With increasing health and environmental awareness, vegan diets are gaining wider acceptance locally. For some vegans, it’s not just a dietary choice, but a lifestyle driven by conviction. Doctors and nutritionists point out that a well-planned plant-based diet can benefit heart and gut health, but a lack of nutritional knowledge or a hasty transition can lead to nutritional imbalances. A gradual approach, seeking professional advice, and maintaining a diverse diet are essential for making a vegan lifestyle a healthy choice.
For Lai Chen-hsi (31, a freelance content creator), who became a vegan seven years ago, “veganism” is more than just a dietary preference. She refuses to eat or use animal products, including dairy products, eggs, leather, and other products containing animal ingredients, because it is a lifestyle that is more in line with her own values.
Lai Chenxi firmly believes that every consumption choice is like casting a vote for the ideal world in one’s heart—whatever changes one hopes the world will undergo, one’s own diet and lifestyle are the best vote.
Choosing a vegetarian diet for the sake of animals and the environment.
Lai Chen-hsi has been a vegetarian since childhood with her family, but she didn’t avoid dairy products or desserts containing eggs until she saw videos and social media posts about the dairy industry, which made her re-examine her eating habits. “I became a vegetarian to reduce the suffering of animals. Since the dairy industry, like animal husbandry, harms animals, it is a natural choice to be vegan. Besides, it also has environmental benefits.”