guess, she changed her thinking and became vegan herself. Her idea for this documentary was to interview people who might be interested in being vegan for just six weeks to see what they thought about the matter and if it made them change their thinking and ideas about it. She then chooses three people to do the trial. Together, they all learn the benefits and what it truly means to be vegan. It's a very informative documentary that has honestly changed my thinking as well. I feel as if I have been "vegucated."

As for my research, I am not done yet. I want to learn more. This is the first of many blog posts about this matter; I would just like to know what your opinions are about being vegan and vegetarian. Be completely honest in the comments below, but also be respectful. I would appreciate it greatly!!

If you would like to learn more about being vegan and vegetarian, I recommend watching Vegucated. It has helped me understand a lot more and I am greatly considering being vegan. I don't think anything negative about people that do enjoy eating meat and dairy, I just think that this may be a good decision for my overall health.

Here is a link to their website: http://www.getvegucated.com/


Blessings,
Kristin