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As someone who regularly works with registered dietitians in clinical settings, some of which hold PhDs, please stop spreading misinformation from a place of hate and prejudice.
Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27886704/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12778049/
They posted peer-reviewed papers from medical nutrition research groups, what exactly would be these researchers incentive for pushing misinformation about diets?
It's all big eggplant man
I keep trying to plant eggs and they never grow. It's a conspiracy.
Big Eggplant Man, the lesser known brother of Doctor Eggman
they posted that can indeed suck a black mans cock. but are you going to do that?
what exactly would these researchers incentive for pushing misinformation?
well....lets see, a failed degree and life choices coupled with the fact that if they don't change tact they will be as rich as a mary K agent.
No sources and racism........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Post your peer reviewed contrary article about dicks so we can discuss instead
Dude, just do us all a favour and go back to twitter. You're like the drunk homeless guy at the bar that brings the mood down for everyone else. And I get that you're the kind of person that enjoys ruining things for other people, but can you just not? Just go outside or do something productive with your life instead?
Racialising penises is some fucking pathetic shit. Men who are confident in their masculinity don't need to tie it or their penis to notions of race. They love their penises (or lack thereof) no matter what their colour, because masculinity comes from within, and it is embodied by strength of independent will. Whether you abandon your own strength and rest your masculinity on the social construct of supremacy, or think that another man's race can overshadow your own independent manhood, you are pathetic, and unworthy to call yourself a man. The only identity you have succeeded in embodying is cowardice.
What too much meat does to a racist mf.
Legal bachelors is not the same as medical science you absolute dunce. So you just don't believe people can do research on medicine?
Telling people how to diet? You clearly have absolutely no idea what a registered dietitian. I'm not going to waste any more time on an obvious troll.
What specific nutrient can vegans not get on a plant based diet?
Can? None. ACTUALLY IRL? PLENTY
Vitamin B-12 deficiency is more prevalent in vegans.
That doesn't mean that vitamin diets always give you a deficiency. You can still get B12 as a vegan.
Never said you couldn't. It's just that a vegan diet is highly correlated with vitamin B12 deficiency.
Might aswell pop in supplements all day and call it a vegan diet if you want.
@SchizoDenji @BluesF in my mind, it's common knowledge among vegans that you should be taking a B12 supplement if you are vegan.
You can get B12 from a bunch of stuff and not have to. I've been vegan for long stretches (vegetarian most of the time) and had no issues.
You're right, it is. My wife takes B-12 supplements because she's vegan and has a deficiency.
Yeah and heart disease is more prevalent in meat eaters. So what's your point here?
Bro there are dozens of species of mammals that get large amounts of protein from sources other than meat.
Yes, but they're capable of ruminating and/or other tricks. (I think vegan and vegetarian diets are fine, just want to be accurate.)
Yeah that is true, I wish I had the stomach enzymes of a goat...
Humans are capable of eating an extremely broad variety of plants. Vegetarian diet is perfectly healthy for people. Vegan diet has only a few problems, which have already been solved. You can be vegan and live a very healthy life, but you have to supplement a few necessary nutrients. Meat has never been off the menu. It is possible to chose not to eat it, if you prefer that.
@Colorcodedresistor @wafflez What do you mean by meaningful? I almost feel like it's intentionally vague so as to be difficult to rebuke.
Do you just mean quantity or amount of protein? Or something else entirely.
It's my understanding that authorities on diet and nutrition all disagree with you. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/how-to-eat-a-balanced-diet/the-vegan-diet/
It's not about getting cancelled or politics, it's about living up to the ideal that humans are actually better than that, that we can feel empathy and sadness for other creatures suffering, and it's in our power to do something about it.
Potatoes.
Lol says you who is probably malnourished because you eat McDonald's 3 meals a day.