Seriously BBC? The plant based diet (the diet component of being vegan) is found adequate by the WHO for all stages of life.[1] Now this article if full of pi

Seriously BBC? The plant based diet (the diet component of being vegan) is found adequate by the WHO for all stages of life.[1] Now this article if full of picking some studies that have proven that in some case something was wrong with a some form of plant based diet, or less optimal than the form of omni diet the control was on. And this is true! There are unhealthy plant based diets, and there are quite healthy omni diets. And --thanks BBC for pointing it out once again-- us plant eaters should be careful of some nutrients we may lack (as should omnis) AND some forms food we may over consume (as should omnis). Pretty much the only one that plant based eaters are more lacking in than omnis is B12. Otherwise plant eaters usually score overall BETTER than omnis, but sadly the BBC leaves this information out of this article (meat industry promo piece), gladly they published this kind of info in a separate article 5 DAYS EARLIER.[2] There are a whole lot of diets within the plant based diet. A particularly healthy one, according to research, is the Whole Food Plant Based diet. And most MDs (which are quite a few) recommending this diet do underline the need for B12 supplementation (both in plant eaters and in omnis). While this article come with a study of 555 Kenyan kids being given omni food scoring better than the group given plant food. Ok. Let me show you this study: > In a large representative population study of more than 8000 British men and women, intelligence in childhood was associated with a vegetarian diet in mid-adulthood, and this was independent of educational attainment and social class.[3] It's bigger (n=8000), it in a developed nation (UK), it controls for all kinds of factors and concludes a correlation between intelligence and vegetarianism. No causation though. But I recon the 555 Kenya school children study also did not prove causation. So? Why would the BBC publish such a piece? In clear contradiction to something they published 5 days earlier? An article that cherry picks to the point it's sneakily suggestive? Every one may judge for themselves but I think it is paid/compensated journalism, at a govt owned outlet. Needles to say, the BBC lost some more point for me today. 1: https://www.plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/the-largest-organization-of-food-nutrition-professionals-admits-vegan-diets-are-suitable-for-all https://www.plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/the-largest-organiz... 2: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200122-are-there-health-benefits-to-going-vegan https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200122-are-there-health... 3: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1790799/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1790799/