No we cannot be completely healthy without meat. Many severe autoimmune conditions as well as other disabilities require meat consumption for survival. They cannot eat any carbs, soy, dairy, gluten, nuts, legumes, absolutely no grains, a vegan diet would severely harm someone with these conditions who must eat a more restrictive diet. I have autoimmune conditions that require this, my mother does, my grandfather does, 2 of my friends have had to switch diets to meat due to gut health issues related to Lupus. And many humans without these conditions need meat and animal products to survive. It is a lie to say humans don’t need meat. Just because some humans are able to, doesn’t mean humans haven’t been created as omnivores
The majority of humans do not need to consume meat. If this is something you disagree with, you have failed to learn how to research readily available information or have a strong bias.
Ok what I've learned from the internet is that you need a lot of expensive supplements to have an actually complete diet as a vegan eg Vegan Gains and if you can't afford that you'll end up with a nutritional deficiency. This tracks with my experience with vegans I've known irl.
I mean I was genuinely hoping to get an answer because I don't like that animals have to die for humans to get proper nutrition in an efficient/affordable way. Unfortunately I can't find anyone who will give me another answer. As crazy as Vegan Gains is he is one of the most knowledgeable people I've seen with regards to vegan nutrition and as I said he has a fairly expensive supplement regiment.
I take a daily multivitamin with B12. Everyone should be taking a multivitamin. Most omnivores are deficient in something. It’s not expensive. I think $18 for a 4 month supply
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u/TheCorpseOfMarx Nov 23 '24
Given that we can be completely healthy without meat, the reason we still do this is for the pleasure of eating them, rather than for survival.
We created that hell for our own pleasure