Why do it?

Since committing myself, mostly, to a plant-based diet I have noticed some unexpected benefits that you might be interested in:

1. As wardens at CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) debate whether they can inject enough drugs into collapsed animals to make them healthy enough for human consumption, you can look on your plant diet as an act of self preservation and kindness rolled into one.

2. If you are Jewish and the Kosher meat/milk rules are driving you to the kitchen-supply store with more regularity than you would like, you can skip the whole conundrum when your diet is plant-based.

3. Since I must now spend more time thinking about food it has rekindled my interest in both preparing and eating food.

4. There is no mad lettuce disease, and when vegetables are recalled it is often for being contaminated with animal matter.

5. I have seen many people treat their food not as a source of nourishment and enjoyment, but as a neurotic homework exercise which leads to certain death with incorrect choices. Anxiety and stress are bad things for human health and it is simple to eat healthily this way. If you eat a variety of plants and take a supplement with vitamins B12 and D then you can calm your food anxieties and go back to focusing on enjoyment.

6. Understanding that it's not the "bad cholesterol" it's the animal protein, it's not the "fat" it's the animal protein, it's not the "lactose" it's the animal protein, it's not the "casein" it's the animal protein simplifies a lot of confusing nutritional advice.

7. Likewise, knowing that it's not the "lycopene", "Vitamin C", "crytoxanthins" or "beta-carotene" it's the plants simplifies a lot.