青少年组(一)

名字：Abby
年龄：15
性别：女
国家： 英国，艾赛克斯州
素食类别：严格的素食者

1．影响你素食的原因为何？
我出生之后就开始素食，但成为严格的素食者，是在一次学校带领我们参观一所乳牛场时才决定的。那次我发现到他们所介绍我们认识的资讯中，所从未谈到的有关雄性小牛的事。我看到了小牛被关在很简陋的茅棚内，而且当我着他们的眼睛时，……我看到他们害怕与痛苦的眼神。我无法不联想到其他方面的事情。起初我是为了这些动物，而选择成为严格的素食者，但接着我领悟到严格素食主义的力量-----素食是为了所有的人类、动物与环境。

2．素食年龄：出生之后就开始素食，严格的素食则有一年的时间。

3．素食难吗？
我生来就素食，因此对我来说，素食并不难。但严格的素食，刚开始是有一些难，但现在我发现我喜欢严格的素食，而且决不会回头。

4．那本书或那个人影响你成为素食者呢？
彼得．辛格的《合乎伦常的生活》(Writing on an ethical life)，以及茱丽叶．葛拉蕾的《沉默的方舟》(The Silent Ark)。

5．那句话影响你成为素食者呢？
「暴力面前，众生皆会颤抖。众生都惧怕死亡，热爱生命。从别人的身上我们看到自己。如此一来你会去伤害谁？你会做出什么伤害的举动？」∼佛陀

6．你如何获得每天所需的蛋白质呢？
从豆类、坚果、豆腐。

7．请提供一份你每天一般会吃的食物计划表
--早餐：辗碎的谷物、坚果与干果等、豆奶。
--午餐：苹果、香蕉、柳橙、自家做的无盐全麦面包以及鹰嘴豆芝麻沙拉酱。
--晚餐：炸豆腐拌荞麦面
--点心：水果/素巧克力

8．你觉得为什么其他人也应该素食？
因为如果没有人愿意改变他的生活型态且相信因果，人们不会有所长进，律法不会改变，社会也不所有改变。如果人们能接受动物也会有痛苦的感觉，我们就应该將这个观念带进我们的每天生活当中，那么这个世界將会是个更平安与和平的地方。

9．当你到非素食的餐馆吃饭时，你是否有点菜的困难呢？如果是这样，你怎么办？
我经常最后只是点带皮的马铃薯(土豆)与豆类食品。或者，..怎么说呢，没有起司与其他东西的披萨。是蛮困难的，但我的朋友都很支持我，所以看到我这样总是笑一笑。

10．你认为你的饮食均衡吗？如果没有，请说明。
绝对是均衡的，我相信严格的素食主义是这地球上最健康的饮食。

11．素食的利弊为何？
成为一般素食/严格素食的优点是，这是你个人最大的一个进展….这是每个人都可以做到的，----告诉周遭的人你对动物所受的苦感到痛绝。缺点是….没有任何缺点耶！:D

12．任何建议？
我是一个已改头换面的人…….我终生奉行严格的素食:D

成年组(一)

名字：Annie
年龄：35
性别：女
国家：美国，印地安纳州
素食类别：严格的素食者

1．影响你素食的原因为何？
我是在帮助我先生做学校的一份研究报告时，开始素食的。当时我们还未素食，但我们却在那个时候发现肉食会对健康造成危害，以及畜养动物的环境所会对地球产生的侵蚀。于是为了家人的健康，我们决定素食。

2．素食年龄：3年

3．素食难吗？
一点不难。我们发现大部分的餐厅都非常贴心，而在家里吃时，食物的选择是无限的。素食之前，似乎所吃得东西都只侷限在鸡、牛或鱼。那真是令人厌烦的。

4．那本书或那个人影响你成为素食者呢？
在帮我先生做研究时，我读了哈尔．莱门(Howard Lyman)所写的「发疯的牛仔」。这本书导引我走上正确的路。

5．那句话影响你成为素食者呢？
「除非你能够拥抱并接纳所有的生物，而不只是將爱心局限
于人类而已，不然你不算真正拥有怜悯之心。」∼史怀哲

6．你如何获得每天所需的蛋白质呢？
从豆类、坚果、豆荚、综合维他命补充品。

7．请提供一份你每天一般会吃的食物计划表
--早餐：综合水果、格兰诺拉的谷片、加黄豆奶的咖啡
--午餐：烤马铃薯(土豆)、沙拉、水果切片、苏打水
--晚餐：义大利蔬菜面、大蒜面包、苹果派、豆奶
--点心：炸蕃茄片、椒盐脆饼、烤的豆腐条、坚果、生菜

8．你觉得为什么其他人也应该素食？
如果不是其他理由，…..，那么为了你的健康。肉类食品会慢慢的破坏你的结肠，而且许多癌症皆与肉食有关联。

9．当你到非素食的餐馆吃饭时，你是否有点菜的困难呢？如果是这样，你怎么办？
只有一次在菜单上找不到任何可以吃的，….我只点了一些小菜，结果凑成一盘非常棒的蔬菜组合。

