By Luke Jones. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. 

Diet can be a sensitive issue. Perhaps the understatement of the year so far…

Instead of just serving its purpose as a fuel to produce energy to keep our bodies functioning, food brings with it a substantial amount of emotional attachment.

We eat for pleasure. We eat as a social tool. We eat to conform to dietary guidelines.

When you start to stray outside the ‘norm’ and contemplate the idea of an alternate way of living, like a vegan or plant based diet; it can generate confusion, sometimes tension, and often a shed load of questions…

Why don’t you eat normal food? Where do you get your protein? DON’T YOU MISS EATING CHICKEN?

My diet has been plant based for the majority of the past 12 months, give or take a month or two. No animal products or processed…