Are you a vegan at all? I appreciate the philosophy but I would not be able to stay with it
I try and abstain from the use of animal products as much as I can.
that is good, I support that type of lifestyle, I just ate too much meat growing up to realistically stop
There are health benefits from being vegan like reducing heart disease and some chronic disease. 
that is true, I wish I had the resolve to, proabably when I am older, but right now I am trying to put on weight
, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Harvard Medical School, and the British Dietetic Association. The German Society for Nutrition does not recommend vegan diets for children or adolescents, or during pregnancy and breastfeeding. In preliminary clinical research, vegan diets lowered the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and ischemic heart disease. Vegan diets tend to be higher in dietary fiber, magnesium, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E, iron, and phytochemicals; and lower in dietary energy, saturated fat, cholesterol
it would have been too complicated... It was my doorway to playing the blues."
Of her playing style, Meg herself said:
"I appreciate other kinds of drummers who play differently, but it's not my style or what works for this band. I get [criticism] sometimes, and I go through periods where it really bothers me. But then I think about it, and I realize that this is what is really needed for this band. And I just try to have as much fun