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名字：Cyndee
年龄：22
性别：女
国家：美国、德州
素食类别：奶蛋素食者

1．影响你成为素食者的原因为何？
生物课中我们曾经解剖一只小猪。那天晚上吃晚餐时，我再也不能否认生物课中那令我恶心的死尸和我盘中的食物是一样的。从此我再也不要吃动物的死尸了.

2．素食年龄？
自1997年起，大约六年半了。

3．素食难吗？
唯一的困难是要和一些人激烈的争辩和到餐厅找东西吃.

4．那本书或那个人影响你成为素食者呢？
无

5．那句话影响你成为素食者呢？
无

6．你如何获取每天所需的蛋白质呢？
大豆制品, 豆子, 核桃, 全麦, 奶制品, 蛋.... 到处都能找到蛋白质的食品。

7．请提供一份你每天一般会吃的食物计划表
--早餐：Luna Bar/麦片/吐司/水果/优格
--午餐：花生酱和果酱三明治/汤/墨西哥豆捲/素汉堡/素三明治
--晚餐：和午餐一样或沙锅或炒通心粉/饭，蔬菜，和豆子/肉类代替品
--点心： Luna bars/水果/优格/核桃/薄脆饼干/玉米片和沙沙酱/红萝卜和芹菜棒和沾酱

8．你觉得为什么其他人也应该素食？
我认为减少吃肉类食品和多吃蔬菜对许多人的健康有益。令外，如果你关心动物虐待或环境问题，那么成为一位素食者会帮你达成愿望。

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？
是的，我讨厌去餐厅。我会非常惊讶如果一家餐厅只有一样素菜，即使它有25种不同口味的鸡。 对于他们硬要在蔬菜汤里加鸡汤，我非常反感。我讨厌要求他们为我做特别餐，或如果我要求了，一半以上他们第一次不会做对。如果我只能找到沙拉可吃，那么我再也不会去那家餐厅了。

10．你认为你的饮食均衡吗？如果没有，请说明。
我想我吃的比大部份的人好。我知道我应该多吃绿色蔬菜，但它们有点苦所以我讨厌它们。

11．素食的利弊为何？
优点：不用吃恶心的屍体，对环保与动物有帮助。能更健康。缺点：素食者常受到吃的威胁或别人无理由的欺侮或嘲笑。在餐厅用餐所遭受的麻烦通常超过它的价值。

12．任何建议？
无

1．影响你成为素食者的原因为何？
当我发现某些生命必须为我的晚餐而死后，我再也吃不下肉了。

2．素食年龄：
大约两年半

3．素食难吗？
我发现完全不难。最难的事不是食物，而是感到和其他人的隔离，但这完全值得的。

4．那本书或那个人影响你成为素食者呢？
事实上，电影 “现代启示录” 影响了我。最后杀牛的划面影响到我。

5．那句话影响你成为素食者呢？
没有特别的话。但我最喜欢的一句话是毕达哥拉斯说的 "只要有人宰杀动物的一天，人们就会自相残杀。种下仇杀的种子的人，不能得到欢乐的果实。"

6．你如何获取每天所需的蛋白质呢？
大多是大豆和花生酱。

7．请提供一份你每天一般会吃的食物计划表
--早餐：加豆腐味起司奶油的篮莓百吉捲 (爱那东西)
--午餐：花生酱和果酱三明治，苹果酱，一个苹果，一个自制巧克力片饼干，一瓶水。
--晚餐：通心粉加Prego的洋菇酱办营养酵母，水或果汁
--点心：干杏，洋芋片，豆沙塔饼

8．你觉得为什么其他人也应该素食？
我希望在一个理想的国度里，因为爱动物的缘故，大家都成为素食者。但我知道那是不可能的。环境因素已够充裕，而且我觉得OK。

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？
大体上没有。我通常要个没起司的比萨或一个素汉堡如果他们有。有时我会点一份去肉的炸食。

10．你认为你的饮食均衡吗？如果没有，请说明。
大概没有。我不是很注意我所要吃的东西。但我知道如果我多专心一点，我能吃的好又符合我的价值观。

11．素食的利弊为何？
优点：无罪恶感。对改变感到很好，即使很小的改变。知道你是对社会负责任的。认识到许多他人以前不知道的美食。缺点：感到和其他在你生命中的人分离 (这可以用参加素食俱乐部或素食者会议来避免，但我不知道我住的地方那里有)。

12．任何建议？
在成为素食者一段时间后，我能无疑的说这是我做得最好的事。任何不好的东西都被好处淹没了。

1．影响你成为素食者的原因为何？
肉不好吃

2．素食年龄：
18 年

3．素食难吗？
通常不是.

