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Originally Posted by Naturallyblessed  Has anyone been a vegetarian/vegan and went back to eating meat? If you did, what made you start eating meat again? |
I gave up meat cold turkey in 98. In 2001, I stopped eating dairy. November of 2007 I started eating farm raised fish because I had a bad vit B12 deficiency. The first time I had it, I made a soup. I couldn't get myself to eat the fish, but I had the broth. I knew it was addictive because a few days latter, I had a craving for it, and this time I ate the fish too. The last time I ate, it was about a few weeks ago and even though I am "supposed" to, I don't plan on eating it again. It hasn't made me feel sick, but I just don't really like the feeling of eating flesh. Eating flesh is addictive, the more flesh you eat, the more difficult it is to stop. There are chemicals and hormones in meats, which trigger these cravings. In my case, if I hadn't been ill I would have never started eating it again. Then again, if I had been eating a balanced diet all along, I would have never gotten ill.
As far as the expense, I haven’t found it expensive to live as a vegetarian, in fact, I may spend less on food then most meat eaters. The only way I can see that its expensive is I buying many mock "meat" products, which aren't healthy either. If we cook all of our foods (veggie burgers and all), it is actually quite cheap. If you want to afford to make your own vegan treats and things (cakes, cookies, burgers, mock meats) you have to buy the ingredients on sale or when in season, stock up, and store. This saves a lot of money in the end. When you compare the price of fresh produce to the price of meat per lbs, it is quite in expensive. Then compare the price of organic beans and lentils, to the price of meat per lbs. Again, it’s quite cheaper. In the beginning, I did find it expensive because I wanted to substitute meat for a like product; these mock products can only go so far. I would eliminate them in just a matter of days. Dried bead curd, tofu (by the dozen), and TVP are cheaper then the already made products, and healthier for you.