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Why Vegan Diets Suck By Kris Gunnars

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I have never been a huge fan of vegetarian diets, meaning that I would never be a vegan myself. I truly believe that you need some animal fat in your diet to be healthy, not to mention I like meat and dairy products too much to give them up. If others want to choose that lifestyle I have no issues with it but I do wonder if it really can be healthy for a person not to eat any animal products, can your body get enough protein and fat to fill it's nutritional needs? Aren't our bodies made to eat meats and other animal products, and where do you get good fat and iron in your diet if you don't eat lean meat? What other nutrients are you not getting by not eating meat? Would cave men and women survived if they would have just eaten fruits and berries? But then I also wonder if our society would be a lot healthier if we all did in fact only eat a vegan diet and didn't have all these fats to over indulge. …show more content…

No known plant can give you vitamin B12, which is vital to blood and brain function and is involves in every cell function in the body. The other nutrients that are also only found in animal proteins that vegans lack in their diets are essential amino acids, Creatine, Carnosine, and Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA). Eating meat is something that we have been doing for thousands of years and our bodies are made to eat meats and other animal

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