Future plans. Scientific based vegan website blog, webcomic, or something.
I doubt these plans will ever come to fruition. You know you've hit it big when you have your own web comic even if nobody reads it. I am fed up with all this health advice especially pertaining to diet. It feels like a bunch of rich white people have nothing better to do than to waste time and money on quackery.
I detest quackery. Go to sciencebasedmedicine, quackwatch, or the skepdoc right now if you hate quackery as much as I do. I'm sure these people can explain better than me.
Nevertheless, I have personal experience however weak evidence it is, people seem to care about it. Besides the personal experience is backed by science, it is plausible that I am telling the truth. By the way I welcome legitimate, scientific, constructive, and polite criticism. Not "hey you breath stinks and your a insert random swear word here."
All the contradictions between diet really bothers me. Sure, there might be a few extremists that promote quack physical fitness. Yet, the harm seems less. How many people have died to quack running, swimming, etc? I don't know, but I have a feeling the harm is minimal. Overall, the main problem seems a lack of physical fitness in general.
Now compare this diet. From probably plausible to straight out dangerous quack. Vegetarian, wheat belly, paleo, vegan, raw vegan, raw paleo, and the most ridiculous breatharian. Note there are many more. See link [3]. There seems no end to the amount of ridiculous and down right dangerous diets.
Vegetarian will probably help you become slightly healthier and is plausible. Wheat belly, a diet which advocates the avoidance of wheat seems healthy and plausible enough. Paleo is a more restrictive, no dairy nor grains, yet seems safe enough. Some will argue about definitions, but then again people will always argue about semantics. If your definition of Paleo is very slightly different, who cares.
That's where safe ends. Vegan is not plausible nor safe without the guidance of a medical doctor. Why? At this point the diet is restrictive enough you can run into nutrient deficiencies that can be fatal. Not only that but vegetarians tend to be healthier than vegans. Sources, one of Harriett Hall's skepdoc videos. Sorry, this is only a very rough draft and I cannot source everything perfectly.
Does this mean you should give up on vegan or never consider vegan? No! There is plenty of ethical reasons to be vegan both from an animal rights perspective and environmental. Yet, there seems to be a very pushy subset of the vegan community.
This subset seems to think it is a good idea to push vegan onto others despite the risk. That somehow animal lives are higher value than humans. This really is a shame in my opinion and thus the reason for the website and this blog post. An attempt to separate the moderate and conservative vegans from the extreme liberal vegans that are tainting and destroying the vegan community.
In the words of Supergirl when facing Astra on climate change, quote might not be exact. "No cause, no matter how just when taken to extremes is good."
To paraphrase any cause taken too far corrupts. This is exactly what is going on in the vegan community. Some vegans even go so far as to say veganism is healthy. Veganism can be safe, but I would never call veganism healthy when other diets like vegetarian and Mediterranean diet are healthier.
If you want to be vegan do it for the animals and environment not for your health. Please stop distorting the facts vegan extremists you are only slowing down the movement. People have died from veganism. Yet, some vegans sadly ignore this fact and lead others astray.
I've established that veganism can be fatal. People can die from lack of B12 and other nutrients that a vegan diet lacks. Now on to other more extreme diets which are inherently more dangerous and less healthy.
Raw vegan, basically an extreme version of the vegan diet which restricts you even further. I have personally attempted this diet and it gave me a lot of gas. It is socially isolating. Social isolation is detrimental to human health. Has all the problems of the vegan diet plus more with no benefits. Avoid this diet, try to convince anyone following this diet to follow a more sensible and balanced diet.
Raw paleo, means raw meat, yuck! Some raw paleos or raw primal use primitive tools to hunt and kill animals. Both unhealthy and unethical. Personally I've never met one, but I've never met a flat earth person in person either. Yet, I can be reasonable sure this is not a joke and raw paleos exist. These people need critical thinking. Avoid this this diet.
