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>So now vegans are purportedly dying by the millions from B12 vitamin toxicity? That's a very, very strange interpretation of what I wrote. On the purely acad

>So now vegans are purportedly dying by the millions from B12 vitamin toxicity? That's a very, very strange interpretation of what I wrote. On the purely academic point, it's even more ridiculous in that one doesn't have to die from a bad diet in order for it to be unhealthy. Your comment is both a red-herring and a straw-man at the same time! >The level to which someone will go to justify their addiction to animal foods is truly remarkable. As I suspected, it's really not about health, is it? ## Edit, re your comment below: I see the misunderstanding. You skipped the part where I said those where the first two results of a search that took me 5 seconds. You can find other examples pertaining to deficiencies in lean body mass, vitamin D, and (IIRC) testosterone in men. The cortisol literature also gives very mixed results, so while I suspect the causes are actually not related to veganism per se, I seriously question the purported protective effects thereupon. Again, I've given you all the tools to learn about this on your own, but you'd apparently rather quote "plant positive" than cultivate an interest in science. Best of luck.

noondip 11y ago
The only deficiency you could find with a vegan diet was B12 in a few case studies, which is easily remedied by taking a supplement or eating fortified foods, to which you opposed with a dubious claim supplements can be toxic. All the while, you ignore the overwhelming evidence against eating animal foods, vegetable oils and other high-fat processed foods. In fact, it is more about mental health, namely the addiction people have to eating animals. I see you would rather allude to "some" evidence of "some" problems with the vegan diet, which is known as confirmation bias.
- dang 11y ago
  You've posted many flamewar comments to Hacker News. Please stop.

noondip 11y ago

The only deficiency you could find with a vegan diet was B12 in a few case studies, which is easily remedied by taking a supplement or eating fortified foods, to which you opposed with a dubious claim supplements can be toxic. All the while, you ignore the overwhelming evidence against eating animal foods, vegetable oils and other high-fat processed foods. In fact, it is more about mental health, namely the addiction people have to eating animals. I see you would rather allude to "some" evidence of "some" problems with the vegan diet, which is known as confirmation bias.

dang 11y ago
You've posted many flamewar comments to Hacker News. Please stop.