He went to the bookstore but left unable to find a how-to book. So he simply stopped eating meat. When his wife cooked dinner, he'd eat everything but the meat entree or he'd make his own dish. He missed hot dogs and hamburgers, longing for the texture. He downed salads, steamed veggies, cheese omelets or Egg McMuffins without the meat.
People eliminate red meat, chicken and fish but eat potato chips and milk shakes.
Abrams began reading cookbooks. He and his wife took a vegetarian cooking class. He became increasingly convinced that meat and meat-related products were virtually a poison, triggering diseases from cancer to strokes. Sure, it would cost more to eat a vegan diet, he figured, but think of the expensive consequences of what everybody else was eating. Gradually, he completed his transition from one extreme to the other and took up a vegan diet.