Breatharian is by far the most ridiculous diet I've heard of. At least if you ate cotton balls you might get enough nutrients to survive for a short amount of time. What is breatharian? Basically fasting 24/7/365. Yes, no food. You will die quickly on this diet and even if you somehow survive you will lose so much muscle that you'll regret it. Stay away from this diet.
Even as I type this probably more unsafe fad diets have marched their way onto the Internet. Be skeptical of any new diet, I would personally wait at least a year after first hearing of the diet. If you really think this new fad diet is for you ask your medical doctor first. Search sciencebasedmedicine, quackwatch, and skepdoc before trying any new diet.
Also look for other quackery. For example many raw vegan books that I've read also have anti-vaccine and fluoride stances. Raw vegan websites also tend to be anti-vaccine and fluoride. Now travel to sciencebasedmedicine and quackwatch and see what they say about this. Fluoride is safe and effective as well as vaccines. If a new diet book states that a disproved myth like vaccines cause autism or fluoride is unsafe, you can safely assume the book is quack as well as the diet.
By simply knowing how to spot quackery you can vaccinate yourself against new forms of quackery.
Next chapter how to go vegan safely.
Not only do vegan extremist, which by the way tend to liberal, resort to quackery by overstating health benefits and promoting anti-vaccine and anti-fluoride, but they jump straight to the benefits of veganism. Instead of giving a reasoned response they act dogmatically.
Now, why do I focus on liberals? Because the flaws of conservatives are easier to spot and quacks in my experience tend to be liberal. Harriett Hall often states to be aware of huffington post a liberal website. Greenpeace preaches anti-gmo stances that land them a conspiracy-psueoscience reputation. Yes, the problem is mostly from the left, or liberals.
If you decide to go vegan, first consult your general practitioner. Get blood tests from time to time to test for nutrient deficiencies, and be at least 18. I hate to say it but humans have different nutrient needs at different age groups. I do not think it is safe for minors to be vegan. Many of the people who have died on vegan diets were under 18.
Next, be sure to have a balanced diet. Fortified foods may be a solution. Finally, avoid all the quack that tends to come with vegan. All the expensive organic, heirloom, anti-gmo, raw vegan, fruitarian, breatharian, fasting, anti-vaccine, anti-flouride, random quack, and all the conspiracy theories that tend to latch onto the vegan movement.
I saw a vegan give amateur chiropractic to another. Some examples of conspiracy theories are chem trails. This is wildly popular in vegan circles. You really need to develop strong critical thinking skills to be among fellow vegans. You may think there is safety in numbers. Gee, I am a vegan I will hang out with other vegans. Yet, this could be a costly mistake if it leads you down a road of extremism, quackery, and conspiracy theories.
Do not let these barnacles destroy a just cause. There is still plenty of reason to be vegan. Be prepared to face an onslaught of misinformation and propaganda. The main enemy of vegans is not the paleos or big meat, but other vegans who stray into quackery.
Instead, quacks focus on how to be vegan. How to buck the status quo, and oh by the way we can totally and completely trust Andrew Wakefield. There is no way that he fear mongered about vaccines for personal gain.
In contrast an honest and moderate or conservative vegan will tell you about the dangers of being vegans. How vegan is less healthy than vegetarian. Will guide you away from quackery towards mainstream medicine and critical thinking.
One more step. If you want to help animals, but are not up to the vegan challenge there is other ways. You can simply reduce the amount of animal product you eat. You can buy more humane foods, like cage free or pasture raised.
You can sign petitions and help pass laws that prevent animal cruelty. You can volunteer at your local ASPCA or animal rescue. Adopt not shop. Changing to a vegan diet is both difficult and can be dangerous. No conservative vegan will fault you for not being up to the daunting task.
In conclusion, quack extremist vegans will push you out of veganism or kill you and hurt the vegan movement. Moderate scientific vegans understand and explain the difficulties and dangers of veganism while weeding out quackery. The former corrupts the movement artificially inflating the number of vegans. The latter allows the movement to grow in a safe and beneficial way to society. Vegans must choose the latter.
Links.
0. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/about-science-based-medicine/
1. https://www.quackwatch.org/
2. https://www.skepdoc.info/
3. https://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/weight-loss/10-fad-diets4.htm
I detest quackery. Go to sciencebasedmedicine, quackwatch, or the skepdoc right now if you hate quackery as much as I do. I'm sure these people can explain better than me.
Nevertheless, I have personal experience however weak evidence it is, people seem to care about it. Besides the personal experience is backed by science, it is plausible that I am telling the truth. By the way I welcome legitimate, scientific, constructive, and polite criticism. Not "hey you breath stinks and your a insert random swear word here."
All the contradictions between diet really bothers me. Sure, there might be a few extremists that promote quack physical fitness. Yet, the harm seems less. How many people have died to quack running, swimming, etc? I don't know, but I have a feeling the harm is minimal. Overall, the main problem seems a lack of physical fitness in general.
Now compare this diet. From probably plausible to straight out dangerous quack. Vegetarian, wheat belly, paleo, vegan, raw vegan, raw paleo, and the most ridiculous breatharian. Note there are many more. See link [3]. There seems no end to the amount of ridiculous and down right dangerous diets.
Vegetarian will probably help you become slightly healthier and is plausible. Wheat belly, a diet which advocates the avoidance of wheat seems healthy and plausible enough. Paleo is a more restrictive, no dairy nor grains, yet seems safe enough. Some will argue about definitions, but then again people will always argue about semantics. If your definition of Paleo is very slightly different, who cares.
That's where safe ends. Vegan is not plausible nor safe without the guidance of a medical doctor. Why? At this point the diet is restrictive enough you can run into nutrient deficiencies that can be fatal. Not only that but vegetarians tend to be healthier than vegans. Sources, one of Harriett Hall's skepdoc videos. Sorry, this is only a very rough draft and I cannot source everything perfectly.
Does this mean you should give up on vegan or never consider vegan? No! There is plenty of ethical reasons to be vegan both from an animal rights perspective and environmental. Yet, there seems to be a very pushy subset of the vegan community.
This subset seems to think it is a good idea to push vegan onto others despite the risk. That somehow animal lives are higher value than humans. This really is a shame in my opinion and thus the reason for the website and this blog post. An attempt to separate the moderate and conservative vegans from the extreme liberal vegans that are tainting and destroying the vegan community.
In the words of Supergirl when facing Astra on climate change, quote might not be exact. "No cause, no matter how just when taken to extremes is good."
To paraphrase any cause taken too far corrupts. This is exactly what is going on in the vegan community. Some vegans even go so far as to say veganism is healthy. Veganism can be safe, but I would never call veganism healthy when other diets like vegetarian and Mediterranean diet are healthier.
If you want to be vegan do it for the animals and environment not for your health. Please stop distorting the facts vegan extremists you are only slowing down the movement. People have died from veganism. Yet, some vegans sadly ignore this fact and lead others astray.
I've established that veganism can be fatal. People can die from lack of B12 and other nutrients that a vegan diet lacks. Now on to other more extreme diets which are inherently more dangerous and less healthy.
Raw vegan, basically an extreme version of the vegan diet which restricts you even further. I have personally attempted this diet and it gave me a lot of gas. It is socially isolating. Social isolation is detrimental to human health. Has all the problems of the vegan diet plus more with no benefits. Avoid this diet, try to convince anyone following this diet to follow a more sensible and balanced diet.
Raw paleo, means raw meat, yuck! Some raw paleos or raw primal use primitive tools to hunt and kill animals. Both unhealthy and unethical. Personally I've never met one, but I've never met a flat earth person in person either. Yet, I can be reasonable sure this is not a joke and raw paleos exist. These people need critical thinking. Avoid this this diet.
Breatharian is by far the most ridiculous diet I've heard of. At least if you ate cotton balls you might get enough nutrients to survive for a short amount of time. What is breatharian? Basically fasting 24/7/365. Yes, no food. You will die quickly on this diet and even if you somehow survive you will lose so much muscle that you'll regret it. Stay away from this diet.
