Thanks for sharing your story Steven. I have come to the same conclusions and I'm only 37. I have been vegan since August 2011 because of films like FoK. I always was taught that meat was necessary to live well. What a shame. My cholesterol went from 220 to 160 in 6 months.

My father is dying of lung and bladder cancer, is type 2 diabetic, and weighs 280lbs, but refuses to listen to a word I tell him. It saddens me.

I am 6' tall and only weigh 143lbs. People have said I look emaciated too. I tell them I look "correct" in the eyes of history not just last 50 years of our terrible diet. Plus I have loads of energy.

A question I ask people often now is this. If we know that humans can live healthy lives without eating meat or dairy and actually live much healthier lives if they don't, then why not have compassion for animals? If we have the intelligence to make weapons then we have the intelligence to choose not to use them.

Thanks again for sharing.