Two great reasons to become vegetarian or vegan is to avoid eating animals and animal byproducts that come from animals that have been tortured and have eaten genetically modified feed their whole short lives.
Cafeterias in schools resemble pot luck lunches, brunches and office parties. Most people won't bother to prepare or cook organic food for these meetings, so you're getting a hodge-podge of processed, modified and "chemicalized" food in every bite.
Pay special care to what you put on YOUR plate at food "gatherings" - go for the stimulating conversations and let that be your "energy" food!
http://www.cafothebook.org/thebook_myths_3.htm
http://www.naturalnews.com/044030_veganism_vegetarians_confined_animal_feeding_operations.html
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