Genuinely curious I have been seeing some nutrition stuff that made me start questioning why I eat processed foods and junk food for pleasure and whats really in it for me other than dopamine boost with candies, for example. Now I’m wondering about what I’m asking in the title.

  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
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    9 hours ago

    Going entirely vegan isn’t the easiest thing to pull off for everyone, but you absolutely could cut out the vast majority of animal products that we consume. I think there’s an argument to be made for a certain level of consumption of animal products - perhaps not from a moral standpoint but arguably from a health point of view.

    • shashi@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      My question is more directed to health, it’s not that I don’t care about the moral standpoint being stated but there are probably a lot of discussions on it already I assume so I was more interested in terms of health, like what kind of nutrients would be missing from someone only eating fruits and/or what about if the person is combining fruits with plants on daily basis? I know fruits are rich in vitamins and we actually don’t need vitamins in high dose but all food has a mix of nutrients AFAIK correct me if I’m wrong I’d be happy to learn :) also I learnt about Kañiwa recently which is a superfood but its not something you can easily find around

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
      6·
      9 hours ago

      I don’t know where OP lives, but for the vast majority of people in the world, it’s cheaper to cook plant based meals than eating meat, eggs and dairy foods. The exceptions is in places that have poor access to fresh food. But even then usually rice and dry beans is the cheapest food and very shelf stable.

      The main reason it might be hard to pull off is if OP is not able to cook due to lack of skill, time, space, time. Many people end up depending on frozen meals or cheap take out because they have 2 jobs or something. But if you have time to cook and access to a supermarket, there’s nothing hard about vegan cooking.