Posted on 04/20/2025 7:27:31 AM PDT by Libloather
Hold the tofu.
New research suggests that vegans may be more likely to suffer from nutritional deficiencies than their meat-eating
Worse still, scientists found that even vegans who hit their daily protein goals with plant-based sources often fall short on two essential amino acids, putting their health at risk.
In the US, an estimated 1% to 5% of the population follows a vegan diet, which eliminates all animal products, including meat, dairy and eggs.
Over the years, researchers have found that following a plant-based diet can reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers, as well as help with weight management.
In fact, one study found that eating a vegan diet can improve your health in just four weeks.
But meat-eaters have long argued that animal products provide essential nutrients — particularly proteins, vitamins and minerals — that are tough to get in sufficient quantities from a plant-based diet.
A new six-month study out of Australia might just support that claim.
Researchers tracked the diets of 240 adults, aged 30 to 75, ranging from strict vegans and dairy-eating vegetarians to good old-fashioned meat lovers.
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I haven't eaten meat in 35 years, with the exception of fish. I eat lots of fish. A fair amount of nuts. Eggs only a few times a year. No cheese.
News Flash!
We’re ALL going to die, no matter how deluded we are when it comes to thinking some such lifestyle is more ‘healthy’ for us!
Man is a carnivore. That is how we evolved. Ignore truth at your peril.
Ask a vegan why they pretend to eat animals with their fake meats and watch them explode.
Well, that's unwelcome news. And on a lovely Sunday morning too.
I absolutely detest the new click-baity writing style that has infected journalism. The two missing nutrients, lysine and leucine, are first mentioned in the 17th paragraph. Who, what, when, where, why, how, and to what extent, are not longer part of journalism, not even for politically neutral sciency topics.
They might as well have entitled the piece “Start Slideshow”.
Any diet that requires supplementation is NOT healthy or adequate.
“Man is a carnivore. That is how we evolved. Ignore truth at your peril.”
True, and you don’t see gangs of cavemen attack a plant on cave paintings. And the reason is VERY SIMPLE - plans have their own defenses, primarily having chemicals to poison animals dumb enough to eat them. But one thing that plants never expected, which was that Vegans would exist...but their defenses still work, which is why most of them are gay.
So is God, Read Genesis 18.
Yup! Despite WHO and UN best efforts, world wide death rate remains at a staggering 100%......
The most sensible comment I ever read on this: The human diet is much improved by small amounts of meat.
Shit, you proved me WRONG. Dammit!
Vegans are virtue-signaling idiots. I studied everything about primates and early human evolution while getting my BA in anthropology and I know that every single species of monkey and ape eat whatever insect or animal that they can get their hands on. Veganism is a cult.
We’re actually omnivores, I get your point though, eat meat and you’ll be in much better health in my opinion.
Forcing children to be vegans is child abuse.
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