BackkEating HealthyHomeAboutSearch for:Recent PostsMercola Says a Vegan Diet Is Not for Everyone: Part IOvercoming obesity with a vegetarian dietHealthy Lifestyle Supply – Essential Need For Health Conscious PeopleGestational diabetes diet for vegetariansRaw Food Diet – How Raw Does it Have to Be?Recent CommentsArchivesFebruary 2015January 2015December 2014November 2014October 2014September 2014August 2014CategoriesHealthy Eating LifestyleMetaLog inEntries RSSComments RSSWordPress.orgFebruary 25, 2015 by  mta_adminMercola Says a Vegan Diet Is Not for Everyone: Part IHealthy Eating LifestyleDiet, Everyone, Mercola, Part, Says, VeganLeave a commentIn a recent article called Angelina Jolie – The Mistake that Almost Killed Her, Dr. Joseph Mercola of mercola.com, a very well-known natural health website, uses actress Angelina Jolie’s comment that a vegan diet “nearly killed” her and that she was “not getting enough nutrition” to conclude that a vegetarian/vegan diet is not for everyone.In fact, according to Mercola, it’s actually “dangerous to say that any one diet is right for everyone”.  So let’s look at some of Mercola’s claims in his article and see if he’s right.Everyone Needs Some MeatMercola says:“It is my clinical belief that virtually everyone benefits from some animal protein. In some cultures this may be very little and might just be the insects consumed in grains as in India. It is clear that meat is not necessary for most carb types, but they would benefit from other animal proteins like raw organic dairy and eggs.”What is the basis for this opinion?  Why exactly does everyone benefit from meat-eating and how do they benefit?And just because someone benefits from including meat in his or her diet does not mean that meat is necessary for health.  It could very likely mean that the previous diet plan was seriously flawed and adding meat provided more nutrition (read “more calories”) than what the person was getting before.This is very common among short-term vegans who claim that they felt much better after adding meat back into their diet.  Then you find out that they were eating little more than a few pieces of fruit and celery sticks here and there.These individuals simply needed more calories.  Animal flesh, with lots of calories-per-bite, provided that easily.And besides, there is no nutrient in meat that is not found in fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds!In fact, it is MEAT that is missing and/or lacking in key nutritional components, such as fiber and vitamin C, and it is MEAT that is high in cholesterol, saturated and trans fatty acids, and is strongly associated with atherosclerosis, heart disease, colon cancer, breast cancer, high blood pressure, and many other diseases and disorders.But isn’t meat a great source of high-quality protein, you ask?Not according to Dr. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study, who con