Neal Barnard

Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable.

I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child.

In my own life, I decided to leave meat off my plate in medical school, but was a bit slow to realise that dairy products and eggs are not health foods either.

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.