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Kick Off the New Year Animal-Free with "Veganuary"

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Friday, January 2, 2015   

LANSING, Mich. - Move over, "Meatless Mondays." If your New Year's resolutions include shedding a few holiday pounds, being kinder to Mother Earth or cutting your cholesterol levels, you might want to consider taking part in "Veganuary."

This is the second year for the U.K.-based online campaign in which participants pledge not to eat any animal products for the month of January. Co-founder Matthew Glover, who became vegan a few years ago, says the lifestyle offers health benefits as well as environmental ones.

"About 14.5 percent of all greenhouse-gas emissions are from animal agriculture, definitely one of the main drivers of climate change," he says.

Glover says close to 8,000 people worldwide, including many Michiganders, have signed on to take the vegan challenge this month. That's more than double the number of participants last year.

More information, including the pledge, recipes and tips for adopting a vegan lifestyle, is online at Veganuary.com.

While there's a general perception veganism is a difficult lifestyle, Glover says many who took the challenge last year ended up continuing with a vegan diet, or at least incorporating more vegan meals, once January ended.

"Our hope is when it gets to February, people think, 'Well actually, you know, I feel great – I'm healthier, I feel better that I'm not eating animals anymore,'" says Glover. "And we just hope that more people will stick with it."

In recent years, many high-profile celebrities and figures have embraced veganism, including former president Bill Clinton, Beyonce, and former Detroit Piston John Salley.


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