Luci Smethurst can be found blogging at madebyluci.co.uk, or follow her on Instagram @lucirebecca
I went vegan the day after my 28th birthday. To cut a long story short, I’d been sufering from an undiagnosed stomach ulcer for some time, and I was tired of feeling ill. I had already cut down my dairy consumption to limited amounts of cheese because I’d found too much triggered my IBS. Before doing my research, I didn’t know much about vegans. To be honest, I thought they were all hippies who only ate fruit! I’ve no idea where that stereotype came from.