ALICIA SILVERSTONE - SILVERSTONE STRUGGLED WITH CHILDHOOD VEGETARIANISM

SILVERSTONE STRUGGLED WITH CHILDHOOD VEGETARIANISM

Famous vegetarian ALICIA SILVERSTONE first gave up eating meat when she was eight but was too young to go completely veggie.
The big screen's one-time Batgirl admits it took years for her to become a devoted non-meat eater.
She explains, "I didn't grow up on vegetarian food. I ate the same things that everyone else did.
"There were times when I would get selfish and eat meat - at eight years old it's hard to stick to your guns - and so through the years I was always starting and stopping trying to be a vegetarian."
It was a stint spent saving dogs from experimentation that turned the actress against meat for good.
She explains, "I started thinking, 'Why am I saving one animal and still eating steak? How can I love these creatures so much... and keep eating meat?' Ultimately I thought that if I wasn't ready to eat a dog, I shouldn't be eating meat at all."