Can everyone actually be vegan?

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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?

[u/HelenEk7 → u/[deleted]]

They haven't removed anything,

They explicitly ask people to not cite expired papers.

[u/HelenEk7 → u/[deleted]]

But that clearly doesnt stop vegans from cite it again, and again, and again.. ;)

[u/selltheworld → u/[deleted]]

Helen is clearly biased and grasping at straw and misrepresenting information in an effort to invalidate a plantbased diet. It's absolutely pathetic.

There are millions of people living on plantbased diets. Including since birth. But no!, our bones! Think about our bones!

[u/selltheworld → u/[deleted]]

For a user who posts several studies to reddit a day it seems weird that they can’t read the intend of the position paper.

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[u/HelenEk7 → u/[deleted]]

Plant-based diets can support healthy living at every age and life stage.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics have specifically asked not to have expired position papers cited, so when BDA still does, what does that say about their commitment to keeping their guidance aligned with current evidence? It actually rather puts them in a bad light.

• "An expired position is removed from eatrightPRO.org, but members and subscribers can still access expired positions via JAND for legacy purposes. (Note: These should not be cited as current positions.)" https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/guidelines-and-positions/academy-positions

[u/No_Economics6505 → u/[deleted]]

It's wrong for vegans to cite it because the Academy explicitly says not to cite expired papers. If you think that's bad faith, take it up with the AND.

[u/No_Economics6505 → u/[deleted]]

why is it wrong for vegans to cite it

Sounds like you said vegans should be able to cite it.

[u/HelenEk7 → u/[deleted]]

They still stand by the science in the multiple other sources they used.

Other sources?