The mainstream medical community in Taiwan (and perhaps anywhere in the world) is very much against the idea of veganism. Even lacto-ovo vegetarianism was considered nutritionally inadequate, let alone veganism. Many people, even if they have been vegetarian for decades, were forced by their families and their medical care team to eat meat in order to “get enough nutrition”. As a dietitian, I could tell how sad these patients were. One cancer patient told me that the illness made her vulnerable both physically and mentally, but also made her more compassionate toward animals who are innocent, voiceless and with no freedom. The desperation saddened me and I realized that real health has to be built on the basis of compassion, love, and hope. Killing and detaching from other sentient beings can never buy us real health. Having studied nutrition and vegetarian diets for years, I know well that a compassionate, healthy plant-based diet is not only possible but much better than the typical meat-based diet for health and recovery. Devastated by how ignorant the medical community was, I felt driven to initiate TWVNS to provide education and to connect with like-minded health professionals, so that together we could change mis- conceptions and improve practices.