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jayhl217 t1_j7mlnb1 wrote

Does this mean that vegans will be smaller? What about children who are vegan?

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bigtimephonk t1_j7pq53i wrote

>A recent review of vegan diets in children brings together data from 437 publications with most studies confirming that vegan children have normal growth rates, well within the normal range and a number of benefits that relate to a lower intake of saturated fat, the increased consumption of fibre and phytonutrients and a lower body weight and body fat (8).

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2792/rr

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szpaceSZ t1_j7ofhq6 wrote

There is a reason why we do not see huge vegan populations on earth.

Were it more evolutionary for than a mixed consumption, we'd see large groups.

There are not. The closest we get are large religion is vegetarian groups.

Going vegan is clearly evolutionarily unfit.

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aupri t1_j7r7ce8 wrote

I mean yeah, if you’re living in prehistoric/ancient times with a scarcity of food then having more sources of food to use is beneficial, but that isn’t really an issue in modern society. People in developed countries are more likely to be overweight than undernourished, because, like many other evolutionary holdovers from our prehistoric past, the urge to eat any and all food you can get your hands on no longer a positive trait in modern society. What was evolutionarily beneficial thousands to millions of years ago is, surprise, not the same as what’s beneficial now

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NakoL1 t1_j7phtne wrote

This result has probably more to do with protein intake than milk specifically. On average so many children eat bad diets that vegan ones are generally better off

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