Animals are suffering. The climate is on the brink. People are dying from preventable diseases, and it all starts with what we eat. So, what can we do about it? Go flexitarian.
A flexitarian is a part-time plant muncher that eats vegetarian most of the time and chooses to eat meat some of the time. The numbers don’t lie. More people want to eat vegetarian or vegan, probably do most of the time, but don’t identify as either. Today, there are
just about as many vegetarians in the U.S. (5%) as there were in 2012. Vegans recorded 1% growth in the same time.
Just because more Americans don't call themselves vegan or vegetarian doesn't mean they're not eating vegan or vegetarian a lot more than they used to. There are more plant-based products on the market now that ever, and people
are buying them. The plant-based food industry grew by 23% last year with $3.7 billion in sales, compared to 8% growth a year ago.
More often than not, people choose what to eat based on what tastes good to them. That's why the best way to change diets, whether someone is eating plant-based foods or not, is not the threat of disease, looming environmental disaster, or billions of suffering animals. It's taste.
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