Why I Chose a Vegan Diet?

I would believe people who become vegan's become for different reasons.  No doubt, it seems a common trait to eat a more natural, wholesome diet, that try's to reflect a greater caring for earth.  I also would fit into this category, and I probably wouldn't be at this point if I hadn't watched two very profound movies: Food, Inc. and Food Matters.  When you get a chance, please watch these, if you havn't already.  Just seeing how our food industry has changed, and probably the biggest change industry is the meat industry.  The idea of cows and chickens running around on a farm eating their natural diet and waiting to become your next family dinner is not even coming close to hitting the target.  Now, do to the motivation of the industry to use corn in almost every manufacturing opportunity, all of our animals are being fed some corn based product, which most of these animals were never designed to eat, and pushing their development at a much faster pace.  Also using antibiotics and hormones to help them become much fatter, much more meaty, within half the time as their normal growth curve, shows the desire to manufacture a product rather than provide our families nutritious meat and poultry.  Of course the icing on the cake is to see the unsanitary conditions these animals live in, being overcrowded, never cleaned, and dead animals among them that remain there for a period of time much greater than anyone's expectation, really makes me think if I want to be consuming that type of food.  So, with that soap box out of the way, I will be the first to admit that I am not swearing off all meat and fish.  I intend to eat very limited quantities of meat and fish, and when I do, I will consume organic.  But also, to be eating what I was eating in the quanities I was eating it, and to switch to totally organic, I don't think my family could afford it.  So my goal is not to carry the title "I'm a vegan", my goal is to select the most healthy foods for my body, due to the fact that when I eat a mostly "vegan" diet, my body feels at its best.  So that is how I intend to eat, and I would like to share that with you, the reader, in hopes that you too can make some changes to your diet if you feel that your current diet plan isn't providing you the optimum level of health and nutrition, and your energy is subpar.  So during this blog, I will share with you my meals, my attitude, my energy level, and anything else that keeps me and hopefully you, on pace towards a healthy lifestyle.  So, in closing for my first blog, please watch Food, Inc. and Food Matters.  I watched them both on Netflix.  Health and Happiness to you.