Annie Potts, the researcher who performed the study, found that vegans, mainly women, preferred having sex with vegans.

Ever since a New Zealand newspaper published an article declaring a new sexual preference, vegansexuals, this new-age term refers to vegans who will only have sexual intercourse with other vegans.

The study, performed by a New Zealand researcher at the University of Canterbury’s Center for Human-Animal Studies, was based on interviews with 157 people, 120 of which are women. The subjects, a mixture of vegans, vegetarians, pescetarians (vegetarians who eat fish), and those who eat meat were asked a variety of questions about their lifestyles and views on animal-human interactions, including fishing and horse racing.

Annie Potts, the researcher who performed the study, found that vegans, mainly women, preferred having sex with vegans.

The argument behind this rationale is that the bodies of non-vegans are veritable graveyards for the parts of animals. This fact makes their body fluids have a pungent odor and taste. Vegans smell and taste better; pure and simple, say vegansexuals.

While it is true that what people eat and drink affects the way their body fluids taste and smell, says Laura Anne Stuart, a health educator at Norris Health Center, “it is not just the consumption of dairy and meat products that have this effect.”

In fact, Stuart explains, some people find that vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli and asparagus change the smell and taste of their body fluids.

Lori Nitzel, the executive director of Alliance for Animals, says that the organization has not taken a position on vegansexuality. Personally, she has been a vegan for 14 years, and prefers to date vegans or vegetarians.

“I have always been careful about who I date and or have sex with,” says Nitzel. “Of course, I prefer to date and or have sex with vegans or vegetarians.”

She does not think that vegans who have sex with non-vegans are inadvertently ingesting or taking in animal products or by-products.

“That [reasoning] seems a bit extreme,” Nitzel says.

Stuart explains that there are no ill-health effects to having sex with someone that consumes animal products nor are their any health benefits to having sex with those who don’t.

“Some people may find that whether or not a person eats meat influences how sexually attractive they find that person,” states Stuart. “But again that’s a personal preference, not a health issue.”

Although the new term has been all over the news as of late, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), is a little weary to get behind this line of thinking.

“Sex is a very effective form of outreach and activism,” Dan Shannon, a PETA spokesperson told ABC News in August. Shannon, who has been a vegan for ten years, believes that vegetarians and vegans can convert their sexual partners.

Regardless of your partner’s diet, Stuart states, sex still exposes vegans and non-vegans to the same sexually transmitted diseases, and appropriate protection should be used.

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