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> We aren't nearly as good as we think we are at creating fake replacement foods (see the number of people who have health problems clear up after going Paleo).

• bane 12y ago
  True, in many studies, vegetarian diets, defined as diets with minimal, but some kind of animal sourced protein, have shown to have numerous health benefits over pure vegan diets. In fact the treatment for most common vegan dietary deficiencies if trivially treated by simply providing some omnivorous animal protein source. Vegetarians tend to manage their diets better as a population and have far fewer of the kind of nutritional deficiencies and subsequent health problems Vegan populations tend to suffer from.