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1. October 神無月 (march@marchgenso.me)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 10:52:58 JST October 神無月

   • October 神無月
   @coolboymew my boy Clarence Kennedy is vegan lifter (340kg deadlift)
   
   https://youtu.be/hHrysja5lYw
   • October 神無月 (march@marchgenso.me)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 11:24:35 JST October 神無月
     @xykreinov @coolboymew you don't need to be a top-class athlete to live a healthy life. Sure, omnivores should outcompete a vegan (everything else constant), but I don't think it's worth losing sleep over if you're performing a little less than a top athlete. Being healthier than 80% of the population is good enough, and definitely achievable vegan.
   • October 神無月 (march@marchgenso.me)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 13:19:27 JST October 神無月
     @xykreinov
     Athleticism is not the end-all-be-all measure of health, but it's pretty good one, right? You can't maintain such performance for years if you're unhealthy and eating an unhealthy diet.
     
     Of these 55 vitamins, how many are essential? Only vitamin B(12), vitamin D, ω-3 fatty acids, calcium, iron, and zinc are a concern in vegan diets as far as I know, and these can be satisfied with proper supplements (https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/89/5/1627S/4596952)
   • October 神無月 (march@marchgenso.me)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 14:38:59 JST October 神無月
     @xykreinov
     
     > Beta carotene is nowhere near as effective as retinol
     That's true. It's about half as effective as retinol, when measuring using retinol activation equivalent (RAE). A baked sweet potato is more than enough to meet the RAE target suggested by the FDA
     https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-HealthProfessional/
     
     > Vitamin K is basically non-existent in plants
     Vitamin K2 is non-existent in plants (except natto). K1 is found in green leafy vegetables in adequate amounts.
     https://veganhealth.org/vitamin-k/
     For koagulation, both K1 and K2 are interchangeable. Though there are suspected to be functional differences in terms of bone health effects. In any case, K2 can be supplemented.
     https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494092/
     
     > Vitamin B12
     It must be supplemented. There are no good sources of vitamin B12 in plant foods, and we can't rely on gut biome to deliver it. But it's not impossible to supplement B12.