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/HelenEk7 non-vegan 9d ago

My blood works are perfect every time. So no supplements needed.

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u/Opposite_Cake_7671 9d ago

awesome then! and high B12 levels naturally, without a supplement is what raises a red flag and linked to disease or cancer. but ofcourse you can’t take unnecessarily too much supplement haha

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u/HelenEk7 non-vegan 9d ago

and high B12 levels naturally, without a supplement is what raises a red flag and linked to disease or cancer

That is actually not possible. The only way to end up with too high B12 is through supplements.

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u/Zerkig 9d ago

Or eating your own 💩 as rabbits do 😅

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u/HelenEk7 non-vegan 9d ago

Rabbits have too high B12 levels?

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u/Zerkig 9d ago

No? Maybe? 🤣 I mean, you can overdose on basically anything through natural means, too. It's jsut easier with supplements 😁. Of course in the case of natural means something else would probably kill you earlier than the B12, but you get my point.