I became first a vegetarian and then a vegan because I learned about the horrors of factory farming and could no longer palate the eating of any flesh. Then I found out the other two facts: it is better for the environment AND it is healthier for me (when practiced properly, eating french fries from some fast food joints--not McDonald's--is technically vegan but will kill you faster than lean meat). Anyway, people who come to veganism as a diet will probably last about as long as they did on the Miami Sound Machine Diet or Dr. Spatkins'. It'll just be a matter of time before they are back to sucking straight out of the soft-serve ice cream spigot on the-all-you-can-shove-in-your-gullet buffet line.
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I became first a vegetarian and then a vegan because I learned about the horrors of factory farming and could no longer palate the eating of any flesh. Then I found out the other two facts: it is better for the environment AND it is healthier for me (when practiced properly, eating french fries from some fast food joints--not McDonald's--is technically vegan but will kill you faster than lean meat). Anyway, people who come to veganism as a diet will probably last about as long as they did on the Miami Sound Machine Diet or Dr. Spatkins'. It'll just be a matter of time before they are back to sucking straight out of the soft-serve ice cream spigot on the-all-you-can-shove-in-your-gullet buffet line.
I do know people who have gone vegetarian for health reasons and I think some can maintain it.
But many learn about other reasons (animals, workers, environment) and then they have a whole slew of reasons to maintain their healthy diet.
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