Michael Cox40 said:Just because someone identifies as vegan doesn't mean they're automatically eating healthy—and just as importantly, skipping meat doesn't guarantee you're doing your body any favors.
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I’m right there with you. Honestly, I feel like the whole conversation around nutrition gets way too simplified by focusing on this "meat vs. no meat" binary.
If you have a balanced diet—you know, the kind built on a foundation of whole grains, then legumes, veggies, fruit, and all that good stuff—it really doesn't matter if there's meat on the plate or not. On the flip side, if your diet is poor to begin with, cutting out meat isn't going to be some magic fix; if you aren't fueling yourself with high-quality ingredients, the presence or absence of animal protein won't make much of a difference. It feels like we put way too much weight on meat itself rather than looking at the bigger picture. 🙂