[balls187]

Here is another: you love cheese and are allergic to casein.

Not me, but the gal I am dating is allergic to dairy, and so we had some fun finding vegan cheeses that did not have casein. It was nice to make a dish that typically has cheese, that we both could enjoy.

[bromley]

Good point! Vegan cheeses are so much better now than they used to be, there's never been a better time to have a casein allergy :D

Honestly if it weren't for all the amazing fake meats, milks, and cheeses, I would find it a lot harder to be a vegan. As it is though, it's a piece of (vegan) cake :)

[cheese_goddess]

Allergic to casein and any animal matter besides? Your friend can't eat meat?

[balls187]

She enjoys meat just fine. It's just milk proteins she is allergic too, and it's not an intolerance.

[cheese_goddess]

So she's not vegan then? I thought you meant that your friend is vegan because of her allergies and that you said that to give me an example of another reason to be vegan?

[balls187]

No, she isn't.

And my interpretation of the original question wasn't why someone wants to be vegan, it was why someone would want to eat vegan imitations of non-vegan food.