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Vegan Diets Can Be Elite or Deficient

The online vegan war is a perfect nutrition trap: one side pretends plants automatically solve health, the other pretends excluding animal foods guarantees collapse. The evidence supports neither cartoon.

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Tier 3Clinical guidance

Academy vegan adult position

Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Vegetarian Dietary Patterns for Adults

Clinical guidance from 2025 in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics / 2025->

Tier 3Clinical guidance

Academy vegetarian diets position

Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Vegetarian Diets

Clinical guidance from 2016 in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics / 2016->

Tier 4Review

B12 plant-based review

The importance of vitamin B12 for individuals choosing plant-based diets

Review from 2022 in European Journal of Nutrition, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

European Journal of Nutrition / 2022->

Tier 3Observational study

EPIC-Oxford fracture risk

Vegetarian and vegan diets and risks of total and site-specific fractures

Observational study from 2020 in BMC Medicine, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

BMC Medicine / 2020->

Tier 1Systematic review

Plant-based nutrient status review

Nutrient Intake and Status in Adults Consuming Plant-Based Diets Compared to Meat-Eaters

Systematic review from 2021 in Nutrients, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

Nutrients / 2021->

Tier 1Randomized trial

Stanford twin vegan trial

Cardiometabolic Effects of Omnivorous vs Vegan Diets in Identical Twins

Randomized trial from 2023 in JAMA Network Open, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

JAMA Network Open / 2023->

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