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The only nutrient deficiency that is rather difficult to circumvent with a vegan diet is Vitamin B. Meat is one of the only places humans can obtain it. Everyt
by natethegreatt 7y ago
The only nutrient deficiency that is rather difficult to circumvent with a vegan diet is Vitamin B. Meat is one of the only places humans can obtain it.
Everything else is trivial to obtain via plants.
- vfc1 7y agoYou mean B12? This is produced by bacteria in the dust. It gets injected to animals in factory farms, that's why they have it in that environment. We can also take the supplement directly.
- natethegreatt 7y agoCobalt is produced in the dirt. Cobalt is used by animals to produce B12. Pasture-raised meat ideally gets its cobalt from the ground, but most of the time there is a lack of cobalt so the animals need supplementation themselves. Factory-farmed animals, however, are always directly supplemented. Ironic, isn't it? Personally, I have no choice but to supplement my B12s, as meat causes my body to produce kidney stones.
- cmrdporcupine 7y agoThe nutrient deficiency I'm referring to is soil health, not human. Classic pre-industrial agriculture makes heavy use of animal manure as a soil amendment, as well as the use of grazing and rooting animals for soil modification. It's a very effective way of returning NPK to the soil and maintaining long term viability. It just doesn't scale out to large industrial operations.