Ngokusho kochwepheshe bezokudla, ama-vegans angaphambili ayenezinkinga zempilo, kodwa benqaba ukukholelwa ukuthi izinkinga zabo azibangelwa ukudla kwe-vegan, kodwa ngezinye izizathu. Bakholelwa ukuthi bazi ngaphezu kodokotela nochwepheshe, naphezu kokuntula kwabo ulwazi lwezokwelapha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-vegans amaningi ayekade edla ukudla okweqile njengokudla okuluhlaza, ukudla okunamafutha aphansi ama-carbohydrate amaningi, ukuzila ukudla.
U-Gojiman ukholelwa ukuthi ama-ex-vegans ngokuvamile ayehamba nge-vegan ngenxa yezizathu zempilo, hhayi izizathu zokuziphatha. “Iningi lalabo ababekade bedla imifino beza kuVengance ngenxa yezinkinga zempilo” - ikakhulukazi izinkinga zamathumbu, izinduna nempilo yengqondo. “Indaba evamile: “Ngangiwumuntu othanda ukudla okunempilo, ngabe sengiba ne-bacterial overgrowth syndrome emathunjini amancane, ngabe sengiqala ukuthenga okhaphethi abenziwe ezilwaneni noma ngidla ngokunyenya imikhiqizo yezilwane kuyilapho ngizenza abantu abaqotho. Bangaki abantu ababekade bedla inyama ongababala ababedla ukudla okunomsoco ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi, isibonelo, babengawuphuzi umchamo wabo?” uyabuza.
Amazwi okugcina abonakala ebhekisela kowayengumdlali wezilwane kanye nomsubathi u-Tim Schiff, owasebenzisa umchamo ngokungenisa owakhe umchamo ukuze athole izinzuzo zezempilo. Wathi ukubulala isilwane ngezandla zakhe “kuyisinyathelo esilandelayo” kuye ngemva kokubuyela ekudleni izilwane. “Ngibona sengathi isinyathelo esilandelayo kimi wukubulala mina isilwane. Nami kumele ngibhekane nakho,” kusho yena.
U-Schiff wayeka ukudla inyama ngenxa yezinkinga zempilo, ethi waba nezinkinga ezinkulu ngemva kokuzila ukudla kwezinsuku ezingu-35 lapho ayedla khona amanzi acwecwe. Ngemuva kwesimemezelo sakhe, wabhekana nokuhlehla okuvela kuma-vegans. Abaningi emazwini babonisa ukuthi izinkinga zakhe zempilo zingabangelwa iminyaka eminingi yokuphuza umchamo wakhe kanye nokudla ngokweqile: "Ugula ukudla okungavamile, futhi ukusola nge-veganism. Ngibheje ukuthi uzophinde agule ngonyaka futhi asole amaqanda! Hmm, awucabangi ukuthi ukuphuza umchamo iminyaka emi-2 kube nomthelela ezinkingeni zempilo yakho, Tim? Zikhiphe ohlwini”.
I-ETHCS, inkampani yezingubo ze-vegan eyasungulwa ngu-Schiff, yayeka ukusebenza naye ukuze iqhubeke nokusekela amanani afanayo eyasungulwa kuwo.