If you’ve picked up this magazine because you’re thinking about going vegan in 2019 then you are probably feeling a mixture of emotions — excitement, trepidation, maybe a little bit of fear? Well, let us reassure you — you are about to make the best decision of your life. From improved health and wellbeing, to the multitude of animals you will save and the reduction in your global impact, being vegan is a positive and powerful lifestyle choice, for you and the world around us.
Whether you’ve never tried a plant-based diet, have been reducing your meat intake gradually, or are perhaps a vegetarian, you’ll no doubt have questions about adopting a vegan lifestyle and diet. Over the next few pages we have put together some helpful ideas for your first few weeks as a vegan. Lily Woods tells us about how completing Veganuary can be life changing, we’ve got the ultimate vegan shopping list, rounded up our favourite inspirational vegans to follow online and we’ve chosen seven delicious plant-based recipes to get you through your first few weeks. There’s never been a better time to go vegan.