RE: 6 Ways Being a Vegetarian Could Seriously Mess You Up (yellow journalism & anti-veg propaganda)

Katherine Schreiber thinks vegetarians are at a higher risk for vitamin D deficiency (they aren't), that we can't meet vitamin D needs so we should supplement with calcium instead (what?), that we are at a higher risk for iron deficiency anemia (wrong again), and that we are more likely to become anxious and depressed (this again?). It's a sad piece of propaganda written by someone who can't even be bothered to read the studies she references. It's also the topic of this 25+ minute video. Enjoy and please be sure to share with anyone you know who found her article at all convincing. 1:18 - 1. Low Vitamin D (aka there's no hope for us) 6:29 - 2. Not enough zinc (aka okay, that actually wasn't terrible) 8:07 - 3. Anemia (aka it's an exclusively veg problem, apparently) 10:08 - 4. Anxiety (aka someone didn't read her sources) 13:52 - 5. Depression (aka someone STILL didn't read her sources) 15:59 - 6. Eating disorders (aka this is kind of our fault) 22:08 - Summation ---------------------- References Calcium & Vitamin D (Jack Norris, RD) http://veganhealth.org/articles/bones D2 vs D3 meta-analysis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic... EPIC-Oxford fracture risk study http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17... Calcium on a vegan diet (Ginny Messina, RD) http://www.theveganrd.com/vegan-nutri... Zinc on a vegan diet (Ginny Messina, RD) http://www.theveganrd.com/2009/05/get... Protein on a vegan diet (Ginny Messina, RD) http://www.theveganrd.com/plant-prote... Iron status of vegetarians (Jack Norris, RD) http://veganhealth.org/articles/iron#... Iron on a vegan diet (Ginny Messina, RD) http://www.theveganrd.com/vegan-nutri... German anxiety/depression study http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic... Eating disorder study http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic... 2012 eating disorder study on college-aged women http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22... http://jacknorrisrd.com/restrained-ea... Vegan Diets and Orthorexia: How Should Activists Respond? http://www.theveganrd.com/2015/12/veg... ---------------------- Support a rational vegan community https://philosophicalvegan.com/ Twitter:   / unnaturalvegan   Instagram:   / unnaturalvegan   Patreon:   / unnaturalvegan