V is for Veganism

I've been reading and studying a lot lately about the Vegan lifestyle and diet. Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in your diet, and with an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. That means - no meat, milk, eggs, wool, leather, honey and so on.

The word ‘vegan’ was coined by Donald Watson in 1944: he took the first and last letters of ‘vegetarian’ – because it was ‘the beginning and end of vegetarian’.

I am not currently a vegan, or even a vegetarian. But I am interested in understanding their radical lifestyle choices...