Being vegan isn’t as good for humanity as you think

Re:Being vegan isn’t as good for humanity as you think by marricks on Sunday August 14, 2016 @01:21PM (#12286401)

Fish get their Omega 3 from algae, and so that's probably the best and most direct way to get it. That's what Soylent does for Omega 3's using bio reactors.

Also, vegans are healthier than the average population with lower rates of death in major categories like heart disease[1]. In other words, from the standard american diet to veganism, it's generally much healthier which I think is the better comparison to make.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism#Health_effects

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Re:Being vegan isn’t as good for humanity as you think by swiley on Sunday August 14, 2016 @01:28PM (#12286436)

I would argue that the reason vegans are much healthier isn't their specific diet but that they're paying so much attention to their diet.

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Re:Being vegan isn’t as good for humanity as you think by marricks on Sunday August 14, 2016 @04:53PM (#12287287)

That sounds less of an argument and more of an opinion. Throwing out anecdotal evidence, I'm a vegan and I know a couple dozen vegans, most of us don't pay any attention to what we eat except making sure it doesn't include an animal product.

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Re:Being vegan isn’t as good for humanity as you think by bane on Sunday August 14, 2016 @02:07PM (#12286605)

In most measures, vegetarians of most types are healthier than nearly all vegan populations and tend to not suffer from the typical dietary deficiencies that plague vegan populations.

I gotta run, but there's quite a few studies available online about this.

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Re:Being vegan isn’t as good for humanity as you think by toasterlovin on Sunday August 14, 2016 @01:49PM (#12286540)

> Also, vegans are healthier than the average population with lower rates of death in major categories like heart disease

That's not really a high bar...

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