10．你认为你的饮食均衡吗？如果没有，请说明。
我知道我吃的均衡，医师同意我的吃法。

11．素食的利弊为何？
其中一个优点是….不用担心因吃肉而感染过来的疾病，缺点之一是….逛商店找东西时都须读所有的标示。

12．任何建议？
嚐试素食一个月看看。我们是这样开始的。在发现素食让我们觉得更舒服，且对我们更有益时，我们从未再回头吃肉。试试看！

First name: Abby
Age: 15
Gender: Female
State: Essex
Country: UK
Vegetarian type(vegan or veggie): vegan

1. What influenced you to become vegetarian?

I've been vegetarian since birth, but decided to go vegan because i visited a dairy farm with my school and realised that the talks they gave us never told us about what happened to male calves. i saw the cows in their sheds briefly, and looked into their eyes...i saw fear and pain. something i could not be connected to anymore. i did it for the animals ultimately but then i realised the strength of veganism - it's for people, the animals and the enviroment.

2. How long have you been a vegetarian?

Veggie since birth, vegan for a year

3. Is it hard to be a vegetarian?

i've been brought up veggie so i never had a problem with that. vegan was a little tough at first, but now i love it and i could never go back.

4. What books or who gave you the inspiration of being a vegetarian?

"Writings on an ethical life" by Peter Singer, and "The Silent Ark" by Juliet Gellatley

5. Which quotes that inspired you to become a vegetarian?

"All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?" - Buddha

6. How do you get your protein everyday?

beans, nuts, tofu

7. Give a general meal plan of what you eat each day:

-Breakfast muesli and soya milk
-Lunch apple, banana, orange, homemade wholemeal bread (no salt!) and hummus
-Dinner stir fry with tofu and buckwheat/soba noodles
-Snacks fruit/vegan chocolate

8. Why should other people become vegetarians?

because without one person changing their lifestyle and believing in a cause, movements never grow, laws never change, and society never brings a change. if people could accept that suffering should extend to animals and we should evolve to incorporate this into our everyday lives, then the world would be a safer and more peaceful place.

9. When you go to non-vegetarian restaurants, do you find any difficulty ordering appropriate meals? If so, what do you do?

i often end up ordering jacket potato and beans. Or say a pizza...without the cheese etc. it's difficult but my friends are supportive so it's always a laugh

10. Do you think you are on a well balanced diet? If not, please explain why.

Absolutely. I believe veganism is the healthiest diet on the planet.

11. What are the pros and cons of being vegetarian?
pros of being veggie/vegan are that it is the biggest step you can take as an individual...that everyone can take, in order to tell the people around you that you are abhorred by animal suffering.
cons...they aren't any!!! :D

12. Any comment?

i'm a changed person...i'm vegan for life :D

First name: Annie
Age:35
State: IN
Country: USA
Vegetarian type(vegan or veggie): vegan

1. What influenced you to become vegetarian?
Helping my husband do a research paper for school. It was a topic that was given to him, we were not vegetarian at the time. We found out about health hazards of meat and conditions of farmed animals and the erosions of the land due to it. We decided for our family's health we should choose vegetarianism

2. How long have you been a vegetarian?
[3 years

3. Is it hard to be a vegetarian?
Not at all. We find that most restaurants are very accommodating and the choices of food at home are limitless. Before becoming vegetarian, it seemed like every meal was centered around chicken, beef, or fish. That gets boring

4. What books or who gave you the inspiration of being a vegetarian?
During the course of research I read "Mad Cowboy" by Howard Lyman. That set me in the right direction.

5. Which quotes that inspired you to become a vegetarian?
It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.~ Albert Schweitzer

6. How do you get your protein everyday?
From beans, nuts, legumes, and multivitamin supplements

7. Give a general meal plan of what you eat each day:
-Breakfast..........mixed fruit smoothie, granola cereal, coffee with soy creamer
-Lunch...... baked potato, salad, piece of fruit, sparkling water
-Dinner.... Vegetable lasagna, garlic bread, apple pie, soymilk
-Snacks.....chips, pretzels, baked tofu sticks, nuts, raw veggies

8. Why should other people become vegetarians?
If for no other reason... your health. Meat slowly destroys your colon and it is linked to so many cancers

9. When you go to non-vegetarian restaurants, do you find any difficulty ordering appropriate meals? If so, what do you do?
[Only one time was there "nothing" on the menu as a Meal....I just ordered a bunch of "side dishes" and ended up with a very nice vegetable platter.

10. Do you think you are on a well balanced diet? If not, please explain why.
I know I am, my doctor agrees.

11. What are the pros and cons of being vegetarian?
a PRO would be... not worrying about getting diseases transmitted through eating animal and a CON would be... not being able to go in to any store and find what you need without reading every label.

12. Any comment?
Give it a try for one month. That's how we started. we just never went back when we found out how good it made us feel, and how good it was for us! Try it.