Veganism is a "crazy new diet" as per Food & Wine

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8. Not exactly sure your beef

Excuse the pun of course.

I think all I was saying was that vegan doesn't consititute any large percentage of the total population (over 20% or so). I was also suggesting that the number may be largest if considering the percentage at any particular time, but that the population is constantly gaining, and losing, membership. I guess I don't see the great controversy in that suggestion. It certain aligns with my personal experience.

As for the 9 month, that's just a personal experience, although I'd suspect it isn't that far off for much of the "transient" population that experiments with vegan for a period of time. The proportion of the population that has truly sustained a vegan diet for more than 5 years would be quite small, on the order of single digit percentages I'd guess. Are you suggesting it is otherwise (on more than a regional basis that is)?

And this wouldn't make it particularly different from any other dietary choices. Very few people "stick" to a single dietary philosophy for extended periods of time, unless you include basically the "I don't pay attention at all" crowd.