There's so much in this comment I'm not really sure where to start. I guess the first is the "especially men" comment is weird, especially in the context of wom

There's so much in this comment I'm not really sure where to start. I guess the first is the "especially men" comment is weird, especially in the context of women generally needing more iron and being prone to bouts of anemia. Unless you're shedding your uterine lining every month your iron needs are probably being hit unconsciously. The average American consumes twice the recommended daily protein intake but half the fiber. If we want to talk about healthy diets we should probably start there. Plus the bit about cruelty is hilarious if not sad — condemning billions of sapient beings to lives of immeasurable suffering unnecessarily for tradition doesn't sound cruelty-free. But sure, feeding your kids fruits and vegetables without hot dogs is the REAL cruelty. Forget the fact we supplement animal feed with beta complex vitamins because we don't even give them the dignity of grass beneath their feet. Truly unconscionable to ask humans to take a b12 or omega-3 supplement; forcing living beings capable of complex emotions to take the supplement for you and then having them killed is comme-il-faut. This also entirely ignores the carnists and omnis that feed their children a diet of Smuckers Uncrustables(tm) and Kraft Mac n Cheese(tm). Let's not pretend malnutrition is mostly happening to children on plant-based diets when most Americans are buying ready-made junk food for their "picky eaters". Remind me what is in a "chicken nugget" again? Lastly, good sleep / physical exercise / healthy diet / solid friend group are all protective factors against mental illness but they certainly are not more effective than any drug. People with all of those boxes ticked still get mental illness and suffer. The drugs we have today may be crude, but they most certainly work. Therapy is wonderful but wasn't exactly doing anything for my ADHD. Medication changed my life and I have Dr. Gordon Alles to credit for that -- not a diet.