4．那本书或那个人影响你成为素食者呢？
无

5．那句话影响你成为素食者呢？
没有

6．你如何获取每天所需的蛋白质呢？
豆和豆荚，麦片，奶制品，蔬菜，蛋，大豆制品。

7．请提供一份你每天一般会吃的食物计划表
--早餐：牛奶加麦片，草药茶。
--午餐：大号沙拉和菠菜派，汤，比萨，墨西哥面捲饼，蔬菜/饭等等。
--晚餐：大号沙拉和汤，一些蔬菜，饭和/或面，通心粉。
--点心：水果，爆玉米花，烤干酪辣味玉米片，冰棒，醃辣椒。

8．你觉得为什么其他人也应该素食？
素食非常健康，有各种好处，而且几乎没有罪恶感。

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？
经常没有。如果他们没有素食，我就要一些没肉的食物。大部份他们会乐于效劳。如果不行，那我就不再去了。

10．你认为你的饮食均衡吗？如果没有，请说明。
是的，我想我吃的比我大部份的朋友都健康。我比他们更关心我吃的东西。看起来他们只吃一点蔬菜和水果，而我吃很多。这是有益健康的。

11．素食的利弊为何？
优点：可以更健康。你也会满意的知道没有动物因你的一餐而死亡。善业!
缺点：在餐厅这通常更难而且更贵。且你会因此得到更多的目光和评语。

12．任何建议？
我不吃肉而得到我所需的养份，所以任何人都可以。

1．影响你成为素食者的原因为何？
我从不喜欢肉的味道，八或十岁时就停止吃红肉，之后我姊姊变成一个半素食者，我也随意的跟着做，约七年多的时间。段段续续的还有吃鸡肉(我唯一吃的肉)，后来就整箇不吃了。之后我发现我姊姊所写的文章，里面说如果我们不吃肉，那世界上的人都有东西吃。一两个月后我决定完全放弃吃荤(肉和奶制品)。然后我成为一位完全的素食者，并找到许多有关屠宰场很可怕的讯息，它迫使我即使想回去也不行。

2．素食年龄：
一年半的素食者, 过去约七年中时是时不是。

3．素食难吗？
有时，像放假时，但只因为我父母喜欢去特别没有素沙拉和素汉堡的地方吃饭

4．那本书或那个人影响你成为素食者呢？
无

5．那句话影响你成为素食者呢？
没有

6．你如何获取每天所需的蛋白质呢？
许多地方- 花生酱，植物性蛋白质(非常好)，核桃，青花菜，素汉堡

7．请提供一份你每天一般会吃的食物计划表
--早餐：我不准时起床 但周末时吃燕麦片加水果和煎饼
--午餐：三明治, 吐司, 嗯...
--晚餐：炒食，植物性蛋白质，马铃薯泥(加豆浆和EB)，通心粉(现在不能吃了，但我以前常吃) 黑米和蔬菜, 蔬菜汤加豆子或茉莉米，炸豆丸子，素汉堡，素鸡，大号沙拉等。 我常为我家人做法国煎饼(加蔬菜和上面淋酱)
--点心：水果

8．你觉得为什么其他人也应该素食？
因为这对他们和环境健康。我要我的小孩生活在有干淨的水源的地方(这就是我们现在灌溉加州农地和那些炎热的州，让牛能在草上闲逛的水)，而且我很喜欢我的心脏，希望让它持续跳越久越好。(另外，还有那些杀虫剂与癌物等问题。对了，肉很糟糕的。)

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？
是的，但我能处理。我可以回家后再吃点东西。或者，如果我正在放假，我就能解决。这是为什么我们有脂肪储存，所以我们可以不需要食物。

10．你认为你的饮食均衡吗？如果没有，请说明。
是的, 比我以前吃肉时均衡，我当时可以一天只吃三根热狗。

11．素食的利弊为何？
优点：太多了列不完。我极少生病(这应该是一个缺点，因为我就不能不去上课 )。我变得有能量。我对我自己感到更好，基本上所有事情都是这样。

缺点：餐厅没什么素菜，人们就是不了解你。但真的，那种人很少，而他们只在你让他们变讨厌的时候讨厌。

12．任何建议？
如果你要更多的资讯，我有一份十五张纸厚，有关素食主义和健康的文章，所以有什么更多的问题就PM我 祝好运!

1. What influenced you to become vegetarian?
We had to dissect fetal pigs in my biology class. When I came home to dinner I could no longer deny that the dead corpse which had disgusted me in biology was the same thing as what was being served on my plate. I decided then that I didn't want to eat animal corpses anymore.

