I went vegan for ~5 weeks in the spring of last year, and I've been trying to eat less meat in general, but, coincidentally, I've gone 100% vegan again just ~10 days ago, possibly indefinitely.
The China Study [BT] was a big influence. It has nothing to do with the Vegan Day or "animal rights" bullshit - in fact I would have gone vegan years ago if it wasn't for the fact that 99.99% of people I've met on vegan forums were genocidal commie retards!
I just feel that an inactive fat guy with a family history of heart problems, diabetes, and all sorts of cancer would benefit from this "zero cholesterol diet", as I call it (which is why honey is OK by my book). I'm pretty good with self-control when it comes to choosing which food to buy, but I totally lose self-control when it comes to portion sizes, often eating
several pounds of beef a single day! That's a heart attack waiting to happen...
So my new diet pretty much excludes anything I might possibly want to overeat - including bread, white rice, and anything sweet (including tropical fruits). I also avoid soy, because it contains chick hormones, but fermented varieties (mostly soy sauce) are OK. Buckwheat and legumes are major staples, vegetable soups and salads are secondary. And garlic. Lots and lots of garlic. Raw.
Vegans also spend less money on food (and medicine), and a vegan diet is more compatible with the Gulcher lifestyle - buying untaxed food from an underground economy of local farmers. A small farmer can grow
a lot more food per acre if the nutrients are consumed by human beings directly, and animal farming involves far more government regulations and subsidies.
For example, check out this documentary -
A River of Waste. It might feel like a piece if environmentalist propaganda, but it does have a major point - the government covers the meat producers' butts when it comes to a lot of their liabilities (i.e. environmental externalities), and there are other subsidies as well. In a free society, a pound of meat would cost A LOT more than it does today!