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No double-meat cheeseburg
ers, no Little Smokies sausages
and no lamb chops can be found
on Ariana Nizza’s plate. Instead,
she will be enjoying everything
but meat.
“I was dared to be a vegetar
ian by my best friend in the
third grade, and 1 just got used
to it,” said Nizza, a sophomore
business major.
It was in Nizza’s third grade
classroom where she said she
learned the truth about hamburg
er processing.
“I was a growing girl, so I usu
ally ate one hamburger a day,”
she said.
However, her burger binge
came to a halt when her friend
called her an animal killer and
dared her to put her carnivorous
ways aside.
According to a national sur
vey conducted in April of 2000,
63 percent of vegetarians choose
not to consume meat because of
their concern about cruelty to
animals. Some vegans even go
so far as not wearing clothes
made from animals.
“I am aware of some clothes
being made from animals, but it’s
not going to stop me from buying
a leather jacket. I don’t let it go
that far,” Nizza said.
The biggest challenge for
Nizza is not deciding whether
to buy wool socks, but recog
nizing meat in foods before she
eats them.
“Sometimes I will eat dinner
at a friend’s house and there will
be meat mixed in with what we
are eating, and I will accidentally
eat it,” she said.
A much bigger concern that
faces vegans is the lack of protein
that results from cutting meat
from their diet. Lack of protein
lowers the immune function in
the immune system and increases
the chance for numerous diseases
to enter a person’s body.
Jordan S. Rubin, author of
“PATIENT Heal Thyself,” said
fruits and vegetables are incom
plete sources of protein because
they lack one or more essential
amino acids found in meat.
Rubin recommends that veg
ans use a supplement called
Goatein, a protein powder made
from organically produced
goat’s milk.
“Energy production and fat
burning are stimulated to take
place upon ingesting Goatein,
along with strengthening one’s
immune system,” Rubin said.
Because of vegaterians’ con
cerns about animal cruelty and a
healthier way of living, some
resort to a more organic lifestyle.
Jen Atkins, an employee of
Brazos Natural foods, says
the organic food industry is
mainly supported by vegans,
who don’t consume any sort
of animal products.
“Most vegans support the
organic food industry because
they know that organically raised
animals are treated more
humanely. They also support a
more balanced way of farming
that is healthier not only for
themselves but for the ecosystem
as well,” Atkins said.
Brazos Natural
Foods in Bryan sells
everything from food
to organic deodor
ant. It guarantees
that its products
have not been genet
ically engineered
or modified in J
any way.
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because we have
what they need,”
Atkins said.
She said vegans do
not get the full intake
of enzymes that most
genetically modified food prod
ucts provide. The organic foods
that Brazos Natural Foods offer
are high in enzymes, and
the proteins are not modified.
Even though Nizza admits she is
not up to par on her protein intake or
enzyme balance, she feels she
is doing her part in supporting what
she believes in- stopping cruelty to
animals.
“Being a vegetarian changed
me,” Nizza said. “I now care
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more about the world around
me. I am more conscious about
issues like littering and second
hand smoke,” she said. “I will
never go back to eating meat.”
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