I Was A Vegan For 3 Years And Now I Eat Meat And Eggs Almost Every Day—Here's What I Learned From Being Plant-Based
The plant-based life is more popular than ever. Influencers, celebrities, and public health organizations all tell us that veganism is the healthy way to live. But I was a plant-based vegan for 3 years, and despite my best efforts, I realized that most of the things we're taught about veganism just aren't true.
I have always been an animal lover, to the point where I would cry when we drove by a mangy stray dog on the side of the road as a kid. I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian—until I realized how much death and pain would come along with the job. There was a point in my early 20s when I wondered whether my diet was cruel. After all, I was eating dead animals almost every day. In 2011 I saw the documentary Forks Over Knives, a film that explained how the plant-based diet is the best way to reverse obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc. I was convinced that the vegan diet was the healthiest way to live, and from there I started experimenting with the vegan lifestyle.