The Dangers of Veganism Debunked

A response to the recent Telegraph article fearmongering about health on a vegan diet.
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[thomashugus]

After a heart attack and 2 bouts of cancer I went Vegan. I have never felt better and really enjoy the whole food plant based diet! Better late than never! I’m 74

[dorothyjohnstone]

People like to read negative things about veganism…it makes them feel better about their poor food and ethical choices.

[Babesinthewood]

Actually after I stopped eating plant based after eating wfpb for many many years, my health went south. I only started eating a very moderate amount of dairy and sometimes sugar. My bloodpressure is extremely high suddenly. I’m definitely going back to plant based now. Plantbased food is a life saver. For literally everyone.

[juliewillis]

I live in the deep south, and I rarely tell people I'm vegan because they tend to get defensive and even hostile. I'll be vegan till the end of my days, though, for all the reasons.

[meropale]

As with any diet you need to be careful and do it responsibly. I remember one time I read a news article about some who had to be hospitalized for deficiencies on a vegan diet. It turns out the person was *only* eating potato chips or something like that. Some vegan diet!

My one advice to people about the vegan diet is to eat a wide variety of nutritious whole foods, but this applies to all diets!

[Human_Herbivore]

The Telegraph, being wrong about everything every day so that the rest of us don't have to be.

[nelsonv]

Back when I was in my 50's I was obese, had terrible numbers and Diabetes, and basically was a professional couch potato. At 58, I switched to a Vegan diet, started losing weight and am now 120 pounds less. At 72, the Diabetes is long gone, all my numbers are in the healthy range, I take no pills except a B12, and I am a regular visitor to the gym. Never felt better!

[austinbux]

The Telegraph is the paper of choice for livestock farmers, gamekeepers, and other industries that are threatened by the rise of a compassionate lifestyle.

[lucindabreeding]

I'm chubby.

My life before veganism: eAt A dAmN vEgEtAbLe!

After going vegan: nOt LiKe ThAt!

[MrNick]

Dr. Greger did a thorough review of the study on stroke risk and showed that the vegans used for the study even had higher BMI, but because they were healthier they "corrected" the data for their better health condition. They actually had a lower rate, but the "correction" made it look higher in the results.

[libiure]

it's just difficult to understand why meat eaters are so fixated on vegans - especially since the adverse effects of eating meat has been well documented for decades ..

[jordanjtbraun]

I find it funny that it claimed that calcium absorption from dairy is better than from plants. If that is so, why do the countries with the highest dairy intake also have the highest rates of osteoporosis. If calcium is your goal, dairy aint your magic bullet.

[terryjackson]

Meat, dairy, feed and subsequent chemicals account for at least 75% of Big Ag's profits. What you're seeing is hundreds of million$ spent buying off media and "influencers".
The first thing that should be done: A law that influencers must disclose when they are being paid to produce content taking a certain stance (i.e. advertising disguised as word of mouth).
Lobbyists are sending influencers NDAs and then paying them to produce content. Political groups are also doing this. Its rampant and very destructive.

[Avianthro]

The meat-eating majority giving us another classic example of normal human behavior: We believe what we want to believe and then we rationalize it. There are then two kinds of science: one that rationalizes and one that tries without bias to search for truth...the latter is true science...Thanks for being on the side of true science Mic!

[robbaldwin]

I can't believe the rabidly conservative newspaper would run such an unbalanced article on veganism.

[krishnaveganathar]

The dangers of being healthy. It’s like saying, I’m not gonna ride a mountain bike because I might get hurt—-as opposed to your health significantly increasing.

On the other hand: the dangers of being lonely.

[strawberrycake]

It’s really tiresome especially as a young woman watching so many people propped up as examples of beauty and health mask their disordered eating under the guise of veganism. Not only is it morally questionable in regard to the very real and serious movement it undermines. It also doesn’t leave room for accountability in recovery. It leads to a gateway of shedding one disordered eating pattern for another and discrediting something that is so positive for so many others who aren’t eating restrictively, potentially discouraging new comers and leaving a terrible example of how to care for oneself the planet, and animals in its wake. There is a self centeredness in this framing of veganism that people consistently refuse to acknowledge.

[RapunzelASMR]

vegan for 22 years, on the brink of death pray for me
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[joshwong]

Ohhhh I read this hit piece on Veganism 😅 and they call themselves journalists😂

[ApexHerbivore]

Decided after 8 years of veganism to get my (Male, 47) blood work done. Just out of interest. Went for a check up at the doctor's and was told my heart rate is 61, BP 120 over 80, and my B12, iron, and every other thing they checked for were absolutely bang on the middle of range.