What science says about plant-based diets (Vegan)

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From what I understand even most vegans aren't 100% vegan in their food/lifestyle all the time. It was explained to me that most do the best they can but they are usually about 90% vegan the majority of the time. This is from some of my vegan friends and info I received on a vegan fo. Limited but I think probably true.

That is backed up with evidence from the USA according to this Ted-Ed video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJtRWFL_gw


And that video is a perfect example of how ordinary people have had their reality skewed by misleading information from the veganism movement. He casually remarks that "veganisim is healthier" which is not at all what the body of evidence tells us, and believe me that we it comes to specific nutrients and minerals like iron, Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, Cholesterol, etc. I know there isn't a NRV for cholesterol at present, but we get 15% of our cholesterol from the diet in an average diet - you can't expect to simply remove it altogether and there not be consequences (see the effects of cholesterol deficiency - which include depression, aggression, and other mental health concerns). Same thing with Vitamin D - the requirement for vitamin d in Winter in Canberra is "30 minutes sun exposure in the middle of the day with as much skin exposed as possible". We also know the body does not store enough Vitamin D to make it through the winter months. Dark skinned people need up to 6x the exposure, or in other words 3 hours of sun exposure in the middle of the day with as much skin exposed as possible. That's not a realistic expectation at all - especially in winter!! In fact most people wouldn't be able to leave work for 30 minutes a day to get enough sun exposure in the middle of the day, let alone 3 hours - and even if they did, professionals would need to get undressed, and then dress themselves again afterwards. Yeah sounds really realistic - especially when eating fatty fish 2x a week will bridge the gap entirely for Vitamin D for everyone - light skinned or dark.

And Gemini - yep, high soy consumption actually has other negative consequences as well, you can look them up (for example in men it can cause infertility). Overall soy is good, but not when over-consumed as is often the case in veterinarian diets.