I was a fanatically strict macrobiotic for about three years which is basically vegan.
Pretty hard to do without a personal chef following me around (I didn't have one)
I broke the no meat with an orgainic burger on a ranch in Montana, boy did that shit taste good. Only took my stomach a couple weeks to get used to eating meat again.
Nowadays I am of the "all things in moderation" philosophy.
Eating as little dead cow as possible will at least minimize your chances of getting mad cow etc. I cannot donate blood now since I ate meat in England like 15 years ago and they think anyone who did may be a dormant mad cow carrier.
