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CHM_Punk posted...

A number of people going vegan as it is dont even take Vitamin B, let alone have a dedicated supplement stack. Moving away from eating ultra-processed meats and hydrogenated vegetable oils via fast food to veganism in the form of ultra-processed vegan fast food options and vegan meat substitutes or vegan approved food like Oreos isnt really healthier.

I am fully in support of vegetarian diets, and I do believe they're very sustainable. But in my experiences it's rarely "health reasons" why people go vegetarian or vegan, and it's usually politically motivated or animal rights motivated. In any case, though - just about any restrictive diet, even those that aren't sustainable, at least teach a person short-term how to be conscientious of what they're eating; even something awful like keto that should never be done long-term at least teaches a person to pay attention to what they're eating.
I can say from the years I was vegetarian I tried so many things and learned so many things that I never would have had I just thoughtlessly continued being an omnivore. I probably wouldn't have gotten into food activism, and I probably never would've started working in dietetics. I never would've eaten okra, swiss chard, kohlrabi, jicama, dandelion greens, chickpeas, lentils, etc.