veganism: Doing a research paper on Animal testing leading to a vegetarian or vegan life style|||If what you read/saw about the specific techniques of animal testing and they upset you enough, it could lead you to turn to a vegetarian/vegan diet.|||If yo are talking abut yourself, then that would really be up to you. For others, it could but mostly no. The scientists themselves who work on animals do a lot of research papers including the practice of animal testing itself and they are for the most part not vegetarians and definitely not vegans. Animal testing has been around for a very, very long time and yet vegetarians and vegans because of animal rights (and testing) remain very much the minority in all societies;.|||Well there are some who believe that any interaction with animals on the grounds for research is offensive. Whether that was the cause of their reverting to Vegan-ism is purely and individuals choice. You would have to consult surveys that address this. Most Vegans/Vegetarians follow dietary modification based on: Veganism is the practice of eliminating the use by human beings, of animal products. Ethical vegans reject the commodity status of animals and the use of animal products for any purpose, while dietary vegans or strict vegetarians eliminate them from the diet only|||some say that learning about what it takes to do animal testing made them vegan personally I am vegetarian and have been from eternity and am not sure? did not make me want to eat animal. getting away from meat should be a health issue and not so much a testing issue. eat meat if you like but become a vegetarian for health reasons because vegetables and protein are all available in food Protein = grains + beans if you eat a wide variety of the mixture then you will be healthy without meat.|||Do you mean when someone want to become vegan because they do not want to support animal testing? You really have to know and be aware of what products you consume to make sure no animal testing has been involved.|||Uh...do you mean "OBJECTION to animal testing"?|||It sure has not affected me.