"Veganuary", the month without consumption of food of animal origin

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Last year nearly 580,000 people took up the “Veganuary” challenge worldwide.

Among them: 16,000 French.

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By: Lucie Bouteloup

There is the month without alcohol, the month without tobacco and then there is also the month without food of animal origin, the "Veganuary".

A food challenge initiated in the United Kingdom in 2014 and relayed in France for the second year by the L214 association.

Are the French ready to change their eating habits?

What are the benefits and risks of such a diet?

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