As I do not eat any animal products, including eggs and milk, I fall into the vegan category. Those who shy away from meat but still consume eggs and milk, are usually known as vegetarians.  

Given that this lifestyle may be worthwhile for some to consider, I will provide you a sneak peek into it. For simplification, I use the term vegan to represent both vegans and vegetarians.   

Once I adopted the vegan lifestyle, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that problems—from the trivial to the life-and-death in nature—may actually need not exist. This covers things such as the embarrassment of a bulging belly to the prevalence of climate change. 

More specifically, here are a few reasons why vegans stick to their diets. 

The first is the prospect of enhancing personal health. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a non-profit organization, recommends a plant-based diet to prevent Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and many other ailments. And if you’re just interested in losing weight, this lifestyle will also support your goals.

And then there’s the prospect of increasing mass health. This is done through minimizing outbreaks of viral diseases from unhygienic animal farming practices. I think we all still remember the viral outbreaks of the past, such as mad cow, bird flu and swine flu. The PCRM has attributed the past outbreaks and even the current pandemic to animal farming.

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