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The vegan health trap - but not a lexical one 🥦🥒🥑

First off, a shoutout to all the vegans out there.

But even if you are not one, you might still want to write about a vegan diet. How many "synonyms" can you think of for "vegan"? Not the easiest word to paraphrase...

Look, here is a list I mined from a New Scientist article:

- Plant-based diet / Plant-based foods
- Plant-based meat alternatives
- Meat alternatives
- The meat-alternative market
- Diet without meat and dairy
- People who avoid meat and dairy in their diet
- People who avoid animal-based foods
- Live without consuming animal-based products
- This diet / Individuals who follow this diet
- This way of eating

- Your eating patterns

This is more than enough for your essay. And note that not all of these phrases are synonyms - there are other techniques to avoid repetitions.

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