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Comment Re:We need to get with the times. (Score 1) 342

Inevitably suffer from? That would suggest that it's a serious and widespread problem, and thus there would be studies proving it. But there aren't. In fact, vegans have the lowest rates of dementia and stroke ever observed. Look at the latest large-scale, long-term nutrition studies. This is why every large health organization is now supporting 100% plant-based diets as being nutritionally adequate for all stages of life.

Comment Re:We need to get with the times. (Score 1) 342

It takes 10-20lbs of feed to make 1lb of meat according to the industry's own numbers, and about the same for a gallon of milk. It's horribly inefficient, and shows that by not eating meat you gain a 10-20x more efficient food source (10-20lbs of corn or soy), and cause 10-20x less "by-kill" during crop production. So vegans still cause immensely less harm overall if that is your concern.

Comment Re:But is it food. (Score 1) 342

Meat obviously isn't the solution, when 39% of all Americans are B12 deficient. Americans have nearly the highest per-capita consumption of animal products in world. Everyone should supplement B12.

We evolved to get all of the B12 we needed from fresh water but with the advent of water treatment, we lost that source. 1.2ml of water from certain ponds is enough to meet our daily requirements, and 1 liter from almost any fresh water source more than exceeds our needs. Don't drink pond water unless you enjoy dysentery though—vegans need to supplement B12, as do meat eaters.

Comment Re:But is it food. (Score 1) 342

Vegans have significantly lower rates of diabetes in all of the recent large-scale, long-term studies (even after adjustments for lifestyle, income, ethnicity, gender, location, etc). Type 2 diabetes is caused by a buildup of excess fat, primarily in muscle cells, which inhibit the regulation of insulin. A high-fiber, low-fat, low-refined sugar diet is the best solution. This is why you see such high rates of diabetes among atkins (AKA low-carb, keto, etc) diet practitioners.

Comment Re:20% of GHGs not from ruminant animals really (Score 0) 283

The bulk of the food cows are eating is unfit for human consumption. You couldn't feed it to people even if you wanted to. Our digestive system is completely different and can't be "upgraded" to work like that of a cow.

Calories are not all equals, otherwise we could just feast on corn sugar all day and be healthy.

If you want to be a vegan because you feel sad thinking about animals being slaughtered or because you have a craving for foliage, knock yourself out, but stop peddling that bullshit that's been around since the hippies.

Our digestive system can't digest corn and soy? That's what cows are fed in industrial agriculture. Get your facts straight and ease back on your venomous hate.

Comment Re:20% of GHGs not from ruminant animals really (Score 5, Interesting) 283

Most of their diet is grass while in pasture, hay over the winter, and grain when fattening them up for slaughter. Grass and corn grow very well with little help beyond planting and limited watering...the cows get most of that water from eating grass in their pasture and drinking from ponds in the pasture.

This is a romantic view of how cows are reared. The cows in our food chains are in fact fed almost entirely on corn and soy, and they don't have any pasture or ponds to drink from. Animal agriculture is in fact an industrial commodity produced using factory farming methods. The water problem lies in the fact that it takes all the fresh water that a cow drinks, plus all the water used to irrigate the 10-40 pounds of feed (for each pound of meat), plus the loss of fresh water in the supply that is polluted with their sewage. The EPA themselves estimate that 2,500 head of cattle produce the same amount of raw sewage as 411,000 people.

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