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名字：Cyndee
年齡：22
性別：女
國家：美國、德州
素食類別：奶蛋素食者

1．影響你成為素食者的原因為何？
生物課中我們曾經解剖一隻小豬。那天晚上吃晚餐時，我再也不能否認生物課中那令我噁心的死屍和我盤中的食物是一樣的。從此我再也不要吃動物的死屍了.

2．素食年齡？
自1997年起，大約六年半了。

3．素食難嗎？
唯一的困難是要和一些人激烈的爭辯和到餐廳找東西吃.

4．那本書或那個人影響你成為素食者呢？
無

5．那句話影響你成為素食者呢？
無

6．你如何獲取每天所需的蛋白質呢？
大豆製品, 豆子, 核桃, 全麥, 奶製品, 蛋.... 到處都能找到蛋白質的食品。

7．請提供一份你每天一般會吃的食物計劃表
--早餐：Luna Bar/麥片/吐司/水果/優格
--午餐：花生醬和果醬三明治/湯/墨西哥豆捲/素漢堡/素三明治
--晚餐：和午餐一樣或沙鍋或炒通心粉/飯，蔬菜，和豆子/肉類代替品
--點心： Luna bars/水果/優格/核桃/薄脆餅乾/玉米片和沙沙醬/紅蘿蔔和芹菜棒和沾醬

8．你覺得為什麼其他人也應該素食？
我認為減少吃肉類食品和多吃蔬菜對許多人的健康有益。令外，如果你關心動物虐待或環境問題，那麼成為一位素食者會幫你達成願望。

9．當你到非素食的餐館吃飯時，你是否有點菜的困難呢？如果是這樣，你怎麼辦？
是的，我討厭去餐廳。我會非常驚訝如果一家餐廳只有一樣素菜，即使它有25種不同口味的雞。 對於他們硬要在蔬菜湯裡加雞湯，我非常反感。我討厭要求他們為我做特別餐，或如果我要求了，一半以上他們第一次不會做對。如果我只能找到沙拉可吃，那麼我再也不會去那家餐廳了。

10．你認為你的飲食均衡嗎？如果沒有，請說明。
我想我吃的比大部份的人好。我知道我應該多吃綠色蔬菜，但它們有點苦所以我討厭它們。

11．素食的利弊為何？
優點：不用吃噁心的屍體，對環保與動物有幫助。能更健康。缺點：素食者常受到吃的威脅或別人無理由的欺侮或嘲笑。在餐廳用餐所遭受的麻煩通常超過它的價值。

12．任何建議？
無

1．影響你成為素食者的原因為何？
當我發現某些生命必須為我的晚餐而死後，我再也吃不下肉了。

2．素食年齡：
大約兩年半

3．素食難嗎？
我發現完全不難。最難的事不是食物，而是感到和其他人的隔離，但這完全值得的。

4．那本書或那個人影響你成為素食者呢？
事實上，電影 “現代啟示錄” 影響了我。最後殺牛的畫面影響到我。

5．那句話影響你成為素食者呢？
沒有特別的話。但我最喜歡的一句話是畢達哥拉斯說的 "只要有人宰殺動物的一天，人們就會自相殘殺。種下仇殺的種子的人，不能得到歡樂的果實。"

6．你如何獲取每天所需的蛋白質呢？
大多是大豆和花生醬。

7．請提供一份你每天一般會吃的食物計劃表
--早餐：加豆腐味起司奶油的籃莓百吉捲 (愛那東西)
--午餐：花生醬和果醬三明治，蘋果醬，一個蘋果，一個自製巧克力片餅乾，一瓶水。
--晚餐：通心粉加Prego的洋菇醬辦營養酵母，水或果汁
--點心：乾杏，洋芋片，豆沙塔餅

8．你覺得為什麼其他人也應該素食？
我希望在一個理想的國度裡，因為愛動物的緣故，大家都成為素食者。但我知道那是不可能的。環境因素已夠充裕，而且我覺得OK。

9．當你到非素食的餐館吃飯時，你是否有點菜的困難呢？如果是這樣，你怎麼辦？
大體上沒有。我通常要個沒起司的比薩或一個素漢堡如果他們有。有時我會點一份去肉的炸食。

10．你認為你的飲食均衡嗎？如果沒有，請說明。
大概沒有。我不是很注意我所要吃的東西。但我知道如果我多專心一點，我能吃的好又符合我的價值觀。

11．素食的利弊為何？
優點：無罪惡感。對改變感到很好，即使很小的改變。知道你是對社會負責任的。認識到許多他人以前不知道的美食。缺點：感到和其他在你生命中的人分離 (這可以用參加素食俱樂部或素食者會議來避免，但我不知道我住的地方那裡有)。

12．任何建議？
在成為素食者一段時間後，我能無疑的說這是我做得最好的事。任何不好的東西都被好處淹沒了。

1．影響你成為素食者的原因為何？
肉不好吃

2．素食年齡：
18 年

3．素食難嗎？
通常不是.

