Daniela Jungova
vegan, age 17
"Some people think itīs way too difficult to live like this, but itīs just a matter of will. And the food is great!"

Alet van der Merwe
vegan, age 18
"I have been vegan since I was nine. I made the conscious decision never to eat an animal or any of its products after realising the cruelty that animals faced every day. I am proud to say that I have never looked back in regret, and I have been cooking for myself since then. I hope to raise a vegan family of my own!"

Jessie Tannenbaum
vegan, age 22
"I struggled a lot with my parents and family because they all love to eat meat and thought I was silly or just going through a phase when I gave it up [as a teen]..."

Zeke Winterweb
fruitarian, age 19
"I typically go through spells of either abundance or scarcity as a raw foodist fruitarian...If you add up the calories in the foods below you'll see that they probably go over 3000. However, I am very active..."

Joey Galina
lacto-ovo vegetarian, age 14
"I love being a veggie because vegetarian food is always healthy, easy to make, and almost always tastes great!"

Anna Hays
raw vegetarian, age 17
"I don't eat much sweet fruit, but this food log is what I was eating over the winter months. This summer I'll probably eat more fruit like berries and peaches. That's basically it though! Pretty simple."

Rick Kump
raw vegan, age 16
"You'll notice I eat very simply, but large volumes. I eat large volumes to make sure I get my calories, but remember I'm a growing male, and I'm pretty active."

Dan Jerke
raw vegan, age 16
"All day I snack on nuts and fruit!"

Melissa White
Lacto-ovo vegetarian, age 16
"My food diary..."

Marlee Elyse
Lacto-ovo vegetarian, age 12
An average day...

Tabitha Nunes
Vegan, age 16
"I enjoy being vegan so much I can't imagine living any other way."

Erin Folley
vegan, age 16
"I'm a 16 year old girl in Australia. I've been a vegan for just over a year, and I've been a vegetarian pretty much all my life. I decided pretty early on that I didn't want something to have to die for my dinner..."

Laurel Long
vegan, age 17
"I love letting my omnivore friends try my food, and watch them find out that vegan food doesn't just consist of a wilted lettuce and carrot salad."

Kristin Daniels
vegan, age 18
"I love doing a lot of my own cooking and I am famous/infamous for combining unlikely ingredients to make tasty new dishes."

Courtney Kelly
almost vegan, age 13
Courtney says her experience becoming vegetarian "isn't exactly a pretty story." But she made it, and she loves good food, so she's also one of our product reviewers.

Melissa Rose
vegan, age 18
Vegan since age 10, Melissa says, "I've been cooking 99.9 percent of my own meals for the past 8 years."

Rachel Crowley
vegan, age 16
"The first day of school..."

Billy Prusinowski
XVegan Straight-EdgeX, age 18
"Being Vegan leaves me super-charged for energy everyday. I feel like I can mosh/dance/do karate/fight/lift twice as hard as all of my non-vegan contemporaries."

Brenda Lau
Vegan, age 16
"Since school is hectic, I have a hard time cooking. I also drink lots of water because I get thirsty easily."

Nilesh Bhanage
Lacto-vegetarian, 22
"I wake up in morning and go to the gym for aerobic exercise and body building."

Melanie Wilson, VT.com Editor
Raw Vegan, 35
"I've been raw for over five weeks now and going strong!"

Lucy Watkins, VT.com Interviews Editor
Aspiring Vegan, 37
"Over the last few months, I've realized I need to incorporate a lot more raw fruits and veggies in my diet."

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