In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster

Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by microcolonel on Saturday February 17, 2018 @05:37PM (#16403168)

There are people who have averse reactions to almost every plant based food, and can largely only eat meat or suffer horrible mental and physical health problems.

Diet is not one-size-fits all, and we have basically no idea how complex diet is, or the specific long term effects of most dietary interventions on people. It is absolutely reprehensible to represent going vegan as an obvious way forward when it is unclear that it's even safe for a large majority of people.

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Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by icebraining on Sunday February 18, 2018 @10:09AM (#16406380)

Can you link to a description of that condition? It sounds fascinating.

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Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster by microcolonel on Sunday February 18, 2018 @10:47AM (#16406551)

Seems to be unstudied, but this person[0] reports has both severe mental and physical reactions currently to almost anything other than meat, though she was able to eat some vegetables safely before. Her father has similar reactions to many plant-based foods, and they both have had serious disorders activated seemingly by diet, especially severe depression.

In addition, many people are unable to eat yeast or yeast extracts, which are among the few commonly available non-flesh sources of the crucial vitamin B12.

[0]: http://mikhailapeterson.com/2017/12/18/zero-carb-carnivore-d...

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