Hello SS.
I make this reply from an unbiased perspective. I am not anti-vegan or anti-animal product.
I seek absolute truth.
At the end of this reply I will state my theory.
Mageson666 said:
The reality of this diet for 200 years in the western world is it simply does not work. Today what happens is people go on this diet for a couple of years and use up the reserves of animal products in their system as the body is designed to go thought periods of scarcity to keep humans alive in times of famine and such. Once this happens they hit the wall physically and find out the supplements don't work. The fact is many get to the point they need B12 injections for absorption rates to be enough so they don't fall ill and risk the other dangerous situations which can be fatal from lack of B12. Children raised vegan have been put in wheel chairs from the effects of low B12. That is just one supplement issue.
For B12 (methylcobalamin), it is true that 1% of the supplement gets absorbed.
1.5 Microgram of B12 is needed each day.
So consuming 150 micrograms of vitamin b12 supplement would provide 100% of the daily requirement.
So perhaps the people who end up needing injections are the people who've taken far less than 150 micrograms. (Perhaps they've underdosed. Or they took a weaker form of B12, like cyanocobalamin).
Mageson666 said:
That is just one supplement issue.
What are the other issues?
Mageson666 said:
200 Years Of Failure Of Veganism
The first vegan movements happened in England in the earlier part of the 19th century.
The reality of this diet for 200 years in the western world is it simply does not work.
After a 200 year diet failed experiment what more do people need to understand.
Mageson states that veganism started in the early 19th century (i presume 1800 - 1850), and that veganism is a failure.
B Vitamins were discovered between 1910 and 1950. And ways of creating effective supplements for some of them came even later than that (after 1970).
So obviously veganism was unsuccessful when it started in the 1800s - there were no supplements back then.
So I don't think the failure of 200 years ago is relevant to veganism today, because science has now given us effective supplements.
Mageson666 said:
The biggest lie the vegans tell is you can get all your protein from plants and that plant protein is more then enough.
To what extent is this true?
There are 9 proteins which the body can't make on its own, and needs to get those from food. There isn't a single plant source that has all 9 of the proteins. If it does then it doesn't have them in large enough amounts. But combining plant foods certainly does allow someone to meet the daily protein requirement. A vegan might have to consume more grams of plant than grams of meat to get the same amount of protein, depending on which protein source they choose. Though I don't see how that means that a vegan can't get the required amount of protein from plant.
Ol argedco luciftias said:
Your brain also is made from a large percentage of myelin. Myelin is made directly from animal fat, and there is no way to make it from any kind of vegan source.
Which fat is being refered to? If its palmitic acid or omega-3, they've numerous plant sources. I humbly request to know which fat you've talked about.
Ol argedco luciftias said:
Also calcium. Vegans like to say that very dark green leaves have a large amount of calcium. This is true, but it is important to think how the calcium is contained. The calcium in these plants is contained inside a molecule where the calcium is so strongly held inside of it that the body is not able to break this apart. The body is not able to digest this and remove the calcium from it, and it is not able to absorb it.
Indeed, the body has difficulty absorbing nutrients when they're bound to certain molecules/proteins. In the case of calcium, several calcium salts exists which are easily absorbed by the body. Some of those salts (calcium carbonate) can cause negative side effects (such as raising the pH of stomach acid), though not all of the salts cause side effects. One such salt, calcium citrate, is absorbed well by the body and doesn't cause negative side effect when ingested in the correct amount.
There are many forms of calcium found in dairy products. The form of calcium which our bodies the absorb most from dairy is another calcium salt called calcium lactate. Pure calcium lactate salt can be supplemented, meaning that vegans can absorb the exact same form of calcium that's found in dairy - without having to consume any animal product.
Also there exist chelates of calcium (calcium lysinate), and chelates of many other nutrients. Chelates are absorbed well by the body. In some cases, the nutrient in chelate supplements are absorbed better than the nutrient from animal sources.
Ol argedco luciftias said:
Sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. If any of these 4 elements are deficient in the body, there starts to be things like strong muscle pains and dehydration in the cells.
Those electrolyte nutrients are common and the body can easily absorb them from salts or chelate supplements, or regular plant food. Unless there're underlying health conditions, deficiency of those nutrients are rare for a vegan.
Ol argedco luciftias said:
Another important one is B vitamins. These naturally come from meat. There is no vegan source of B vitamins. So when they are not getting any vitamin B naturally, they try to eat supplement pills. But the various kinds of B vitamins are actually complicated molecules, and it is not possible to make them synthetically in a lab. The lab can make a small piece or something similar, but they are not able to make the real thing.
As stated by SS Ol argedco, the same nutrient can be found in many different molecular forms. The body requires a specific form of the nutrient, not just something similar. Once a vegan knows which nutrient is 'the real thing' and which one is just 'similar', they can seek to consume supplements which contain the 'real one'. Thus eliminating a cause of nutrient deficiency.
Certainly, veganism is unsustainable to someone with less education on the matter.
Some nutrients are not found in plants. Those nutrients must be supplemented.
Some supplements are found with undesireable additives in them. Some are found with additives that are beneficial.
Some supplements have no additives at all and are pure nutrient.
A person can compare the different products to know which one has little or no side effect. Then they can calculate (based on bioavailability) how much of it their body needs to consume in order to absorb 100% of the daily requirement of protein, mineral, vitamin, and omega oil.
That would allow a person to sustain veganism indefinetly.
That's my theory anyway. If someone
knows with absolute certainty that I'm wrong, I'd be eternally grateful to be enlightened on this matter.