39. NO MORE DAIRY

i get asked a lot why i am a vegetarian. sometimes, it's as if people feel affronted by the existence of vegetarians. i don't always know how to answer. i guess i've been a vegetarian and known all the reasons why-to-be one for so long that it's like second nature. i need to have a list i can rattle off. here goes.

1. enough food can be grown on grazing lands to end world hunger.
2. cows cause a surprising amount of ozone depletion through methane.
3. chickens are pumped full of estrogen, pigs are full of antibiotics, etc.
4. many people are misdiagnosed with alzheimer's when they actually have mad cow.
5. it's important in this age of rampant environmental pollution to eat low on the food chain because organisms higher in the food chain have higher PPUs of dangerous chemicals.
6. while i don't really care about killing animals, i do care about their quality of life.
7. humans have relatively long large intestines, especially compared to other omnivorous and carnivorous beings. A long large intestines means more toxins are absorbed during a slower poop-shoot.
8. eating meat is nutritionally inefficient.

these are just some of the reasons, each requiring a longer explanation for lay persons. but i suppose i am a hypocrite because i continue to eat dairy.



dairy is worse. humans are the only mammals that drink milk after infancy. dairy clogs up the digestion system and causes poor sinus health. pretty much all of the above reason can also apply to eating dairy. i guess it's just been a hard thing to give up. but like i said, this blog is about aligning my behavior with my beliefs.