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STORY WEETEE NEU

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The year the term veganism

was first coined. Since

then, veganism has grown

exponentially, with the global

soy food market projected

to reach US$58.58 billion

by 2021. Soy products, like

soy milk and faux meat, are

essential in a vegan diet.

numbers

About 500

Genes that undergo changes

in the human body as a result

of a vegan diet that lasts at

least three months, according

to a 2012 study by Nobel

laureate and biologist Elizabeth

Blackburn. Abstaining from

animal products supposedly

lowers the likelihood of

diseases and cancer.

664

No. of restaurants

offering vegan

and vegetarian dining options

in Singapore, according to the

HappyCow app, which lists vegan and

vegetarian restaurants and health

food stores around the world.

70 %

How much of VeganBurg’s clientele that

are non-vegetarians and non-vegans.

The local casual restaurant is “the

world’s first 100 per cent plant-based

burger joint”. It currently has two

outlets — one right here in Eunos and

also in San Francisco — and counts

Belinda Carlisle and Cecilia

Cheung as its fans.

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No. of years since Lewis

Hamilton stopped eating

red meat. The Formula One

champ, who recently took

home top honours at the

Singapore Grand Prix 2017, said

that he has stopped eating chicken

and fish to go full vegan.

No. of people Hunger Games actor Woody

Harrelson (far right) has helped convert to

veganism. Who? Liam Hemsworth. “Woody

Harrelson was actually one of the original

reasons I became vegan,” said Liam, who was

also encouraged by Woody to eat more “raw

vegetables”. The diet change reportedly made

Liam feel healthier in no time. Perhaps the fact

that Hemsworth’s fiancé Miley Cyrus has also

been a vegan since 2014 also helped.

219,0 0 0

Gallons of water a person can save a year by going vegan, according to

PETA. From a dietary perspective, it takes more than 2,400 gallons of

water to produce one pound of beef while the same weight in tofu only

requires 244 gallons. As World Vegan Day approaches on Nov 1, maybe

it’s time to consider going vegan. Kudos if you can, because veganism is

the strictest vegetarian type that requires you to abstain from the use of

animal products in all aspects of daily life — including cosmetics, white

sugar and certain wines which contain animal products.