Once veganism was widely associated with animal rights activists, the health conscious and the religious. But now more and more people are dabbling with a vegan diet, albeit temporarily. Why?
To a committed carnivore, adopting a vegan diet - no meat, no fish, no dairy, no eggs - sounds like a dramatic step.
But a growing trend for giving up all animal products doesn't involve going vegan forever. Nor does it even require being morally opposed to eating meat.
Read more: The rise of the part-time vegans (Vanessa Barford, BBC News Magazine, 21 January 2014)
Nice article, although it doesn't discuss the non-diet aspect of being vegan. Veganism is not a diet.