'Counter-argument' to veganism - it is so expensive to buy vegan food

A vegan home-cooked diet can be very, very inexpensive (and much cheaper compared to a diet of animal products (which are heavily subsidized, and bad for us, animals and the environment).

A starch-based (e.g. potatoes, rice, lentils, beans) diet with vegetables and fruits (and some also take very inexpensive B-12-supplement) is as I guess you know very inexpensive.

One can even become self-sustained. On 1/10 of an acre one can grow 6000 pounds of plant-based food per year in California.

A non-vegan diet is killing humans and other animals (e.g. in droughts caused by enormous amount of green-house gases), the environment, causes poverty and starvation:
http://www.drmcdougall.com/video/expert_testimonies_oppenlander.htm

So is anything stopping you from a choosing a vegan diet (and inspire you friends to do this too) of love, compassion and non-violence. You already believe in this in your heart.
What do you say?

Cancer is caused by eating animal foods and can be reversed by a plant-based diet without animal products

Cancer is caused by eating animal foods and can be reversed by a plant-based diet without animal products:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DId_xJxbemQ
http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_hot_prostatecancer.html
http://www.adelicatebalance.com.au/

"Going vegan is the path to real health for oneself, for the Earth, for animals, for all of us -- we are all interconnected and it's time to question the violence at the core of our culture and stop participating in it and stop making excuses for servile behavior. The only reason anyone eats animal foods is because they're following the orders given them from infancy by a culture of violence and exploitation. It's time for us to think for ourselves, and to came back to our hearts and honor the feelings of kindness for all. Thanks!"
I recommend World Peace Diet by Will Tuttle; www.worldpeacediet.org.

Vegan, reduce and avoid causing suffering and death to all sentient beings

I became a vegan last autumn and is doing my utmost not to cause any sentient being suffering and pain. I hope you are doing the same. If everyone does the same then we can create a plant-based food system that doesn't hurt or kill any other beings, a vegan plant-based food system without manure, pesticides and killing of bugs and other animals; and we can live in a society free of animal products.

We should treat others as we want to be treated ourselves
All animals are conscious and they do value life as much as we do.

If we don't want to be killed, we shouldn't kill other animals (regardless of species - humans, dogs, cats, cows, chicken, etc.).
If we don't want someone else to steal our family, we shouldn't steal their family.
If we want to find our purpose in this world, we shouldn't steal others purpose.
If we don't want to be exploited and abused, we shouldn't abuse anyone else.
If we don't want to become enslaved, we shouldn't keep anyone else as a slave.
If we don't want to hurt any animals, we must become vegans (i.e. stop eating, wearing and using animal products, and in other ways do actions that are hurting and killing animals).
If we love animals, we don't kill animals. We don't kill and eat anyone that we love. If we love animals, we must support their want to not be oppressed, including not to be killed.
I recommend this lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLgGnP0pWzM

All kind of animal products, including eggs and milk, are causing humans and other animals terrible suffering, oppression, starvation and death. Being vegan is the only way not to participate in the oppression.