Literal:
(A) I, Nick Herrera, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(B) My mentor Gary C. Mitchell introduced me into becoming vegetarian. He said that it would help the environment, mostly the rainforest and that it's also very good for my health too.
(C) I become vegetarian for 30 days, I recorded the meals I had for dinner in order to prove that I was following through with my plan. Since the thirty days that I become vegetarian I have completely stopped eating meat (because I ate a burger a couple days afterwards and got very sick).
Interpretive:
The significance of my component was to show that becoming a vegetarian, in order to save the rainforest, is a very easy change. You get to try a variety of foods that are substitutions of meat, but taste exactly the same or better. It can help convince people that if we cut down about half the meat we eat each week, it will lower the demand for it in a major way. This will reduce the amount of rainforest cut down in order to make space for the cattle to be raised and fed.
Applied:
This component helped me answer my EQ because it showed me how easy becoming vegetarian could be, just by giving it a chance. Many people are skeptical about changing their diet because they think it'll be hard or they don't know where else they can get their protein from. Changing to a plant based diet doesn't mean you wont get the right proteins, you actually get A LOT more. I didn't eat meat for a month and now, my body has become more accustomed to that change. I tried to each a burger just the other day and I ended up feeling sick afterward. So I stopped eating red meat. By becoming vegetarian I am doing my part in saving the rainforest, and anyone can do this. It's easy and a lot healthier for you and the environment.
This is Morning Star Ribs. This, out of all the meals I ate for dinner, was my favorite. It was very easy to make and tasted exactly the same, it is 100% meat free.
