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What comes to mind when you hear that someone is vegan? To a select few, there's a legit excitement and understanding about the lifestyle. But to the larger population, there's a general feeling of confusion that's disguised with humor. "How can people just say good-bye to ice cream, burgers, and brats? Milk, cheese, and eggs?" And the most common statement out there: "how in the world can someone give up bacon?!?"
Well, there are a bunch of reasons.
For some, it's as simple as respecting living creatures. If it sickens you to think of cats and dogs as food, why are cows, chickens, and pigs any different? There's also the huge topic of inhumane treatment in factory farms versus "less controversial" treatment in smaller "organic" or "free-range" family farms. But at the end of the day, a loss of life for our benefit is still a loss of life. To the large population, the phrase "out of sight, out of mind" covers up any guilt associated with consuming animal products.