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[quote=Anonymous]I became vegetarian very young because of that same cognitive dissonance. But for me it wasn't a matter of battling my desires - I tried to eat meat still and just couldn't do it. You might find yourself increasingly in that position, too, if your head and heart are already heading in that direction.

But as other say - you don't have to be absolutist with yourself. Start by incorporating more vegetarian meals into your diet. See how you feel. Give yourself the freedom to eat meat in restaurants if you really want it - but maybe try the veg option sometimes and see how that feels.

I agree that buying humanely raised animal products is an important consumer choice. (Though a lot of animal welfare people say there are no humane choices when it comes to consuming animals. I feel like that is an unhelpful perspective, though - even if pasture raised chickens don't have as good a life as a pet, it is certainly better than factory farmed animals.)

In short - you can make this choice incrementally and see how you feel at various steps along the way. Your incremental choices do matter to the animals who are part of the food system.[/quote]

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