Carrie Underwood has always been one of our favorite spokesperson/role models for vegetarianism. Firstly, she’s beautiful and everybody wants to be like her. Secondly, she’s not pushy or obnoxious and clearly believes that what you eat is a personal choice, just like us! So it made us extra happy to hear that the country music songstress and American Idol winner is taking her animal cruelty-free lifestyle one step further and taking the leap from vegetarianism to veganism.
We also like Underwood’s journey to veganism because its’ a realistic one. She didn’t try to give up all animal product or even all meat all at once. She gave up red meat at the age of thirteen (she’s now twenty-seven), but didn’t feel like she could adopt a fully vegetarian diet at the time. We don’t blame her – Oklahoma, where Underwood grew up would be a nearly impossible place to eat entirely meat-free. Then when she moved away from home at twenty-one, she became a full vegetarian. Now, at twenty-seven, she’s taking the next step. We always say meat-free is a journey.
We also love the example Underwood sets for being meat-free in a non-meat free family. Underwood’s husband, NHL star Mike Fisher eats meat. And you know what? They still seem to be happy together! Hopefully, though, Underwood can at least make sure that Fisher is reducing the amount of red meat in his diet for health reasons. No matter what your thoughts on animal rights, we all know that the typical American diet contains a flat-out unhealthy amount of meat.
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