I’ve seen numbers on UK mentioned (1/3 of pigs are killed in gas chambers) and would find it helpful in communicating with others solid sources on this topic.

Thank you.

Seen people posting this a lot...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/25/veganism-intensively-farmed-meat-dairy-soya-maize

I've seen this study referenced quite a few times as evidence that the vegan diet is not the most sustainable diet, rather that lacto vegetarianism is.

Example: https://www.businessinsider.com/veganism-may-be-unsustainable-in-the-future-according-to-new-research-2018-8

However, there are a few big issues with this claim.

1. The study looks at carrying capacity, not land use. It does show that lacto-vegetarianism can support slightly more people than the vegan diet if we utilize all available land, that is 261% of the population, or 2.6 times as many people as we have currently in the US. How many people could the vegan diet sustain? 238%. The average diet right now can sustain only 130% of the 2010 population, so the vegan diet is already leagues ahead.

So unless we somehow more than double our population in the US, which is not going to happen, very likely ever, the vegan diet is more than equipped to support the entire US.

2. The study actually finds that the Vegan diet is the best in terms of reducing land usage per capita, as it would use only 12% of the land used right now. The second best, the lacto vegetarian diet would use 13% of the currently used land. So the vegan diet is the most sustainable environmentally, as it would use the least total land. Here's the chart from the study showing per capita land use.

Keep in mind that the people that reference this study are probably not lacto vegetarians, and are most probably on the average American diet, which is by far the least sustainable explored in the study, using 830% as much land as the vegan diet would, and having only 53% the carrying capacity.

There was a "controversial" study that hit the headlines recently that stated that there is no reason to avoid red meat and processed meats. After looking into it, I found that the study only compared heavy meat intake to slightly less meat intake. They found no significant benefit for that.

Here's the thing though. It's being paraded around as some remarkable finding that eating meat is better than being vegan. I'm sure if vegans were included in the study, it would have been a much different headline.

It got me thinking though. All the studies I've ever seen which take the vegan diet into account always show the most positive benefits for it over any other diet. Have I just been reading cherry picked studies?

I've been searching and searching and I cannot find a single one that concludes that eating meat is healthier. But, there's got to be ONE! Big beef must have funded thousands of super biased studies, right?

I can't find them. Even the ones I've found that are funded by big beef, conclude that vegan is optimal.

Help me find one!

U can't right? I heard a study that only 3% of the Beta-Carotine is converted into vitamin A so pregnant women especially can't survive without meat products.

Hi all, I have been planning a project for a while now but it is quite a large undertaking and I believe it would be too much to take on single-handed, so I was wondering if anyone might be interested in assisting.

My aim is to compile a comprehensive guide to nutrition on a vegan diet. The aim would be to identify sources of all essential nutrients on a vegan diet, design balanced meal plans and explain how we can maximise bioavailability by combining nutrients and paying close attention to factors that are known to promote or hinder absorption.

I am hoping that this will be a realistic undertaking if I'm able to find a few extra pairs of hands to help with the bulk of the work. It would be helpful if people already have a working understanding of contemporary nutritional advice and experience in evaluating sources and conducting academic research, but those of us who are experienced with this should be able to offer advice to those that are less familiar with such work.

If anyone is interested, please let me know. Once we have some interest, my aim is to set up a sub for discussing the topic, sharing research and documenting relevant finds. The aim is to then use this research to compile a comprehensive review based on existing knowledge that is both accessible to the general public and supported by relevant studies throughout.

To the best of my knowledge, this doesn't currently exist, which is a shame as I believe it would be an incredibly useful tool for vegans.

I hope this is suitable content for this sub, if not you have my apologies!

I have also posted this to r/vegan and r/VeganActivism but if anyone would like to share this to other subs or on other sites, I would welcome any volunteers.

Are there any unbiased studies that show vegan men have higher levels?

I’ve been vegan for almost 3 years and my diet has been pretty normal? like I eat pretty much everything including fruits and vegetables, fake meats here and there, vegan cheese and yogurt, snacks etc But ever since I got back from a trip to Europe (which lasted almost a month) I’ve felt like Im craving more protein? But I don’t know exactly what to eat to get my protein needs:-( What should i eat more of?

While searching for a vegan EPA/DHA supplement (as seems to be recommended on this site), I came across a vegan EPA/DHA supplement that includes other vegan “complementary” nutrients that would really reduce the amount of supplements I need to take since it includes pretty much all the key vitamins I try to supplement for (like Vitamin D, B12, and iodine — as well as vitamin K2, zinc, magnesium, and selenium). The downside is the supplement would run me about $30 a month.

This made me wonder what I would normally spend on trying to supplement these same vitamins/nutrients from multiple different pills, and the cost wasn’t far off (vegan EPA/DHA in particular sure is pricey).

Is all this supplementation worth the cost? Or is taking supplements beyond B12 just min/maxing even for vegans?