I've been a vegetarian for some time and I think it's a great experience. For the most part I was never as ostracized as the author of the article and my (meat-eating) friends are pretty supportive of my lifestyle choice.

I think everyone should give it a try at least once, or at least on a limited basis. Paul McCartney recently called on Britons to cut meat from their diet once a week. This is a great start. It'll help the environment and introduce people to vegetarianism, which I think is neither a fringe choice nor a difficult thing to do.

I started my own campaign to help promote it: <link>

Anyone who's flirting with the idea of vegetarianism should check it out and think about committing to only one day a week. Honestly it's not hard and when I started I felt a lot better immediately.

Give it a shot and lets see if we can make this a staple of the American diet.

Vadim