Posted on 01/02/2023 8:21:32 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
A New Year resolution to go vegan comes with a higher risk of broken bones, mental illness and miscarriages within months, a top doctor has warned.
Some 600,000 people in the UK already follow the diet, which excludes meats, dairy, eggs and all other animal products. And figures suggest that one in eight Britons aged 18 to 24 plan to take up the diet for January – the so-called Veganuary trend.
But according to Dr Julian Owen, consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, veganism can lead to a potentially dangerous vitamin deficiency within months.
This is because animal products contain Vitamin B12, a nutrient which is crucial to healthy bodily function, but plant-based foods contain little-to-none of it.
Dr Owen, who chairs a worldwide group of experts who research the benefits of Vitamin B12, says that anyone planning to go vegan should be prepared to take a daily supplement. He adds: 'This is a vitamin that is fundamental to the function of the human body, and it is almost entirely absent from a vegan diet. That is incredibly worrying.
'If supplements are not taken, after six months of going vegan, people can start to experience neurological symptoms such as anxiety, depression and even psychosis – symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency.'
Research shows Vitamin B12 is essential for the proper function of blood vessels and brain tissue. A deficiency can also trigger anaemia, a condition where there are abnormally low levels of red blood cells in the body, leading to symptoms such as extreme tiredness and vision problems.
'There's lots of enthusiasm for veganism, but also a huge lack of education about the need for Vitamin B12,' says Dr Owen.
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To quote Jesse “The Body” Ventura from Predator “A bunch of slack jawed faggots around here.”
Humans possess certain teeth for a reason.
We have both eyes in the front for binocular vision for a reason.
Humans are omnivores and do not do well on a purely plant-based diet. This is the science I believe, vegans can go jump in a cold lake in January.
#crazedvegan
Gee, maybe this is what the author of that infamous PBR tweet was thinking.
In a totally impaired sorta way...
Been a vegan for years, no problems mentally or physically. This article sounds like a left-wing crock of shit.
It makes me depressed just thinking about it.
Was it hard telling your parents that you’re gay?...
The rule of thumb for cats: If it don't bleed, then don't feed.
Arby’s NEW commercial: We Have The Vegetable!!!”
We’re in agreement.
Thus, QED.
We’re on Keto and 18 hour fasting and we are loving it. Meat and roasted veggies, salads. Just all the Good Stuff and no sugar and bread and very low carbs.
We take multi-vitamins and I take extra potassium. I don’t even miss fruit, which I thought I would. While I love to bake, I’ve never had a sweet tooth. That’s harder for Beau.
25# down for Beau, 12# down for me, so far. We kind of were ‘naughty’ during the Holidays. ;)
It might also make you a homicidal maniac.
Stupid people do stupid things.
I’m not one to tell others what not to eat, or not to take supplements, but I’ve been vegan for decades and I avoid B12 supplements. Have not been depressed or psychotic and have consistently scored top 5% in all kinds of standardized tests through my education. B12 is only needed in trace amounts and the rest is stored in the liver. The vitamin is not produced by animals but by bacteria common in soil and water that colonizes the intestines of animals, including humans. It’s actually very hard to avoid having this bacteria in one’s intestinal flora. B12 deficiency is very rare, although various entities marketing supplements routinely screech about deficiencies as a sales pitch, often employing teams of researchers to give the pitch more force.
Live longer by eating bean sprouts and sawdust ... am be miserable every day for the rest of your life.
Nothing lives but that something else dies. It’s called “The Carbon Cycle,” and it’s a rule. Like gravity. Or the Infield Fly.
I prefer Steakuary.
>> Humans possess certain teeth for a reason.
>> We have both eyes in the front for binocular vision for a reason.
Yep, and I’ll eat meat even if I have to find it on the plate by smell, and gum it. :-)
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