In real life, Jason Schwartzman does not eat meat or dairy, and has described himself as "basically" a vegan.
I began to ponder the varying degrees to which I could permanently alter my diet, and concluded that I would not have a hard time giving up some food groups over others.
Giving up seafood would be easy most of the time. I've hardly been pining for lobster or shrimp these past few days, and the only time I can ever expect seafood to be served to me is during the few weeks each summer when I am in Cape Cod. It may be a difficult conversation with my aunt when I explain to her that I can no longer eat the lobster she has made for me since I was a child, but I would be willing to persevere.
Giving up red meat would certainly be more difficult, but this difficulty could easily be mitigated by continuing to eat chicken and turkey. Poultry could enable me to phase out red meat completely, and I could worry about phasing out poultry at a later date.
Dairy presents a few different issues. Cow milk will not be hard to give up because it can easily be substituted by soy milk. The only time soy milk falls short for me is when I drink a glass of it. This could be resolved rather easily by drinking water, juice, or beer when I eat really spicy food (you gotta drink milk or beer with spicy food).
The truly arduous effort would be, and has been, giving up cheese. There's just no way around it: I love cheese. All types. It is extremely fattening and it negates any health benefits of switching to soy milk, but it makes me happy. Can't I retain this last vestige of my unenlightenment?
Some of my other group members have mentioned "vegan cheese", which upon further research I have discovered is called "chreese". I am extremely skeptical of this product, but it is still might be worth a try.
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