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If avoiding animal protein stunts growth, doesn’t that mean we should be consuming it? I can’t help but think people lack other things by avoiding it in their
by pipeline_peak 4y ago
If avoiding animal protein stunts growth, doesn’t that mean we should be consuming it?
I can’t help but think people lack other things by avoiding it in their adult life.
- hombre_fatal 4y agoAnimal protein isn’t magical. It’s just that inadequately planning a diet results in deficiencies. Just like how Americans eat meat but aren’t walking examples of good nutrition (e.g. no fiber intake).
- pipeline_peak 4y ago> aren’t walking examples of good nutrition Or Koreans https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8811126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8811126/
- pdpi 4y agoWhen you’re growing you have different nutritional needs in general, and it’s kind of hard to get some micronutrients from plants. I wouldn’t be surprised if those two things put together meant that vegan diets are problematic for children but not for adults. At any rate, even if a vegan diet is unhealthy for you, it’s a reasonable choice to make — I’ll sacrifice my health to do what I think is morally correct. Crucially, though, it’s a choice you have to make, and your parents shouldn’t be making for you. Once they grow up and are mature enough to decide for themselves, they can choose to go vegan. Overall I have some issues with veganism, but, if you’re going to do it, this is an approach I can agree with (compared to a family friend who feeds her cats vegan cat food, despite them being obligate carnivores)