February 18, 2015
[Editor’s Note: I know many very health conscious people are very dedicated to veganism, but I believe this story is worthy of open-mined consideration. I have personally seen and read about the often devastating results of a strict vegan diet many times. Some of the unhealthiest and unhealthiest-looking people I have known have been strict vegans. I know the same can be said about unhealthy eaters in the other direction, but there is usually less pretense of good health by over-indulgers there. Having said that I still believe that our diet should be significantly tilted more toward a vegetable and fruit diet than toward meat. My personal opinion is that the optimal diet should be no more than 25% meat and fish with the 75% balance toward fruits and vegetables. Let’s also not ignore that a strict vegan diet for a short time, especially when dealing with serious health issues, can be immensely beneficial or even essential in healing. Meat can be much more difficult to digest and if one is seriously ill, temporarily removing or reducing this extra stress can aid significantly in healing. But a temporary vegan diet should be done so in conjunction with adequate supplementation to make up for the loss of essential meat protein and nutrients. ]
originally posted by Tasha at http://voraciouseats.com/
(The Best Years in Life) Many of you know that I have recently been struggling for the first time in my life with health problems. When I discovered that my problems were a direct result of my vegan diet I was devastated. 2 months ago, after learning the hard way that not everyone is capable of maintaining their health as a vegan, I made one of the most difficult decisions of my life and gave up veganism and returned to eating an omnivorous diet. My health immediately returned. This experience has been humbling, eye-opening, and profoundly transformative. To hear the whole story, just keep reading.
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When the doctor first told me that I had numerous vitamin and mineral deficiencies, that I was almost anemic, and my B12 was so low she wanted to give me an injection immediately, I refused to believe her. I actually asked her to show me the blood test results because I thought there had to be some sort of mistake. But there was no mistake, it was right there in black and white; deficiencies and abnormalities across the board.
The results explained perfectly why I had been feeling weak and exhausted for more than 6 months. Whereas I had previously lived for working out and even an hour on the elliptical wasn’t enough for me, lately doing more than 20 minutes at a leisurely pace caused me to yearn to spend the rest of the day in bed recuperating. When I could I slept till noon, I felt lightheaded when I stood up, I couldn’t remember simple words or the names of my friends, and I was freezing cold even in the midst of a sweltering Saudi summer. Of the myriad symptoms I’ve listed here and the ones I will not be describing publicly, the absolute worst of all was my depression. This awful, lifelong foe I’ve been battling on and off was sneaking back into my life, painting the edges of my world a sickening black and stealing the joy that I had fought so desperately to regain.
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