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I'm in the ongoing process of devising and carrying out experiments. These experiments will involve mostly socially conditioned behavior, of which I find I have an increasing interest. My first experiment started last Thursday, January 14th. No meat for 30 days. Today is Day 6. I have several friends who are much further along, they started on January 1st.
I feel great. I haven't been eating a ton of imitation meat, mostly just a lot of vegetables and fruit. I've eaten more salads in the last week, than I have in the last month or two. Cheese has become a larger part of my diet, I constantly find myself saying, "Ay, a little sprinkle of cheese on this would be excellent." I'm still eating eggs and diary products. I love protein shakes and there's no way I could get by without whey, which is a diary product. I know that soy is considered the most complete protein but I can't bring myself to risk the increase of estrogen production, yet. I say yet because I think I will, for the most part, continue to avoid meat after the 30 days are complete and that may lead to an even stricter diet. Vegans don't eat anything that uses animal products, no eggs, no milk, no whey.
I'd like to say its solely for the health benefits but I'll admit that I'm torn about the issue of animal rights. It's easy to say we, as humans, are entitled to such behavior as the dominant species on this planet. Because we can? That doesn't make it right. At the very least its unsustainable and a poor use of our resources. Whoa hey that's the engineer in me speaking, hey there fella!
I've been vocal with my friends about my first experiment, welcoming their opinions and the questioning of my motives and ideas. Some are positive, many are. But I can't help but clearly remember the ones who responded negatively. These responses are interesting to me on several levels, the first of which relates to the fact that I'm in a very conscious mode of thinking these days. One aspect of my conscious thinking is the evaluation of every relationship that I have.
I have other experiments in the works, I'll tell you soon.
I feel great. I haven't been eating a ton of imitation meat, mostly just a lot of vegetables and fruit. I've eaten more salads in the last week, than I have in the last month or two. Cheese has become a larger part of my diet, I constantly find myself saying, "Ay, a little sprinkle of cheese on this would be excellent." I'm still eating eggs and diary products. I love protein shakes and there's no way I could get by without whey, which is a diary product. I know that soy is considered the most complete protein but I can't bring myself to risk the increase of estrogen production, yet. I say yet because I think I will, for the most part, continue to avoid meat after the 30 days are complete and that may lead to an even stricter diet. Vegans don't eat anything that uses animal products, no eggs, no milk, no whey.
I'd like to say its solely for the health benefits but I'll admit that I'm torn about the issue of animal rights. It's easy to say we, as humans, are entitled to such behavior as the dominant species on this planet. Because we can? That doesn't make it right. At the very least its unsustainable and a poor use of our resources. Whoa hey that's the engineer in me speaking, hey there fella!
I've been vocal with my friends about my first experiment, welcoming their opinions and the questioning of my motives and ideas. Some are positive, many are. But I can't help but clearly remember the ones who responded negatively. These responses are interesting to me on several levels, the first of which relates to the fact that I'm in a very conscious mode of thinking these days. One aspect of my conscious thinking is the evaluation of every relationship that I have.
I have other experiments in the works, I'll tell you soon.