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Vegans Are ‘Weaker’ Than Meat Eaters, Study Finds. According to the research, plant-based munchers are more likely to break bones

submitted by Garrett to science 3 yearsApr 7, 2022 13:57:04 ago (+28/-0)     (archive.ph)

https://archive.ph/cP8L6#selection-707.0-713.78

full study: http://web.archive.org/web/20220205013943/https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12916-020-01815-3.pdf


Especially this part (from article):


“You will need to make smart swaps – especially when it comes to nutrients like B12, creatine and omega 3 fatty acids, which are found almost exclusively in animal products,” says Dr Bradley. “Others such as iron and calcium are found in small quantities in plants, but are significantly less bioavailable, which mean they’re less able to be absorbed by the body.”


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dots 2 points 3 years ago

Omnivore is a relatively new term, they started using it for animals in the 1800s. Before that, the scientific term was 'facultative carnivore': Indicating that meat is preferable for the species, but they can also survive (but not thrive) on plant matter.

The scientific term for species like felines would be 'obligate carnivore' - these can only survive on meat.