2. How long have you been a vegetarian?
Since December 1997, approximately 6 and a half years.

3. Is it hard to be a vegetarian?
The only hard parts are dealing with haranguing from idiots and trying to find something to eat at restaurants.

4. What books or who gave you the inspiration of being a vegetarian?
None

5. Which quotes that inspired you to become a vegetarian?
None

6. How do you get your protein everyday?
Soy products, beans, nuts, whole grains, dairy, eggs....protein can be found in almost anything.

7. Give a general meal plan of what you eat each day:
-Breakfast Luna Bar/cereal/toast/fruit/yogurt
-Lunchpeanut butter and jelly sandwich/soup/bean burrito/veggie burger/veggie sandwich
-Dinner same as lunch, or casseroles and stir fries with pasta/rice, veggies, and beans/meat analogue
-Snacks Luna bars/fruit/yogurt/nuts/crackers/chips and salsa/carrot and celery sticks with dressing

8. Why should other people become vegetarians?
I think cutting down on animal products and eating more vegetables would be beneficial to most people's health. Also, if you're concerned about animal cruelty or the environment than becoming vegetarian will help your cause.

9. When you go to non-vegetarian restaurants, do you find any difficulty ordering appropriate meals? If so, what do you do?
Yes, I hate going to restaurants. I'm completely shocked if they have more than one vegetarian item on the menu, even though they may have 25 different chicken dishes. It's also really annoying how they insist upon putting meat broths in vegetable soups. I hate asking for them to make me something special, and more than half the time when I do ask, they don't get it right the first time. If all I can find is a salad, I won't be eating at that restaurant again.

10. Do you think you are on a well balanced diet? If not, please explain why.
I think my diet is better than most. I know I should probably be eating more leafy greens, but they taste bitter to me and I hate them.

11. What are the pros and cons of being vegetarian?
Pros: no eating nasty corpses, helpful to the environment, helpful to animals, can be more healthful. Cons: People are often threatened by your diet and insult or ridicule you for no reason. Eating at restaurants is often more trouble than it's worth.

12. Any comment?
None

1. What influenced you to become vegetarian?
the first realisation that someone actually had to die for my dinner. I couldn't eat meat again after that.

2. How long have you been a vegetarian?
about two and a half years

3. Is it hard to be a vegetarian?
I don't find it difficult at all. The hardest thing is to feel seperate from everybody else, rather than the actual food part. It's completely worth it though.

4. What books or who gave you the inspiration of being a vegetarian?
Actually, the movie Apocalypse Now was what did it for me. The scene at the end where they slaughtered the cow disturbed me.

5. Which quotes that inspired you to become a vegetarian?
Don't really have any quotations.. though one of my favourites is by Pythagoras "As long as men slaughter animals, they will kill each other. For he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap love and joy."

6. How do you get your protein everyday?
Mostly soy and peanut butter.

7. Give a general meal plan of what you eat each day:
-Breakfast: Blueberry bagel with tofutti cream cheese (LOVE that stuff)
-Lunch: Peanut butter and jam sandwich, applesauce, an apple, a homemade chocolate chip cookie, a bottle of water
-Dinner: spaghetti in Prego mushroom sauce mixed with nutritional yeast, water or juice
-Snacks: dried apricots, chips, mini-pitas with garlic hummus

8. Why should other people become vegetarians?
In an ideal world I would want everybody to be vegetarian because they loved animals, but I know that's not going to happen. The environmental reasons are compelling enough and I'd be ok with that.

9. When you go to non-vegetarian restaurants, do you find any difficulty ordering appropriate meals?
If so, what do you do?: generally no. I usually go for pizza without cheese or a veggie burger if they have one. Sometimes I get a stir-fry and ask them to hold any meat that might be in it.

10. Do you think you are on a well balanced diet?
If not, please explain why.: Well, probably not. I don't pay enough attention to getting everything that I should, but I know that if I set my mind to it, I could eat well and still keep with my ethics.

11. What are the pros and cons of being vegetarian?
Pros - guilt free. Feeling good that you're making a difference, even a small one. Knowing that you're being socially responsible. Introduction to many wonderful foods one might not otherwise know about. Cons - Feeling seperated from almost everyone else in your life (this can be avoided by joining a club or going to a veg*n-meetup, but we don't have any of those where I live).

12. Any comment?
After being veg for a significant amount of time, I can say easily that it's one of the best things I've ever done. Any parts about it that are negative are easily overshadowed by the good things.

