I've had this IRL discussion too many times, where the non-veg person says that a lack of meat affects their sleep, energy level, digestion, etc. I'm not a dickhead, and I don't argue with people's lived experience, even if it feels very sus.

I've done a good faith search for evidence of how certain people might have negative health effects from not eating meat, and nothing turns up. (Short of just having a bad veg diet) Maybe I'm missing something. It's just frustrating how often people use this as an excuse, and they're often anti-vegan in their wider ideology.

  • JisPichi [any, any]
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    9 days ago

    Any change in diet will take time for your body and gut microbes to adjust to. Going suddenly from a lot of meat to zero meat may absolutely cause people to think that the vegan diet is unhealthy for them

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
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      8 days ago

      My feeling is that people try full veg for a week, have a miserable time, and just make up whatever health stuff they feel like they had.