I was following a plant-based lifestyle, or so I thought, for about 3 years before I found out the plight that sheep go through to provide us with wool.
The myth about wool
Contrary to popular belief, Sheep do not make 'extra' wool, which we need to help them remove. We're not doing them a favour.
They naturally produce SOME hair for themselves but they are given hormones and chemicals, which makes them produce an unmanageable amount of hair.
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Why I was devastated when I found out how my saris had been made
I began following a plant-based lifestyle within about a year of making the shift to a plant-based diet.
I love wearing saris and many of them are made of silk. It's a lovely material which is soft and fragile. But there was a dark side to silk which I had no idea about and I was in tears when I found out.
The process of making silk
Producing silk involves freezing or boiling silkworms whilst they're alive in their cocoons.
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Most people use some sort of face cream, moisturiser or lip balm. The way I looked at all these things changed when I began to follow a plant-based lifestyle, as opposed, to focusing exclusively on diet.
I realised that many brands use bits and bobs from animals in a lot of these products. This begged the question, 'what do I do with the make-up I have already?' and 'what will I be able to buy in the future?'
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In this post I am going to share my journey, which went from eating meat, to consuming vegetarian food, and then making a shift to a vegan diet.
I find it interesting to hear what motivates others to change what they eat, because the reasons are often very different.
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