Even as I type this probably more unsafe fad diets have marched their way onto the Internet. Be skeptical of any new diet, I would personally wait at least a year after first hearing of the diet. If you really think this new fad diet is for you ask your medical doctor first. Search sciencebasedmedicine, quackwatch, and skepdoc before trying any new diet.
Also look for other quackery. For example many raw vegan books that I've read also have anti-vaccine and fluoride stances. Raw vegan websites also tend to be anti-vaccine and fluoride. Now travel to sciencebasedmedicine and quackwatch and see what they say about this. Fluoride is safe and effective as well as vaccines. If a new diet book states that a disproved myth like vaccines cause autism or fluoride is unsafe, you can safely assume the book is quack as well as the diet.
By simply knowing how to spot quackery you can vaccinate yourself against new forms of quackery.
Next chapter how to go vegan safely.
Not only do vegan extremist, which by the way tend to liberal, resort to quackery by overstating health benefits and promoting anti-vaccine and anti-fluoride, but they jump straight to the benefits of veganism. Instead of giving a reasoned response they act dogmatically.
Now, why do I focus on liberals? Because the flaws of conservatives are easier to spot and quacks in my experience tend to be liberal. Harriett Hall often states to be aware of huffington post a liberal website. Greenpeace preaches anti-gmo stances that land them a conspiracy-psueoscience reputation. Yes, the problem is mostly from the left, or liberals.
If you decide to go vegan, first consult your general practitioner. Get blood tests from time to time to test for nutrient deficiencies, and be at least 18. I hate to say it but humans have different nutrient needs at different age groups. I do not think it is safe for minors to be vegan. Many of the people who have died on vegan diets were under 18.
Next, be sure to have a balanced diet. Fortified foods may be a solution. Finally, avoid all the quack that tends to come with vegan. All the expensive organic, heirloom, anti-gmo, raw vegan, fruitarian, breatharian, fasting, anti-vaccine, anti-flouride, random quack, and all the conspiracy theories that tend to latch onto the vegan movement.
I saw a vegan give amateur chiropractic to another. Some examples of conspiracy theories are chem trails. This is wildly popular in vegan circles. You really need to develop strong critical thinking skills to be among fellow vegans. You may think there is safety in numbers. Gee, I am a vegan I will hang out with other vegans. Yet, this could be a costly mistake if it leads you down a road of extremism, quackery, and conspiracy theories.
Do not let these barnacles destroy a just cause. There is still plenty of reason to be vegan. Be prepared to face an onslaught of misinformation and propaganda. The main enemy of vegans is not the paleos or big meat, but other vegans who stray into quackery.
Instead, quacks focus on how to be vegan. How to buck the status quo, and oh by the way we can totally and completely trust Andrew Wakefield. There is no way that he fear mongered about vaccines for personal gain.
In contrast an honest and moderate or conservative vegan will tell you about the dangers of being vegans. How vegan is less healthy than vegetarian. Will guide you away from quackery towards mainstream medicine and critical thinking.
One more step. If you want to help animals, but are not up to the vegan challenge there is other ways. You can simply reduce the amount of animal product you eat. You can buy more humane foods, like cage free or pasture raised.
You can sign petitions and help pass laws that prevent animal cruelty. You can volunteer at your local ASPCA or animal rescue. Adopt not shop. Changing to a vegan diet is both difficult and can be dangerous. No conservative vegan will fault you for not being up to the daunting task.
In conclusion, quack extremist vegans will push you out of veganism or kill you and hurt the vegan movement. Moderate scientific vegans understand and explain the difficulties and dangers of veganism while weeding out quackery. The former corrupts the movement artificially inflating the number of vegans. The latter allows the movement to grow in a safe and beneficial way to society. Vegans must choose the latter.
Links.
0. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/about-science-based-medicine/
1. https://www.quackwatch.org/
2. https://www.skepdoc.info/
3. https://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/weight-loss/10-fad-diets4.htm
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