| > Do you think all vegans are the same? There is no need to make a huge generalization about a group that is so diverse. True, I should have qualified this. It's only a subset of vegans who frustrate me this way. > I've never seen anyone claim that meat is easier to digest than plants. Do you have a source? Really? Google "is meat easier to digest than vegetable protein". It literally has millions of results. > In terms of quality, you first need to define quality and that depends on your goals. Whole plant protein comes packed with fiber, while animal protein comes packed with cholesterol, IGF-1 and saturated fat. If your goal is to prevent heart disease and cancer through dietary means, plant protein is higher quality. Yeah, I get this argument. It's why I'm eating vegetarian or vegan at least a few times a week these days. > This statement makes it clear that you don't know much about vegan diets. This is usually a concern I hear from pre-vegans or people who have been vegan for 2 weeks. I'm going by discussions such the ones in my vegan cookbooks, similar to this one: http://veganhealth.org/articles/protein > If you've been eating meat for 20 years, it will be easier for you to keep eating meat, no one is disputing that. That was the crux of my argument: it is NOT easy to be vegan, stop saying it is. It is arguably better. Healthier and more ethically sound. But my vegan days have much more time-consuming shopping, cooking and prep days. |