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Thanks to all the replies in this thread; I am little wiser about Omega-3 sub-types now. Personally, I don't shy away from reading and getting more info if it

by hrjet 12y ago

Thanks to all the replies in this thread; I am little wiser about Omega-3 sub-types now. Personally, I don't shy away from reading and getting more info if it helps me avoid meat. I am not a strict vegan; eggs and milk products are par for my course. So, I think I can cope up with a little less meat on my plate. Aside, in the part of the world where I live, it is more common to be a vegetarian than a meat-eater. AFAICT, the vegetarians are not worse-off health-wise. I suspect that the ability to cope up with various nutrition deficiencies might vary among populations.

bane 12y ago
Interestingly, the nutrients which are typically deficient in vegan diets, are not typically deficient in vegetarian diets. Almost any animal protein source, like eggs, trivially resolves almost every nutritional deficiency in the vegan diet -- and at surprisingly small quantities. Often animal protein sources are not well understood as being part of traditional vegetarian diets as well - e.g. the Jain diet.