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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a vegetarian,  not vegan.  It's very very hard to be a vegan and it's impossible to socialize out of the house without a lot of work. But, no, it isn't an eating disorder. I would  be vegan if I could make it work. Meanwhile, I get pushback from being a vegetarian. Really? Frankly, I do think it should  be the default diet. 
Yes, I get enough protein, iron,  B12. The same questions all the time. [/quote]

What do you mean?  Of course, it is an eating disorder.  There is no reason to eat vegan and, in fact, eating vegan comes with significant health concerns.  That level of food control smacks of mental health problems.[/quote]

There are many reasons to eat vegan, and many unhealthy reasons to be an animal eater, all well documented. You are just acculturated to a western diet and diets are very personal  and it's hard to accept change.  In no way is a vegan or vegetarian diet an eating disorder,  and all you are doing is justifying your eating choices which involve very detrimental health and environmental issues,  so you are absolutely wrong. There are massive studies all supporting plant based diets which have been confirmed and reconfirmed for years.  All of my doctors are either vegetarian or vegan, actually. Are they all mentally ill?  This isn't new news, either. You have been quite manipulated by the first world industrial agriculture machine and years of  a poor diet in society- all harbingers of health problems. No, we don't have mental health issues at all. We do have to deal with a plethora  of idiots who are misinformed, and, yes, what a giant pain which can be depressing.  So much  denial  and then people like you call us mentally ill. Read a book.[/quote]

+1. The person calling Veganism an eating disorder is woefully ignorant of life outside the meat and potatoes culture of the USA.  Probably the most common meal in the world is rice and beans/lentils, particularly in poorer populations. [/quote]

And you don’t think impoverished people who cannot afford or don’t have access to meat, cheese, fish, dairy would hear about someone rich living in the land of plenty choosing NEVER to eat these things is crazy?[/quote]

Plenty of people think it’s gross to eat animal products. Sorry your mind is so narrow.  Maybe it’s too much red meat affecting your brain cells.  [/quote]

I’m with the earlier PP. The vast majority of humans now and throughout time have enjoyed meat. The existence of a handful of vegetarian cultures doesn’t negate that. You might have a personal neurosis with meat, but most people don’t. Latin American carne asada, Middle Eastern lamb, German sausages, Japanese braised pork belly, Chinese steamed fish, Argentinian steak with chimichurri-it’s all universally enjoyed. Sorry that grinds your gears![/quote]

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