How Veganism is bad for you
Here's why I believe veganism is one of the most unhealthy diets you can be on. If you don't know what a vegan diet is here's a little back story. Veganism is defined as a way of living that attempts to exclude all forms of animal exploitation and cruelty, whether for food, clothing or any other purpose. A vegan diet - which is vegetarian but without dairy and eggs - is one of the most unhealthy diets in my opinion. This is not because I have any personal bias against it, but because it has been proven that some of the mandatory vitamins that you can get from something like eggs or meat for example vitamin b12. Typically the problems start with a lack of appetite, energy, and strength, and escalate over time to chronic fatigue, dental problems, muscle wasting, premature aging, digestive issues, skin conditions, and very often a mental-health issue: anxiety, panic, mood swings, depression, or eating disorders. This decline in health happens slowly in most people, so it isn’t always clear to them what the root cause is. But when I treat clients in this downward spiral I frequently see the common denominator is a vegan diet. This is not only because a vegan diet removes some of the foods that are most nutritionally dense - namely meat, dairy, and eggs - but because it usually replaces them with grains and vegetable oils - which provide cheap, nutritionally-empty calories, and invariably create a lot of inflammation and health problems.
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