Somewhere between watching an eye-opening report on Oprah on the importance of knowing where your food comes from and how I gets onto your plate, and sitting down at the CLEO office table for lunch, I made the decision that I wanted to seriously see if I could go vegetarian for a while. But I had to give myself a time frame to do this in, a beginning and an end to it, so that it wouldn’t seem like I was embarking on some kind of diet [or something]. Which I absolutely am not.
So, egged on by my fellow CLEO girls and motivated by weekly vegetarian blog updates, I decided that for the month of June, I will not eat anything that could breathe. Anything with eyes. Anything that could walk, fly or swim. You get the point.
I am NOT going vegan though. I think that would be too much of a shock to my system. Plus, eggs and cheese don’t make noise, and certainly can’t run away, so they’re all mine.
I’ve always been a bit of a bunny hugger, but not quite to the point where I’d gladly give up a juicy, cheeseburger. So this challenge might be somewhat, er, challenging. But it’s something I’ve always thought about giving a bash.
When you Google the benefits of being a vegetarian, millions of sites come up, so there have to be some serious accolades to it.
Some of those include:
· The environment. Cows release huge amounts of methane gas, i.e. fartage, into the atmosphere (think 100 million tons of it!), so by not supporting animal agriculture, I’ll be directly reducing that amount.
· Chemical- and hormone-free food (plants aren’t injected with growth hormones, antibiotics and harmful preserving chemicals).
· Lower risk of cancer and type two diabetes.
· Improved digestion (because my body won’t be spending so much time breaking down rotting meat, eek!).
· Higher energy levels.
· Being thinner than you meat eaters, so there!
So, wish me luck on my meat-free month, and I’ll keep you posted with delicious veggie recipes and vegetarian tales next week.
So, egged on by my fellow CLEO girls and motivated by weekly vegetarian blog updates, I decided that for the month of June, I will not eat anything that could breathe. Anything with eyes. Anything that could walk, fly or swim. You get the point.
I am NOT going vegan though. I think that would be too much of a shock to my system. Plus, eggs and cheese don’t make noise, and certainly can’t run away, so they’re all mine.
I’ve always been a bit of a bunny hugger, but not quite to the point where I’d gladly give up a juicy, cheeseburger. So this challenge might be somewhat, er, challenging. But it’s something I’ve always thought about giving a bash.
When you Google the benefits of being a vegetarian, millions of sites come up, so there have to be some serious accolades to it.
Some of those include:
· The environment. Cows release huge amounts of methane gas, i.e. fartage, into the atmosphere (think 100 million tons of it!), so by not supporting animal agriculture, I’ll be directly reducing that amount.
· Chemical- and hormone-free food (plants aren’t injected with growth hormones, antibiotics and harmful preserving chemicals).
· Lower risk of cancer and type two diabetes.
· Improved digestion (because my body won’t be spending so much time breaking down rotting meat, eek!).
· Higher energy levels.
· Being thinner than you meat eaters, so there!
So, wish me luck on my meat-free month, and I’ll keep you posted with delicious veggie recipes and vegetarian tales next week.
So how is meat-free June working out for you? I've also heard the fact that cows are a threat to the ozone layer by burping more than farting. That's why we all have to do our bit and eat them!
ReplyDeleteI also hate to burst your bubble but plants breathe and banana trees walk. Toodles! :)