Principles may keep you all morally righteous, but they don’t put tastiness in your belly. Famous vegetarian Alicia Silverstone struggled to adhere to her beliefs early on.

“I didn’t grow up on vegetarian food. I ate the same things that everyone else did,” said the actress. “There were times when I would get selfish and eat meat - at eight years old it’s hard to stick to your guns - and so through the years I was always starting and stopping trying to be a vegetarian.”

When she volunteered to save dogs from experimentation, that tipped her toward avoiding meat for good.

“I started thinking, ‘Why am I saving one animal and still eating steak? How can I love these creatures so much… and keep eating meat?’ Ultimately I thought that if I wasn’t ready to eat a dog, I shouldn’t be eating meat at all.”

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