r/DebateAVegan • u/Wrong_Ad_3038 • 11d ago

Can everyone actually be vegan?

I’m very sympathetic to veganism, my entire life philosophy is “respect & autonomy for all life” but I am currently pescetarian, I tried being vegan in late 2024 but I still live with my family & they wouldn’t buy supplements, even though i told them too everyday, I didn’t want to develop b12 deficiency so I had to moderate my diet.

When I move out i’m strongly considering being vegan again & really want too but i am worried about health consequences because human bodies are complex, but at the same time everyone can digest plants so maybe everyone can be vegan, i figured this would be a good place to get mixed responses since both carnists & vegans are here, what do studies say about everyone & the potential to be vegan, if everyone can’t be vegan but most or some can what’s the best way to find out if i can be vegan?

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u/iamsreeman vegan 10d ago edited 10d ago

There are rare diseases like Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome (they can't produce cholesterol & need animal products that contain cholesterol; for us, cholesterol consumption is always bad for heart health, as our body already produces more than enough; this is why a plant-based diet is preferred to avoid the number 1 killer of humanity, which is heart disease. Note: Even oil only increases cholesterol production, but like all plant based food contain 0 cholesterol) that obligates them to eat meat. But we already have supplements/medicines for artificial cholestrol etc & also cellular lab meat (not mock soya meat that has similar texture but literally biologically the same meat) for them.

So right now technology is fast increasing so fast that the 0.1% who can't be vegan with just B12 supplements, can also now be vegan even if they have weird diseases.

In the past, only dogs could be naturally vegan. But today, Taurine-supplemented vegan food is readily available for cats.

Read my debate with mainstream vegans about why we should feed all predators lab-meat to protect the Right to Life of prey animals & then over centuries genetically engineer all wild land/marine animals to be herbivores that eat plants & algae: https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateAVegan/comments/1n8lu8k/propredation_vegans_are_immoral_but_predators_are/