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organicAnt  ·  3468 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death - hilarious presentation by MD M. Greger

The author starts with the warning:

    "Vegans offer some good arguments based on ethics, environmental protection, cruelty to animals, and sustainability. I won’t get into those issues here. I’ll only address the scientific evidence behind the health claims."

And after all the bashing the author concludes with

    "The vegan diet can be a healthy one, and I wouldn’t discourage anyone from following it; "

So the disagreement is not that the vegan diet isn't beneficial in its many fronts, the disagreement is on the extent of such benefits. I'm sure there's plenty of room for discussion on this after we've all become vegan. Until then such a discussion is merely a distraction from the core issues.