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muriel_volestrangler

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89. Your link do not mention "malnutrition" at all, let alone "widespread"

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:25 AM

Oct 2021

It's a scare word you've introduced. What the link says is that some fatty acids and vitamins can't be obtained from their assumed diet with no animal input. So what this means is that vegans need to be careful to include things in their diet that do, rather than going with the diet that study assumed.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323144#vegetarian-and-vegan-sources-of-omega-3

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