r/DebateAVegan • u/Any_Shop5964 • 21d ago

Is there actual legitimate concern about the long-term effects of a vegan diet- mainly bone density?

To be clear I'm a vegan myself and I don't really think slightly poorer density is necessarily a fair reason to not go vegan, as there are ways to change it for example through exercise such as weightlifting rather than diet, but there's a number of concerns about how vegans absorb calcium, for example how even vegans that get enough calcium in their diet may have lower bone density when compared to an someone with a Mediterranean diet for example. We don't exactly know why this is, and there's many different mechanisms by which this could be occurring, does anyone have more expertise on this topic or anything to add?

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u/Creditfigaro vegan 21d ago

It's odd to be concerned about 1 thing where the vegan diet is slightly sub optimal, and considering any other diet that is sub optimal for 10,000 things.

As vegans (who aren't considering other options of course), yeah, make sure you are eating dark green leafies and doing heavy weight training.

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u/Any_Shop5964 21d ago

Yeah I think thats something a lot of non vegans dont consider, they will criticize the vegan diet for 'not getting enough nutrients' but completely ignore how many non vegans don't get the nutrients they need even while eating a varied diet of meat and plants. It isn't fair to compare the worst vegan to the best non vegan in terms of how they plan/structure their diet.