{"id":15825,"date":"2017-11-09T12:56:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T17:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/?p=15825"},"modified":"2017-11-09T13:39:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T18:39:07","slug":"dont-judge-eating-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/dont-judge-eating-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Judge My Eating Choices And I Won\u2019t Judge Yours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People always ask me what I could <em>possibly<\/em> eat when they learn I don\u2019t eat meat. Usually, they wonder if I \u201cjust eat salad.\u201d The answer: I couldn\u2019t live on salads alone, I\u2019d die\u2014not to mention, the idea that not eating meat amounts to eating just salads shows how little society knows about eating a plant-based diet. Have some imagination!<\/p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t eaten meat for more than half of my life. I became a vegetarian early on in high school, but I\u2019d pretty much avoided meat long before that. It wasn\u2019t just the flavor or the texture that turned my stomach (it quite literally made me gag), it was the thought that I was eating another creature\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/06\/best-plant-protein-bars\/\">5 Plant-Based Protein Bars That\u2019ll Make You A Believer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My parents, already privy to my rebellious ways, weren\u2019t too shocked to learn that I would no longer take part in meat eating. I had, at a very young age, favored carrot sticks to chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes to meat. And while I\u2019ve flipped between what you can call vegetarian and vegan several times over (I\u2019m not ashamed\u2014I\u2019m human!), the key is that I tend to avoid labels. If anything, I call myself a veggie because while I\u2019m <em>mostly <\/em>vegan, I won\u2019t say no to the delicious arepas made by my Colombian mother-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Some people might say that I\u2019m a coward, that I\u2019m not \u2018doing it\u2019 correctly, or that I\u2019m not strong enough to stand on my convictions and pick a side. I\u2019d say: That\u2019s absolutely wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Humans are stuck on labels (hello, carnivores, herbivores, pescatarians, Paleo, Keto, vegan\u2014and everything in between), so much so that there\u2019s a need to identify (and justify!) ourselves by the foods we eat. And we\u2019re stuck on judging how others choose to eat, too.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I tend to avoid labels. If anything, I call myself a veggie because while I\u2019m <em>mostly <\/em>vegan, I won\u2019t say no to the delicious arepas made by my Colombian mother-in-law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve definitely been judged for eating the way I do. Throughout my life, when people would find out how I eat, they tended to rapidly defend their own eating habits and lifestyle\u2014and I get it. It\u2019s like my rejection of meat makes them somehow feel uneasy. They lift a suspicious eyebrow and label me a dissident. And then they come at me hard, as if they instantly morphed into food experts; suddenly, they begin citing studies they\u2019d read about the benefits of meat: \u201cYou\u2019re going to get sick, you don\u2019t have enough protein in your body, you\u2019re going to be weak, your body can\u2019t sustain itself on fruits and vegetables alone.\u201d The list goes on.<\/p>\n<p>To which I say I must actually be a figment of their imaginations, because I\u2019m alive, standing right before them. Then I point to my thick thighs and my heavy backside, which say <em>I definitely do exist.<\/em> On the other hand, some people judge my body size, saying, \u201cYou sure don\u2019t<em> look<\/em> like a vegetarian\/vegan.\u201d Their implication? That veggies should be smaller, or that somehow all vegans or vegetarians look the exact same.<\/p>\n<p>Then, if someone wants to go all-out mean, they\u2019ll say something like, \u201cOh, you\u2019re one of those liberal hippie types, right?\u201d And everyone giggles but me. Sometimes the room gets quiet\u2014like, really,<em> really<\/em> quiet.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t say anything at all about their food choices. More often than not, it seems like they\u2019re surprised I haven\u2019t forced my own ideas down their throats or delivered a good veggie sermon.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [rr-products] does not match the conditions -->\n<p>Why don\u2019t I stand behind the pulpit? Well, it\u2019s not for me to stand behind. Others might want to, but I\u2019d rather not\u2014I\u2019d rather be ready and willing to talk to people about my lifestyle, and to have a conversation. I don\u2019t look at vegetarianism or veganism as something to promote. I don\u2019t see it as some sort of dogma to distribute.<\/p>\n<p>And while I choose not to eat meat for various reasons (including my own taste, ethics, health goals, and environmental sustainability), trying to convince people to join my tribe, if you will, would only mean that, in some sense, I think I am better than they are or that my choices are wiser. I don\u2019t, just like they shouldn\u2019t. 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