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stopandtime t1_is43sm9 wrote

Reply to comment by TheLeakingPen in Meat, vegetables and health — interpreting the evidence: Although questions remain about several diet and disease associations, current evidence supports dietary guidelines to limit red meat and increase vegetable intake. by Meatrition

also with alot of these epidemiological studies they look at correlation, not causation. For example - people who enjoy eating meat are also far more likely to have a unhealthy lifestyle with tobacco/alcohol/no exercise. And with epidemiological studies these confounding factors are extremely hard to control for.

It's the same thing with cholesterol - cholesterol is 100% healthy and the body absolutely needs it, but it is the high sugar/carbohydrates that screws it up for people.

Humans aren't designed to eat grass, and while you can survive by being on a vegan diet - you have to exert far more resources to get the same gains someone that has meat in their diet does

why bother?

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TarthenalToblakai t1_is516yl wrote

"while you can survive by being on a vegan diet - you have to exert far more resources to get the same gains someone that has meat in their diet does"

That isn't true in the least.

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