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thank you for making the point for me about ruminants making their own. yet another sign that they are what we are designed to eat. They take inedible shit from the ground and turn it into nutrition.
Here is the thing about B12... you are trying to make it seem like some of us just genetically absorb it better, but actually it takes B3 and calcium to also absorb it properly. Osteoporosis is a real danger for vegans because of this. Here is a great literature review, intended for nurses, to help them understand some of the risks of veganism. http://getliner.com/webpdf/web/viewer.html?file=34392da410aa6fa083e84705dad345e8217182ba.pdf
It does a good job of explaining that lack of animal products is clearly a factor in bone mineral density.
I have two goals in my carnivory: first is to be less of a burden on the health care system in old age (and I think vegans cost us $$ by being sickly in old age,) and second to be less of a burden on my family in old age. I am sure that since you are so well read you understand the statistics on high carbohydrate and alzheimers, as well as sarcopenia and it's effects in the elderly. Scary stuff.
Are you kidding me? The human digestive system is extremely inefficient when it comes to eating plant-based foods. Our digestive tracts are designed to maximise nutrition from proteins and meats. We cannot compete with cows and grazing animals, because they produce far more food for the crops they eat.
Let's also not forget the same simple fact that cows are better developed to consume plants. Their bodies are more resistant to bacteria and plant pests. Producing crops for human use (i.e. soy) requires the use of far more pesticides, all of which hurts the environment. Pesticides kill farm rodents (killing biodiversity), insects (reducing pollination and thus slowing forest growth), and natural predators that balance life in an ecosystem (i.e. rats, snakes).
If that's not enough, those pesticides (used to make plant food safer for human use) end up in the ocean, killing fish and marine life. It's not all black and white when it comes to nature, you should know. While all this pesticide is used to create human-grade food, a cow can consume pesticide-free crops and produce FAR MORE food for a human.
Economically, it is far more efficient to eat meat than to eat plant, because behind this 'moral superiority of not eating meat veil' is the death of thousands of other animals. Just because you don't hear about it, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Read this ^, will give you a cleaner perspective. I'd suggest you research about the environmental economics of producing crops for human consumption.