mossytrail
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Every so often, I meet an ex-vegetarian (or "post-vegetarian," as author Sandor Katz calls himself). Who I don't meet, with one exception, is one with a real reason.
When we become vegetarians, we generally have a reason. Some do it out of concern for the suffering on non-human beings. Some (like myself) do it out of concern for a sustainable planet. Some do it for the health benefits of being free of saturated fat and cholesterol. All these, it could be argued, amount to a philosophical conclusion that vegetarian is the best way.
But when someone stops being a vegetarian and goes back to meat, I do not generally hear reasons that suggest a philosophical conclusion that eating meat is the best way. Instead, what do I hear?
The one exception was a college friend of mine, a very small, slight woman, who tended to hypoglycemia. She said she needs to eat meat "to keep her weight above a hundred," and manage her health better.
All the other ex-vegetarians I have met give reasons that essentially boil down to "I like meat." Hardly an enlightened reason, since it is exactly the same reason most people never go vegetarian in the first place.
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