You are a veg?

Lately, I have met more people who are vegetarian. And interestingly enough, they are vegetarian/vegan for three different reasons - none of which have to do with animal welfare.

First there is my friend, the Economics major, who is vegetarian because it does not make sense economically to eat meat. The resources used to consume a certain amount of calories is trivial.

Then there is the rather random student who overheard my friend and I's conversation about C.A.R.E. He recently told me that he went vegan because he wanted to "try something new." And that's it. Now he loves the way he feels, inside and out. Especially how awake he is all the time.

Finally, there is my dear friend who is vegan solely based on health reasons. And she loves it.

Knowing that there are these many reasons to take meat out of one's diet is great! But it makes me so frusturated that faced with all these reasons, there is still so much resistance to a veg diet.