This would explain why he's still alive and looking a bit more healthy than he used to. I wonder if this had anything to do with that terrible illness he had around the turn of the century.

No, I'm not slagging vegetarians--it makes no difference to me what people eat, though I really do question full-on veganism--but it's always seemed to me that(judging by friends, many of whom, including my ex-wife, are vegetarians), unless one works at it much harder than most want to or have the time to, over time it's somewhat insufficient and causes cumulative damage to health. Partly because it's so hard to get enough protein and complex carbohydrates that way. Like I said, it's possible, but those I've seen pull it off seem to have to make it almost a full-time job--I could never put that much planning into my food.