Last night on a TV commercial channel, there was an episode of a 'health' program where several people were tested for their health. There was a heavy meat eater, a woman who had a proportion of meat plus vegies, there was a vegetarian, and a vegan. The tests revealed that the heavy meat eater had a high cholesterol reading but was otherwise ok, the other omni and the vegie had great readings, but the vegan had extremely low b12. It was really annoying that the guy they chose as the vegan was a pretty extreme raw vegan. And the conclusion by the health person was that the heavy meat eater should trim the fat and take smaller meals, the omni and the vegie were just perfect, but the vegan should see his medico about the low b12, after all, she said, you can only get b12 from meat, so he has to decide if he is willing to take some meat to overcome the consequences of such low b12, such as anaemia.
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