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# Leela Hann-Soden  People can survive, for a time, on very limited...

*September 27, 2025 — Comment Archer T. Ships replied to Leela Hann-Soden's comment.*

Leela Hann-Soden  People can survive, for a time, on very limited diets.  For example, I've seen studies that where people didn't eat anything but butter and potatoes for a year with no apparent deficit. However, it seems likely that such restrictive diets cause problems over the long term.  I personally know a number of former vegans who say they  felt much better after adding meat, eggs, dairy, fish to their diet. That said, I also think it's plausible that many people eat too much meat.  The preponderance of evidence I've seen so far suggests that most humans do best on a varied, mostly plant-based diet, with some fruit and meat/dairy.