‘Vegans only
eat salad’ is a statement I think a lot of us have been guilty of believing at
one time or another. I remember sitting
in the office around 18 months ago discussing being a vegetarian (as I was at
the time). One of my colleagues asked if
I would ever consider going vegan and the look on my face probably said it
all.. ‘No way! I couldn't live off just salad, I like chocolate too much!’
It was only
about 3 months later that I stumbled across Essena O’Neil on YouTube. I was watching her videos on health and
exercise not actually knowing she was vegan, once I realised and saw how much
variety she had in her diet I started researching more, watching more YouTubers and eventually watching some documentaries that made me realise what veganism
was really all about & why it was something I wanted to be involved in. It took me another 6 months or so to
completely cut out dairy and eggs from my diet (I was already vegetarian)
mainly due to my love of chocolate. Six months into my journey I am completely
animal product free and can’t ever imagine going back to how I was.
So what do
vegans actually eat?