1. What influenced you to become vegetarian?
the bad taste of meat

2. How long have you been a vegetarian?
18 years

3. Is it hard to be a vegetarian?
Not usually.

4. What books or who gave you the inspiration of being a vegetarian?
None

5. Which quotes that inspired you to become a vegetarian?
None

6. How do you get your protein everyday?
Legumes, cereal, dairy, vegetables, eggs, soy products

7. Give a general meal plan of what you eat each day:
-Breakfast : cereal with milk, herbal tea.
-Lunch : large salad and: spinach pie, soup, pizza, burito, veggies/rice etc.
-Dinner : large salad and: soup, some vegetables rice and/or noodles, pasta
-Snacks : fruit, popcorn, nachos, popsicles, pickled chile peppers

8. Why should other people become vegetarians?
It's very healthy, full of variety, and pretty much free of guilt.

9. When you go to non-vegetarian restaurants, do you find any difficulty ordering appropriate meals? If so, what do you do?
Not always. If I they don't have anything vegetarian, I ask for something without the meat. Most of the time they are happy to help, if not, then I won't return.

10. Do you think you are on a well balanced diet? If not, please explain why.
Yes, I think my diet is healthier than a lot of my friends. I pay far more attention to what I eat than they do. It seems they have very few vegetables and fruits while I have many. This is certainly a health benefit.

11. What are the pros and cons of being vegetarian?
Pros: Can be much healthier. You also have the satisfaction of knowing that no animals died for your meal. Good Karma!
Cons: It is sometimes harder and more expensive in restaurants. And you get a lot of stares and comments because of you preferences.

12. Any comment?
I get all nutrients I need without eating meat and so could everyone else. Not that I'm trying to influence them

1. What influenced you to become vegetarian?
I never liked the taste of meat to begin with, I gave up all red meat by age 8 or 10, then my sister became a semi-vegetarian and I played around with the idea for the next 7 years or so, taking out chicken (the only meat I ate) and then putting it back in, then trying to take it out again. Then I found an essay my sister wrote about how we could feed everyone on the planet if we stopped eating meat and I decided a month or two later to give it all up (meat and dairy). Then when I went vegan I found all the info on the nasty slaughterhouses and it just reinforced it so I couldn't go back even if I wanted to.

2. How long have you been a vegetarian?
1 1/2 years as a vegetarian/vegan, and about 7 years of on and off

3. Is it hard to be a vegetarian?
Sometimes, like on vacation, but only becasue my parents like going fancy places that don't have garden salads and side dishes

4. What books or who gave you the inspiration of being a vegetarian?
None

5. Which quotes that inspired you to become a vegetarian?
None

6. How do you get your protein everyday?
Lots of places- peanut butter, TVP (sooo good), nuts, broccoli, veggie burgers (garden burger chick'n grill has like 13 g!)

7. Give a general meal plan of what you eat each day:
-Breakfast- I don't wake up in time but on the weekends oatmeal with fruit or pancakes
-Lunch-sandwiches, toast, umm...
-Dinner- stirfry, TVP, mashed potatoes (w/ soymilk and EB), speghetti (can't eat it now, but I used to) brown rice with veggies, vegtable soup with beans or jasmine rice, falafel, veggie burgers, 'chicken', big salads, etc. I make crepes for my family a lot (filled with veggies and topped with a thick sauce)
-Snacks- fruit,

(I'm still not used to this whole wheat sensitivity I have so some of the stuff I don't really eat anymore but I used to)

8. Why should other people become vegetarians?
Becasue it's healthy for them and its healthy for the environment. I want my kids to have available fresh water (which we are presently using to irrigate fields in California and hot states so cows can munch on grass) and I really like my heart and would like it to keep beating for as long as possibe. (plus the whole pesticides, carcinogen thing too. yeah, meat sucks.)

9. When you go to non-vegetarian restaurants, do you find any difficulty ordering appropriate meals? If so, what do you do?
Yes, but I deal with it. I can eat something when I get home. Or, if I'm on vacation, I deal with it. That's why we have fat stores, so we can go without food if need be. (then I get a big breakfast IE bagels form panera (which I also can't get anymore, but last time I was on vacation, etc.)

10.Do you think you are on a well balanced diet? If not, please explain why.
Yes, more balanced than when I ate meat and would have like three hot dogs a day and thats it.

11. What are the pros and cons of being vegetarian?
Pros- too many to list- I barely get sick (which actually is kidn of a con b/c I don't get to miss as much school ), I feel more enrgetic, I feel better about myself, just everything basically

Cons- Restuarants don't carry lots of vegan entrees, people who just 'don't get it' but really, those people are rare and they are only annoying if you let them be.

12. Any comments?
If you need any more info I just did a 15 page paper on vegetarianism and health so just PM with any questions you still might have good luck on your paper!