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  In a country seemingly designed for complete carnivores, devoting oneself to eating no sort of animal product is a mountainous task. People living the Vegan lifestyle will certainly back up that statement; they must carefully plan meals each day, and be very informed on what is allowed, and not allowed, to eat. Vegan's choose to eat only foods that come from the earth. What does that entail? Well, it literally means no meat of any kind (no chicken, fish, red meat) and no dairy of any kind (no milk, no cheese, no egg). This is a completley plant-based diet.
  Numerous reasons exist for why people switch to this lifestyle of consumption. Due to the industrializaton of how animals are raised for food, many find themselves disgusted with this process, wanting no part in supporting the mistreatment, unfairness, and mutualization of animal livestock. With two-thirds of the country being obese, many see Veganism as the solution. In fact, so many diseases that exist in our world today could be avoided by simply ridding ourselves of animal products in our diet. Other reasons include the unneccessary environmental waste and destruction that is a product of our meat-based diet; twice as much water is used supporting this diet than would be a less-intensive meat diet.
 When presented with the idea of Veganism, people often say, "Oh man, meat is half of my diet. There is no way I could live without meat." The truth is that you can, and you'd be much better off. What goes into your so-called "meat" will surprise you, and disgust you. As Einstein was quoted saying, "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet". Whether for the switch to Vegetarian or Vegan, a critical look at America's food system today will reveal atrocities that cannot go ignored.
  The benefits are countless, the negative consequences few. This foreign concept of Veganism deserves to be presented and examined. It is time to once again become conscious eaters; we have strayed far from knowing what we are putting inside our body.