Survey Many meat eaters want to live vegan

Survey: Many meat eaters want to live vegan

02/02/2015

According to an online survey, most meat eaters agree with the case for a vegan diet. Many of them would even want to live vegan themselves. In Germany, the demand for vegan and vegetarian foods is growing strongly.

Meat eaters agree with arguments for vegan nutrition
Meat eaters mostly agree with the arguments for the vegan diet. This is evident from a survey of the online dating site Gleichklang.de and the internet portal vegan.de. A total of 1,009 meat eaters between the ages of 16 and 77 participated in the online survey, according to a press release. Participants were asked to rate given arguments for the vegan diet and to comment on whether they themselves would like to live vegan. In addition, for 28 given possible reasons, the participants should state their valid reasons for why they themselves do not yet live vegan.

Pro-vegan settings surprised
„The analysis brought surprisingly pro-vegan attitudes of the surveyed meat eaters to light“, it says in the press release. According to the survey, 59.1 percent of respondents said that the arguments for the vegan diet convinced or rather convinced them. 68.9 percent agreed with the statement that this would reduce world hunger and 66.6 percent affirmed that vegan protects the environment. That this reduces animal suffering, 58.7 percent and 57.2 percent believe that a vegan diet allows a good conscience. More than half of the respondents (50.6 percent) found the argument convincing that vegan promotes good health and still 45.5 percent agreed with the statement that vegan improves fitness. 42.2 percent of the meat eaters even stated that they would like to live vegan themselves.

Women agree more with arguments than men
Above all, ten reasons were given why they do not vegan then: Vegan is too extreme, not natural, difficult, lead to deficiency symptoms and vegetarian enough already were the five most mentioned reasons. Then followed: Vegan leads to problems in restaurants, is against their own habits, you do not want to make a guilty conscience, vegan would make social relationships difficult and against indulgence. Overall, women agreed with the arguments for a vegan diet more often than men and also more often said they would like to live vegan themselves. Thus, almost half (47.8 percent) of the meat-eating women said they would like to live vegan themselves, while this percentage was lower for the men with a good third (34.6 percent).

Expert expects increase in vegan share
For Dr. med. Guido F. Gebauer, graduate psychologist in harmony, the results obtained are remarkable. Obviously Vegan has got a very good reputation with meat eaters as well. The expert expects a significant increase in the vegan share in the future. Especially if it is possible to further simplify the vegan diet with more offers and more education. Dr. Gebauer assumes that vegan will likely prove to be a sustainable social trend in the long term. In conclusion, the statement states that the survey does not claim to be representative, but the resulting picture is, in the opinion of Drs. Gebauer so clearly that the main finding of the positive attitudes of many meat eaters to the vegan diet can still be considered valid.

Demand for meatless products is increasing
The fact that vegan and vegetarian diets are becoming more and more popular in Germany is also shown by another recent report. So was recently under the headline: Vegi-Food: Experts expect a real boom reports that the food industry can boast impressive growth figures for meatless products. Especially in the so-called flexitaries, the trade therefore sees a large buyer potential. These casual vegetarians value healthy eating, but avoid fish or meat continuously. For the health of a balanced vegan or vegetarian diet is beneficial. According to studies, vegetarians and vegans are less likely to be overweight and, due to their low-fat and low-cholesterol diets, have a reduced risk of lifestyle diseases such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus. (Ad)