My diet of almost only red meat

Re:My diet of almost only red meat by colordrops on Friday April 22, 2022 @01:57AM (#31118662)

Naw, my family and I, including two young children, have not eaten any animal products for a year. We've had a variety of really tasty food, and no nutritional deficiencies. Cost is no more than meat, in fact less. Other than "mmm, but bacon tho", there is no material difference from before we quite meat. To compare with cars, which have undeniable utility, especially in a place like LA where we live, is disingenuous.

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Re:My diet of almost only red meat by moltar on Friday April 22, 2022 @02:47AM (#31118955)

I was a vegan for 2 years in the past. First year I also didn’t have any deficiencies. But then it all caught up and ruined my health after two years. Low iron, low B12, constant fatigue, low libido (in 20s), muscle mass loss (people who haven’t seen me for a while thought I was either sick or on heavy drugs), no drive, bloating, constant gas (has to take anti gas pills), constant canker sores (turned out b12 related), etc.

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Re:My diet of almost only red meat by eixiepia on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:19AM (#31119133)

> I was a vegan for 2 years in the past. First year I also didn’t have any deficiencies. But then it all caught up and ruined my health after two years.

I was a vegan for more that 2 years, but also ruined my health including my teeth.

When hearing from other ex-vegans, it's mind-blowing how many things we have in common regarding our health. When active in the movement, no one would talk about the problems.

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Re:My diet of almost only red meat by colordrops on Friday April 22, 2022 @11:14PM (#31131027)

Did you bother to do any research on nutrition when you went vegan? Or did you just stop eating meat without any thought to your diet? The scientific and medical consensus is that a vegan diet is perfectly healthy and perhaps even healthier than a meat diet as long as you don't have nutritional deficiencies. And it's pretty easy to avoid deficiencies if you spend a couple hours educating yourself. I'm not being sarcastic, it literally only takes 2 hours at most.

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Re:My diet of almost only red meat by eixiepia on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:05AM (#31119065)

> Naw, my family and I, including two young children...

One of your arguments against red meat is that it's devastating to the environment. You know what is also devastating to the environment? having children. It's not a necessity to have children, I have none.

Why is your need for breeding more acceptable than my need for eating red meat?

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