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Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life - my relationships, how I relate to the world.

I have made my own choice, which is vegetarianism, but it's not the choice I'm imposing on anybody else.

I actually went on a vegan diet. So I was nagging myself there. I don't nag other people about it. It was sort of an interesting experiment, and I found it wasn't that hard at all.

I got into being vegan because I was simply looking to benefit from being more compassionate. I have since come to learn that it is an animal-based diet that is responsible for the overwhelming majority of cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, multiple sclerosis, and all kinds of other problems.

I wasn't a vegan when I came to Congress. It was a decision I made soon after I got here, and it's had such a positive impact on my life that I decided to try to help others as well.

I'm a vegan, but you can be really unhealthy as a vegan, too.

Well, everything with being vegan and vegetarian is a really big commitment. You have to do what you feel is best and what you believe in and what your body is telling you that it needs. I really think everyone should do what's best for them, and what's best for me may not be best for someone else.

For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals.

A lot of people think I'm a vegan. I'm not.