What are the dumbest things you’ve heard about a “vegan diet”?

[foundsheep]

@orthogulf B12 has to be supplemented due to modern farming methods. The only reason meat eaters get b12 without supplementation is because they eat animals that were given b12 supplements. B12 is produced by a bacteria in soil, and due to heavy pesticide use our soil no longer has that bacteria. Some plant milks and cereals are fortified with b12, if you are bad at remembering to take supplements.

 

[animusph]

@foundsheep And due to the adequate cleaning of the produce we eat, which is a great trade off because we don’t get sick because our food is cleaner. So it’s great that we can just take a supplement that’s so darn cheap and easy

 

[celticpiping]

@animusph We could also eat our own poop to get B12 like many herbivorous animals do, but I think I'd rather stick with supplements!

Vitamin B12 and Nonhuman Animals – Vegan Health
https://veganhealth.org/vitamin-b12/vitamin-b12-and-nonhuman-animals/

Hares, rabbits, and some rodents eat their fecal pellets, which provide an opportunity to obtain vitamins produced by bacteria in their digestive tracts (1).

 

[animusph]

@celticpiping

 

[celticpiping]

@foundsheep Not entirely true, it is primarily produced by bacteria in the rumen (fermentation stomach) of ruminant animals like cows or sheep - but cobalt may be supplemented to ruminants to help them with this. However the majority of B12 supplements do go to animals, especially for monogastric animals like chickens and pigs, so it's easiest for us to just take a B12 supplement regularly ourselves instead.

 

[vellaswin]

@blindly28 It's so hard to pick just one, but my favorite is when people think they have some special metabolism or mysterious, unnamed medical condition that requires them to eat meat and for which there are no side effects or symptoms except needing to eat meat.

 

[blindly28]

@vellaswin The amount of times I’ve heard that

 

[ramy6et]

@vellaswin Good one