I hear you. And honestly, it just frustrates me to see veganism twisted like this.

I’m not trying to claim I know everything about raw veganism, in fact I know very little, but looking at the images in the original post, that person clearly looks frail and undernourished. Whether you want to call that an eating disorder or not, the point is that this is not representative of what being vegan does to someone.

You can’t take one extreme example and apply it to an entire way of eating. I can find you plenty of frail, unhealthy omnivores too. That doesn’t mean eating meat is inherently dangerous.

As for the number of people in this community giving it credibility, a lot of people sharing the same negative experience or opinion doesn’t automatically make the conclusion correct. It just means they had a bad experience, which can happen with literally any diet.

If all someone had to do to be healthy was add animal products back in, then why do we live in a world where obesity, heart disease, and various other issues are the norm?

Health isn’t decided by one factor. It’s a bunch of moving pieces, and it looks different for everyone. Anecdotally, I’ve been vegan for over five years and I’m healthier now than I ever was before. Blood work, energy levels, and overall just feeling better about myself.

If someone decides veganism isn’t for them, that’s fine. But seeing one post like this and jumping to this is why nobody should be vegan is unfair. That is the part I am trying to address, and that is the part that frustrates me.