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Eee, I don't eat eggs that you. wink I have a healthy balanced diet, eat fiber and whole grains, get enough iron/protein/Omega Fatty Acids and everything else. I'm perfectly healthy and am a prime example of the fact that vegans can be healthy and not look like zombies. heart

You said that you take supplements though, right? We were talking about a completely non-supplemented diet.

Hey hey, I don't take THAT very many supplements! Besides, even my omnivorous friends take the same supplements as meh. heart

not the point, you're dependent on them, i'm not. i don't need suplements because i eat the kind of food we're supposed to eat, which includes a diet of meat.

And really, most omnivorous humans should also be taking vitemons. Very few people get the exact nutrition they need.

Le Chat, it is very good that you make sure that you aren't missing anything from your diet.

And I'm pretty sure it is possible to eat a vegitarian diet (not sure about a vegan one) without having to take any vitemons, with some care.

Really it is best to eat a healthy diet, whether or not that includes meat or other animal products. And whatever choice someone makes about their diet should be respected, assuming it isn't horriblly unhealthy (like not eating, or the Atkins Diet).

And I still stand by my assertion that one can be perfectly healthy on a non-supplemented ovo-vegetarian diet. It just has to be balanced, and not many people, vegetarians or not, eat balanced diets. E.g., I can't keep a wide variety of fresh fruits and veggies since I wouldn't be able to eat them before they'd spoil, so I usually just buy two or three things and eat those for a few days, then get something else.
There's nothing wrong with ensuring you get all the vitamins you need, just to be safe--I think of it as grabbing a cereal bar for breakfast instead of taking half an hour to make oatmeal, just a shortcut, but not that much different in terms of nutritional value. Contrary to what some natural food gurus would have you believe, it doesn't matter where you get your vitamins from--vitamin C is vitamin C is vitamin C, whether it comes from a wild rose hip in the rain forest or stock chemicals mixed in a test tube. Your body doesn't know the difference.

Zin, I don't see what your problem is. I was taking what you said as truth, and said that you have to have eggs to have a balanced un-supplemented diet. I also didn't call everyone to give up their vitamins or supplements. I said I don't like to use them. Personal reasons.

And, really, I don't trust your opinion on how supplements work enough to all of a sudden completely trust supplements. confused I don't like them, alright? Use them if you like, I just stated that I don't like them, and why.

I also heard many anti-depressants contain chemicals that won't break down and destroy your liver.