Comment by HWR_14
2 years ago
I clicked on a few at random. I saw vegetarianism "with comprehensive lifestyle changes" in one case. "Well-planned" vegan meals compared to a standard (less planned) omnivore diet in another.
Obviously, physically active vegetarians who carefully consider their diet (and eat specifically balanced non-ultraprocessed food) compares well to 100% fast food eating couch potatoes. Also obviously, it's far easier to have a nutritional deficit with vegetarian food.
I have yet to see a study where vegetarianism is just imposed with no other guidance. If you have one, I would love to see it.
There's also the Stanford twins experiment where the omnivore diet is also very healthy.[1]
There's plenty of Harvard studies too.
There's an abundance of literature that meat causes cancer, cardiovascular diseases, etc, but people aren't different to 50s smokers.
Seriously. It's so obvious that cattle farming is among the most earth destroying activities but people prefer not to see, because it impacts their life. Easier to she'll 50k on a Tesla to feel good.
Also, just to point out, I'm not a vegan, all I'm saying is that meat should be heavily limited, which is what I do myself.
[1] https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/11/twin-diet-veg...
> physically active vegetarians who carefully consider their diet
Or copy-paste vegetarian culinary traditions. They have worked out most of the dietary kinks.