“Like, if it were a willpower thing I’d expect it to be shorter. I’m not just going to decide after a few years that my eating habits are too hard to keep up.”
This seems reasonable, but the reasons given were health issues followed by hassles, and only then uncontrollable cravings. Health issues would probably take a while to develop and then a while more to respond to by switching back.
Re. hassles, I can imagine someone switching to a vegan diet when it is relatively more convenient and then switching back when it stops being so because your environment changes, e.g you switch when you’re near stores that stock a good selection of vegan products, and then stop when you move to a different area.
I use a harm-minimisation strategy when I’m in food deserts or traveling, but I suspect I’m very rare. For many vegans I know, not eating any animal products at all is part of their identity, so being forced to consume them because of a lack of availability would be incredibly emotionally stressful for them and create a lot of cognitive dissonance.
“Like, if it were a willpower thing I’d expect it to be shorter. I’m not just going to decide after a few years that my eating habits are too hard to keep up.”
This seems reasonable, but the reasons given were health issues followed by hassles, and only then uncontrollable cravings. Health issues would probably take a while to develop and then a while more to respond to by switching back.
Re. hassles, I can imagine someone switching to a vegan diet when it is relatively more convenient and then switching back when it stops being so because your environment changes, e.g you switch when you’re near stores that stock a good selection of vegan products, and then stop when you move to a different area.
I use a harm-minimisation strategy when I’m in food deserts or traveling, but I suspect I’m very rare. For many vegans I know, not eating any animal products at all is part of their identity, so being forced to consume them because of a lack of availability would be incredibly emotionally stressful for them and create a lot of cognitive dissonance.