I read Pete Singer's "Animal Liberation" when 19, when I first decided to go vegan. It was a rocky road when old (mistaken) beliefs about having to balance amino acids were widely believed, so for a period of about 8 years I went back to eating chicken and dairy, but then a vegan friend sent me John Robbins "Food Revolution." I've been vegan since then. I feel like asking my so-called animal loving friends "if you truly love animals why are you eating them?"