4．那本書或那個人影響你成為素食者呢？
無

5．那句話影響你成為素食者呢？
沒有

6．你如何獲取每天所需的蛋白質呢？
豆和豆莢，麥片，奶製品，蔬菜，蛋，大豆製品。

7．請提供一份你每天一般會吃的食物計劃表
--早餐：牛奶加麥片，草藥茶。
--午餐：大號沙拉和菠菜派，湯，比薩，墨西哥麵捲餅，蔬菜/飯等等。
--晚餐：大號沙拉和湯，一些蔬菜，飯和/或麵，通心粉。
--點心：水果，爆玉米花，烤乾酪辣味玉米片，冰棒，醃辣椒。

8．你覺得為什麼其他人也應該素食？
素食非常健康，有各種好處，而且幾乎沒有罪惡感。

9．當你到非素食的餐館吃飯時，你是否有點菜的困難呢？如果是這樣，你怎麼辦？
經常沒有。如果他們沒有素食，我就要一些沒肉的食物。大部份他們會樂於效勞。如果不行，那我就不再去了。

10．你認為你的飲食均衡嗎？如果沒有，請說明。
是的，我想我吃的比我大部份的朋友都健康。我比他們更關心我吃的東西。看起來他們只吃一點蔬菜和水果，而我吃很多。這是有益健康的。

11．素食的利弊為何？
優點：可以更健康。你也會滿意的知道沒有動物因你的一餐而死亡。善業!
缺點：在餐廳這通常更難而且更貴。且你會因此得到更多的目光和評語。

12．任何建議？
我不吃肉而得到我所需的養份，所以任何人都可以。

1．影響你成為素食者的原因為何？
我從不喜歡肉的味道，八或十歲時就停止吃紅肉，之後我姊姊變成一個半素食者，我也隨意的跟著做，約七年多的時間。段段續續的還有吃雞肉(我唯一吃的肉)，後來就整箇不吃了。之後我發現我姊姊所寫的文章，裡面說如果我們不吃肉，那世界上的人都有東西吃。一兩個月後我決定完全放棄吃葷(肉和奶制品)。然後我成為一位完全的素食者，並找到許多有關屠宰場很可怕的訊息，它迫使我即使想回去也不行。

2．素食年齡：
一年半的素食者, 過去約七年中時是時不是。

3．素食難嗎？
有時，像放假時，但只因為我父母喜歡去特別沒有素沙拉和素漢堡的地方吃飯

4．那本書或那個人影響你成為素食者呢？
無

5．那句話影響你成為素食者呢？
沒有

6．你如何獲取每天所需的蛋白質呢？
許多地方- 花生醬，植物性蛋白質(非常好)，核桃，青花菜，素漢堡

7．請提供一份你每天一般會吃的食物計劃表
--早餐：我不準時起床 但周末時吃燕麥片加水果和煎餅
--午餐：三明治, 吐司, 嗯...
--晚餐：炒食，植物性蛋白質，馬鈴薯泥(加豆漿和EB)，通心粉(現在不能吃了，但我以前常吃) 黑米和蔬菜, 蔬菜湯加豆子或茉莉米，炸豆丸子，素漢堡，素雞，大號沙拉等。 我常為我家人做法國煎餅(加蔬菜和上面淋醬)
--點心：水果

8．你覺得為什麼其他人也應該素食？
因為這對他們和環境健康。我要我的小孩生活在有乾淨的水源的地方(這就是我們現在灌溉加州農地和那些炎熱的州，讓牛能在草上閒逛的水)，而且我很喜歡我的心臟，希望讓它持續跳越久越好。(另外，還有那些殺蟲劑與癌物等問題。對了，肉很糟糕的。)

9．當你到非素食的餐館吃飯時，你是否有點菜的困難呢？如果是這樣，你怎麼辦？
是的，但我能處理。我可以回家後再吃點東西。或者，如果我正在放假，我就能解決。這是為什麼我們有脂肪儲存，所以我們可以不需要食物。

10．你認為你的飲食均衡嗎？如果沒有，請說明。
是的, 比我以前吃肉時均衡，我當時可以一天只吃三根熱狗。

11．素食的利弊為何？
優點：太多了列不完。我極少生病(這應該是一個缺點，因為我就不能不去上課 )。我變得有能量。我對我自己感到更好，基本上所有事情都是這樣。

缺點：餐廳沒什麼素菜，人們就是不了解你。但真的，那種人很少，而他們只在你讓他們變討厭的時候討厭。

12．任何建議？
如果你要更多的資訊，我有一份十五張紙厚，有關素食主義和健康的文章，所以有什麼更多的問題就PM我 祝好運!

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!