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The statistics show a substantial increase since those published by The Vegan Society and Vegan Life magazine in 2016, which revealed there were roughly 540,000 vegans over the age of 15 living in Britain.
Supported by Gresham College professor Carolyn
Roberts, the research suggests that environmental concerns are largely
responsible for edging people towards a vegan diet, as people strive to
reduce their carbon footprint.
Prof Roberts believes that a shift in diet might even
be more environmentally beneficial than other eco-friendly measures,
such as reducing petrol and diesel car usage.
“From farm to fork and beyond, food accounts for about 20 per cent of all our greenhouse emissions,” she said.
“Estimates suggest that if all of our meat eaters switched to a vegan diet, it would roughly halve total greenhouse gas emissions associated with food.”
Amongst the UK’s 3.5 million vegans are a number of
high-profile celebrities such as Ellie Goulding, Paul McCartney and
David Haye, whose advocation of veganism is undoubtedly partly to thank
for the diet’s shift from a niche, yoga-synonymous subculture into the
mainstream.
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