Veganism is Malnutrition: The Dangerous Cult of Plant-Based Fundamentalism

 

Veganism is Malnutrition: The Dangerous Cult of Plant-Based Fundamentalism

Introduction

Veganism is marketed as the pinnacle of ethical eating—a cure-all for health, climate change, and animal suffering. Yet, behind the moral posturing lies a hard truth: veganism often leads to nutritional deficiencies, long-term health risks, and biological compromise.

What was once a personal dietary choice has grown into a dogmatic movement—a movement that risks turning an entire generation into guinea pigs for an experiment our biology never signed up for.

Human Biology Was Never Vegan

Anthropological evidence shows that our ancestors’ survival hinged on animal foods: marrow, organ meat, fish, and game. These nutrient-dense foods enabled the threefold expansion of the human brain around 2 million years ago.

Modern science echoes this:

  • A 2019 Oxford study in Annals of Internal Medicine found that vegetarians and vegans had a 43% higher risk of fractures, particularly hip fractures.

  • A 2020 German study revealed that vegan men had significantly lower sperm counts and testosterone levels compared to omnivores.

  • A study in Frontiers in Nutrition linked long-term vegan diets to higher risks of depression and anxiety, tied to nutrient deficiencies like B12 and omega-3s.

The Micronutrient Crisis of Veganism

Vegan diets systematically fail to deliver certain nutrients, leading to widespread deficiencies:

  • Vitamin B12: A 2021 meta-analysis found that 86% of vegans were deficient in B12, risking irreversible nerve damage and cognitive decline.

  • Iron: Vegan women are at double the risk of anemia compared to omnivores.

  • Omega-3 (EPA/DHA): Vegan children show lower IQ scores in some developmental studies, correlated with the lack of DHA from fish.

  • Taurine, Creatine, Carnitine: Found in meat and crucial for muscle and brain function—entirely absent in plant foods.

This is why many doctors now call veganism “a diet that survives only on supplementation.”

Case Studies: When Veganism Fails

Real-world cases make the danger undeniable:

  • Belgium (2019): Vegan parents were sentenced after their 7-month-old infant died of malnutrition. The baby was fed only plant-based milk substitutes and was severely deficient in B12 and calcium.

  • UK (2021): A vegan mother admitted to hospital after years of strict veganism showed spinal fractures and severe osteoporosis—her bones had literally collapsed from lack of nutrients.

  • Australia (2019): A vegan toddler was hospitalized with rickets (a disease eradicated in most of the developed world) due to lack of vitamin D and calcium.

  • Athletic Decline: Several high-profile vegan athletes, such as bodybuilder Torre Washington and strongman Patrik Baboumian, have publicly promoted veganism—but behind the scenes rely heavily on supplements, powders, and fortified foods to maintain performance. Without them, muscle loss and fatigue are inevitable.

These aren’t rare outliers—they’re symptoms of a diet at war with human biology.

Plant-Based Fundamentalism: From Diet to Dogma

What makes veganism dangerous isn’t just its nutritional flaws—it’s the fundamentalism surrounding it. Vegan activists lobby for plant-only food systems, shame meat-eaters, and push fake meats filled with industrial additives.

Ironically, the “natural” vegan lifestyle is now sustained by:

  • Synthetic supplements (B12, D3, iron, omega-3).

  • Lab-engineered fake meats loaded with sodium and chemicals.

  • Corporate monopolies profiting from selling deficiency-correcting products.

What started as “back to nature” is now propped up by Big Pharma and Big Food.

The Supplement Paradox

The vegan movement quietly admits its fatal flaw: you can’t survive on plants alone. Supplements are mandatory.

But let’s ask the question:
   If a diet cannot sustain life without pills and fortified factory foods, is it truly natural, healthy, or sustainable?

Or is it an ideological experiment that puts ideology over biology?

Conclusion: Ideology vs. Biology

Veganism, in its absolutist form, is not a diet—it’s a cult of nutritional denial. While eating more plants is healthy and necessary, the complete exclusion of animal protein leads to malnutrition, deficiency, and disease.

The real danger is not just to individual health but to society. As vegan fundamentalism grows, it risks normalizing a diet that cannot sustain human biology without pharmaceutical intervention.

The truth is blunt:

  • Veganism is malnutrition marketed as morality.

  • Plants are powerful, but animals are essential.

  • Ideology should never override evolution.

The future of food must reject fundamentalism. What humanity needs is balance, not blind extremism.

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