Hard to remember exactly. I was a vegetarian for around 10 years and vegan for 5 now. I think initially on environmental grounds and later as I learned more abo

Hard to remember exactly. I was a vegetarian for around 10 years and vegan for 5 now. I think initially on environmental grounds and later as I learned more about factory farming ethical grounds as well. The omni to vegetarian transition was gradual as I was living with a vegetarian ex-girlfriend at the time, and the vegetarian to vegan was an overnight change. If you're at all into cooking, even if you eat meat, it's quite a good exercise to learn to cook a few vegan dishes and perfect them to work on the basics.