Do you feel bad eating meat and animal products?

[Mazbar]

Just a simple answer no.

[SussexFamily]

No not at all

[disney332]

My DS is vegan and we love vegan food, cooked and prepared with flavour infusions.

We still eat meat however, and our criteria for that is no different to our vegan aspirations.

Food is a life essential and it can also be a life pleasure.

One of the most important ingredients to both is the simple, staple, onion, which can be cooked both sweet and sour.

Disney332

[MillyMoo]

I gave up eating meat in July. I absolutely love the taste of meat and the meals you can get from it, but for years I have struggled with what meat actually is, but I am a simple cook and continued to make the meals I used to eat at home when I was growing up.
I had wanted to stop eating it for a long time but, and it sounds silly, I didnt know what to do or how to go about eating meals without meat in them. But one day I was watching the Yorkshire vet and a segment involving a cow just made me decide to do it.
I'm not judgemental at all, my kids and husband still eat meat

[Pookie3101]

No, not at all

[LostPrincess]

Thank you for all the responses to this! It's great to hear so many opinions from all different perspectives.

It was a documentary on Netflix that first made me think differently I suppose (Cowspiracy) and it's interesting to hear some of you mention films and TV shows that have influenced you.

I think the labels make it quite difficult... I think I need to accept I can life a semi vegan lifestyle with lots of plant based meals but still have my vitamin d fortified products that come from lanolin and still have cheese from local and sustainable sources. Flexi vegan?

[COL41]

For me I think it’s important to do what’s right for you and accept not everyone will have the same opinion. If asked why I don’t eat meat then I’m happy to tell people but have never got on my soap box about why everyone else should feel the same. My kids had no idea for years I was vegetarian- think DS was probably about 8 or 9 when he knew. I can’t imagine ever eating meat having not eating it for 40 years but I have no opinion on those that choose to

[nothingless]

I'm mostly vegan for about a year now (100% vegetarian, but I do sometimes have the odd snack or pastry that isn't vegan), so is my husband. We initially started it from health benefits, as meat and dairy are NOT healthy for you, but as we found out more about the impact of factory farming on the planet, that actually became our main concern. How we all eat meat in the western world now, is NOT sustainable. If the amount of land dedicated to animals and growing food for animals, was actually used to grow food for people, the world would be able to produce SO much more food, and with SO much less waste and nitrogen being released into the atmosphere. It would only help our planet, help the climate, and help your own bodies be healthier. I can only think that the vast majority of people just don't KNOW what impact their food choices have on the world and the climate. :/ *I* personally want to leave this world better than I found it, for my daughter - and unfortunately that means making some changes from the habits we all grew up with. Eating less meat and dairy is only one of them, and surprisingly easy to do nowadays - like driving electric instead of petrol.

I'm not saying everyone should go 100% vegan, but if we in the western world even cut down to eating meat, say, twice a week instead of every day, it'd make a huge difference. I like the world flexi vegan - that'd be so good if more people could switch to that!

[Sandraoh40]

I don’t think about it. I am very firmly an omnivore.
We do have a varied diet though and don’t eat meat all the time. I couldn’t stomach meat every day and very often on holiday, or when out, I choose the vegetarian option. But that’s due to taste and what I feel like having.

[EssexSue]

I would feel guilty if I thought about it so I don't. I won't eat rabbit or duck though because they are pets. I also could not bring myself to eat Welsh lamb in Wales because the fields were full of sheep. Illogical I know.