We are Gemma Miller and Ben Mills, both 23 years old and currently living in Southampton, Hampshire with our two cats, Bella and Coco. Gemma has been vegan since 1st January 2007 and vegetarian for many years previously. Ben switched to a vegan diet in September 2007, 9 months before commencing the coast to coast walk. We believe that a well balanced vegan diet can dramatically improve athletic performance and reduce the recovery time needed by the body after exercising. To investigate the effect of a vegan diet upon health, Ben took a number of health and fitness tests, including cholesterol levels, blood pressure and body fat percentage after switching to a vegan diet and will be repeating them 6 months later in order to compare the results. These can be viewed by clicking on the 'Health Stats' button above.