Length of time Vegetarian or Vegan and reasons?

Do you think people stay Vegetarian or Vegan longer when they do it for moral reasons or health reasons. Why / why not / experiences?Length of time Vegetarian or Vegan and reasons?
I think people who generally go vegetarian or vegan for moral reasons last longer as vegetarians. If someone doesn't believe in harming animals for food, clothing, and other human uses, then they'll last longer. I've been a vegetarian 5 years for the animal cruelty reasons, and I couldn't imagine eating and using killed animals. I finally realized that there are good health reasons to eating vegetarian or vegan, but very rarely do people stick to it if it's for health reasons.Length of time Vegetarian or Vegan and reasons?
Cultural and religious reasons are the main reason a LOT of people are vegetarian or vegan- but the health aspect is the only reason others don't eat animal jism.



Personally I think the whole picture of Hindu's, Jains and other eastern faiths have gotten it better than the west where spiritual wealth is often seen as a freakish religious lifeskill for yoga-mat wielding new agers.

This is silly- the overall attitude if why you're veg/an is so much better when moral reasons combine with your attitude of what you're doing is also good for your body.

Chinese and Indians, most Eastern philosophies and attitudes accept that physical and mental wellbeing go hand in hand, and what you eat is for moral and health reasons.

It's only the weat which has such a separation. WHich is totally ironic seeing as America is so deeply christian in attitude, and also the greediest, most obese, unhealthiest and most illiterate developed country in the world.



For America I'm not sure, but I grew up partly in Asia and their attitudes toward veg/ans is hardly even worth mentioning, as it's totally normal for many people, and they respect moral and health reasons as being the same driving force, because they're attached to a spiritual aspect of themselves the whole time.Length of time Vegetarian or Vegan and reasons?
Veganism is a lifetime commitment, if someone say they were vegan than they weren't vegan. Veganism itself is purely about the animals and not exploiting them or using them for any purpose, it just so happens it is healthier and better for the environment but that is not the reason for veganism.



I am going to be vegan for the rest of my life because there is no other way. Exploiting somebody else for my selfish reasons or for any reasons is and always will be wrong and there is nothing I nor anyone else could use to justify it.



People who quit a vegetarian diet or an attempt at a cruelty free lifestyle usually just don't understand what happens to the animals they exploit and in a some cases have a lot of pressure from bad people who also don't get it. Living in a speciesist world can be hard because they have amassed so much power and influence and have gotten to more people at a young age.



I stayed vegetarian much longer than I should have because I believed the lies I was being told and didn't think I was harming animals, while little did I know I was and I should have stopped it much sooner. Thankfully I did learn what I was doing was wrong and started going vegan.
I don't think the health reasons alone are convincing enough to be vegan. I mean, if you have a history of colorectal cancer or type 2 diabetes in your family it makes sense to avoid meat and dairy etc, but then you wouldn't really need to avoid eggs. However an ethical vegan is unlikely to find loopholes or decide that it just doesn't matter any more. But I have no evidence to back this up, it is just what seems like a reasonable conclusion considering there has never been a study into the subject.



Now watch daisy post her thing about the ex-vegetarians, and then say something about B12.