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Why more vegetarians don't become vegans

The Labour leader has been a vegetarian for almost 50 years after working on a pig farm when he was in his early 20s.

Speaking to staff at an outlet of cosmetics retailer Lush, the 68-year-old said: "I eat more and more vegan food and have more and more vegan friends.

"There are quite a lot of vegan MPs - not a lot but there are some.

"One of my close relatives has just become a vegan and I went to her house for dinner and it was absolutely brilliant.

The vegan trying to make the perfect burger

The grey-haired, former paediatrician turned professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, now turned start-up founder, may be softly spoken but he doesn't mince his words.

A vegan, he's come to the World Economic Forum in Davos to evangelise about how ditching meat can save the planet.

At Davos, where helping the United Nations reach its goal of eradicating hunger by 2030 is one of its goals, he's got a receptive audience.

Liam Hemsworth named 2016 sexiest male vegan celeb

The actor and love of Miley Cyrus has been named PETA's 2016 sexiest male vegan celebrity.

Hemsworth told Men's Fitness last year that a combination of becoming educated about the treatment of animals and some health issues led him to become a vegan.

A nutritionist had encouraged him to eat more red meat based on his blood type, the actor said, but doing so caused him to feel worse.