1. Ok welcome here then. I’ll encourage you to read the guidelines linked at the bottom at the page if you didn’t do it yet, but you probably already know them if you’ve been around as a reader. I read your previous message as snarky and that’s not a productive way to have an argumentation. I didn’t "assume good faith" on your account creation, apologies.

2. > someone who managed to remain a lifelong vegan doesn't crave meat

I see how my phrasing was ambiguous : my totally subjective experience is that there’s a tendency to crave if try to stop eating/doing something you had for a good while (until ~20?). Some old vegans do crave for meat but learned how to handle that feeling. The ones that stoped early and don’t have as much deep memories association with meat, will usually don’t feel the same.

We observe the same with tobacco (nicotine isn’t a really strong drug, the hard part is psychological), cheese for the French and chicken in South Africa.

Habits are stronger that most people think. Ask any psychiatrist/psychotherapist.