Plant-based diet’s health benefits play big role in its popularity during pandemic

In March 2020, Leon Pasadyn, 57, welcomed his daughter Felicia, 19, back home to Hinckley, Ohio, from college to finish the semester remotely. Although he was accustomed to eating one or two meals with meat each day, he agreed to “go with the flow” as Felicia experimented with a plant-based diet. As he shared her creations, his meat intake soon dropped to once or twice per month.