Yeah, and while those deficits can be made up through supplements, it pretty much shows that the vegan diet is NOT natural, and is sustainable only through 'human engineering.' Without modern tech for extracting and processing the necessary nutrients and consolidating the amounts needed, vegans would need to eat well past their capacity to eat just for basic nutrients like those listed. I may have been too hasty to state that vegans are ALWAYS deficient in those nutrients, yes...but the fact that vegans NEED to take so many supplements tells me their diet is, frankly, bullshit, at least on its own. If it's all about health, then just eat some meat once in a blue moon to make up some of the deficiencies.
Seriously, I need this whole vegan diet thing explained to me, cuz I'm not seeing the point of being a vegan as opposed to being either a vegetarian or a semi-vegetarian...I mean, hell, from what I was reading, semi-vegetarian diets are more healthy than vegan ones, so why the fundamentalist-levels of self-imposed restrictions??
Seriously, I need this whole vegan diet thing explained to me, cuz I'm not seeing the point of being a vegan as opposed to being either a vegetarian or a semi-vegetarian...I mean, hell, from what I was reading, semi-vegetarian diets are more healthy than vegan ones, so why the fundamentalist-levels of self-imposed restrictions??
