veganism: hi, im just curious about veganism. specifically: what's the point? i understand that vegetarians are opposed to the way animals are treated and or killed. but with vegans why be opposed to ALL things from animals? like milk and cheese? how does that hurt animals?|||This is a very indepth topic, vegans I know are spiritual. Cows are sacred, garlic, onions and mushrooms are foods of ignorance. Vegans who are spiritual eat to please Krishna (God). All animals have souls and are not to be eaten. Vegetables offered to Krishna are acceptable because once offered they may be eaten by servants of Krishna. Not all vegans are spiritual and I am sure they have very good reasons for their chosen lifestyle. Plus it is a very healthy diet, the additives in food are killing most of the world's population.|||The point is good health. Humans are naturally vegie dudes and dudettes. We don't have fangs, we have long intestines, etc. During the ice age humans took to hunting and eating meat because otherwise they would starve. The ones who could tolerate meat the best survived, and the practice continues. Back then, people only lived twenty to thirty years, so the bad effects of meat [heart attacks, stroke, etc.] were not seen. Now it's different. PETA are a bunch of maniacs in my view. This isn't a political issue to me. Simply good health.|||To be healthy in spirit and body, many maintain veganism. I think if you go to a health food store where you know that the products are more health conscious that it would probably be just as healthy to be a vegetarian. But, my body doesn't do well with meat anyway, so I am a seafood/vegetarian. I eat only seafood and vegetables and fruits. Although I do like my eggs, I get them from the chicken farm down the street from me and I live in the northern part of a large city.|||I think they don't like how the animals are enslaved to make milk, since they are forced to give milk or die. They think it is the same thing as slavery.|||I'll NEVER understand it. Every time i eat meat i think "wow vegetarians are retarded". its the best ever. animals were made to be eaten. go for it!|||I could never be a vegan. I do not believe in the senseless slaughter of millions of innocent plants for food.|||in some cases it does hurt the cows, they keep them lactating for long periods of time and some of the udders get swollen, pusy, and bloody. and that gets into the milk, chocolate, and strawberry milk have the higher amount of blood in it. not all milk is done that way, there are places where that does not happen. but with cheese it sometimes have a enzyme in it called rennet, and that is from the cow. but there is cheese that is made "rennet free" and it is done without it.|||Vegans don't eat or use any animal products. Concerning dairy and eggs, like someone said before, cows are given steroids so they can produce lots of milk and their udders become over enlarged which can be very painful for them. Technically milk is only for cows calfs and not for us, like humans only give their babies their own milk. Lots of time cows live in their own filth. This includes chickens who lay eggs who also live in horrible conditions. Vegans won't wear leather or silk b/c a living thing dies in the process. Even things like wool, sheep are mistreated. Some vegans, yes, do it for health benefits, but many of them just have a great respect for earths creatures.|||I think it"s partly for health reasons and just to be different! How could the Vegans harm all those plants like that it"s hideous!!!|||Some do it for health reasons.|||it's illegal to say something bad about beef in my state. sure wish i could share some things on this topic.|||vegetarians do not eat anything animal related and most do not wear anything animal related or use any products which are tested on animals. they do not believe in the use of them for selfish gain when people can survive without. think about this, it takes 30 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. and i believe it is about 30 pounds of grain to produce one pound of beef. these resources can go directly into helping starving people around the world. vegans i believe tend to avoid meat more for health reasons, but probably agree with many aspects of full fledged vegetarians.|||It is totally hard. I have seen so many try it but can never stay the course.|||Vegan is great. It helps environment, health, cruelty, poverty, and many more|||Someone said: 'The point is good health. Humans are naturally vegie dudes and dudettes. We don't have fangs, we have long intestines, etc. During the ice age humans took to hunting and eating meat because otherwise they would starve. The ones who could tolerate meat the best survived, and the practice continues. Back then, people only lived twenty to thirty years, so the bad effects of meat [heart attacks, stroke, etc.] were not seen.' A humans digestive system is more like a dog's than any herbivorous animal's, humans are naturally omnivorous, not veggie, we naturally eat meat and plants. We do have fangs, we call them canines, they are just smaller versions of the canines dogs have and serve the purpose of ripping meat. Eating meat does not cause heart attacks or strokes; true, it does contain saturated fat but if you have a healthy active lifestyle that's not at all a problem. The human body needs large amounts of different proteins. Not all the proteins we need can be found in plants, which contain different proteins (that's not to say those proteins aren't needed). Dairy products and eggs provide a good source of the proteins that you get in meat, but vegans don't have any way to get those proteins apart from supplements. Even with supplements the body is better adapted to get those proteins from meat.