 Hey, it's Alex here from AlexFegers.com. So I've just released my latest article on Why vegetarian and vegan diets aren't the best for long-term health and I go into some pretty detailed reasons and explanations as to why this is the case. So please check out the whole blog on my site But I do want to go through a few things first. So as you can see I'm in my garden here I grow a lot of vegetables. I eat a lot of vegetables and fruits as well But I also do eat meat and a big reason for this is because I am focused on improving my health and my performance both sporting performance and cognitive performance So what's the issue with vegetarian diets and vegan diets? Well, let's run through a few points The main or the first thing is around protein. All right, so One of the issues is it's actually quite hard to get adequate sources or intake of protein on a vegetarian and Vegan diet. Okay. So obviously, you're not eating muscle meats, organ meats, bone broth, even eggs, dairy, cheeses, things like that If you're a vegan or not in dairy Protein deficiency can lead to all sorts of issues like skin and bone issues Hair issues Poor recovery, suppressed immune function. Now the issue is around the quality of protein you're getting. So Protein is made up of building blocks called amino acids and these amino acids There's like 20-odd amino acids, right? And so for proteins we created you need one of all of each of these amino acids. Now Muscle meats, animal products have complete Complete amino acid profile. Whereas a lot of the vegetarian plant-based Protein sources are incomplete in regards to their amino acid count So this means you're gonna mix and match various sources. All right The issue with this is you can you can end up with deficiencies in various amino acids Specifically if you're missing things like glycine from bone broth Plays important role in health and bone health and gut health. It's also side effects from having lots of vegetarian Vegan vegetarian based protein sources. So, you know lots of beans Nuts seeds that sort of thing often the high in poof is polyunsaturated fats The high in lectins anti nutrients which can cause malabsorption of nutrients and minerals in the body And also they're really high in carbohydrates. So if someone's trying to lower the carbohydrate intake It can be hard on a vegetarian diet. There's also issues around fat So it's really hard to get quality Saturated fats and cholesterol when you're on a vegan or a vegetarian diet Two important fats are CLA and DHA. They can be hard to consume or very hard to Consume on a vegan diet in particular And then there's also a lot of fat soluble vitamins that you'll be missing out on when you're not eating animal fats Linking in the vitamins and mineral issues There are some important minerals and vitamins that are hard to consume on a vegan and vegetarian diet examples include iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin K, vitamin D, vitamin B12 and vitamin A and sure you can often get these forms Through plant-based foods, you know like spinach You know fermented foods You know various grains and whatnot have these vitamins in but often they're the They're not well absorbed or they're in quantities that are quite low Especially compared to like animal products, you know take liver for instance It's often regarded as nature's multivitamin because it's not only chock-full of vitamins and minerals But it's it's forms of these minerals that are easily absorbed Finally, there's an issue with like things like creatine, choline, carnicine Three they're called the four C's and I go into a lot of detail on this in the blog So check that out There's all hard to consume on on a vegan and even the vegetarian diet And then finally there's a long-term issue So a lot of people will switch from what's known as the Standard diet standard-wisting diet and they'll clean up their act and they'll go on what they think is a healthy Vegan or a vegetarian diet and in the short term they feel great a big reason is this because of this is because they've Changed to like an organic diet and I've cut out a lot of the processed seed oils and junk food and you know Sugar salts whatever else is was being consumed previously. So there's a big big change in the diet And they see the short-term benefits of this, but then all longer term. There's a lot of issues That's when you know six women's down-regulated They have skin issues immune issues may be energy issues. It's when they start showing Signs of malabsorption So it's really the long-term issue with these sort of diets I understand like a short one or two three week diet on a vegetarian diet can be great But when that turns into three months or three years, it's generally when a lot of problems come into into play So we've got nothing against Vegan or vegetarian diets are some of my best friends are vegan and again I spend a lot of time growing my own food and veggies and I ate a lot of them myself But I do recognize the importance of quality meat bone broth eggs Shelf shellfish organ meats as well, and I'm not saying you should be eating these all the time and You know that you have to use the the feedlot and growth hormone Injected animals or anything like that because that's something that I'm quite passionate about and I will seek out You know quality meats quality eggs from sustainable Well farmed sources all right, and so that's my choice But with my clients that I work with who come to me for health gains, then it is as well It is an area where if they are caught up in a vegetarian or vegan diet it is something that I'll educate them on and hopefully get them eating a little bit more fish meat eggs even even milk Incorporating these things into the diet That's all for me hit to alexvegas.com and check out my article on on vegan diets and vegetarian diets And you can read the full eight reasons why it is essential to eat meat and dairy and cheese and all those other good things in your diet Take care. 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