Ask A Vegan Anything.

[dj-hato]

that diet could prove to be damaging later in life the human body is build for a omnivorous diet
i highly doubt that it has any benefits at all

In comparison with your typical American diet, the vegan diet is going to be low in fat and cholesterol. That's pretty good, but you can eat a more omnivrous diet and still avoid fat and cholesterol. Fish are low in both and tend to be the best type of meat out there. Even if you're going to get something like ground beef, you can always get the leaner stuff.

However, if you're poor, things get complicated. Go to the supermarket and compare the nutritional content of the generic brand with that of the name brands. Generally, name brands are going to be healthier. Fresh food is the most expensive of all simply because there's so much shrink for the store. It's part of why you see so many poor fat people: they're forced to fill their bellies with cheap garbage. After that, the poor nutritional content amplifies itself. You need to eat again, soon, simply because the food you previously ate didn't have the nutritions your body needed.

this is a inserting paper i found while doing some research on the subject
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/89/5/1627S.full