First, I thought it was clear from my post that meat is not necessary at all...my statement is quite clear...meat is not necessary but is highlty reccomended in low doses. If you do not eat meat there is no problem, you just have to look for special vegs to cover a couple of oligoelements and one vitamin. Tofu is one of the vegs that covers it.

That said...leaving out fruit or vegs or beans or fish is mucho more problematic (probably in the same order as I write it here)..and a lot of peple leave them out...

In other words a veg diet without taken care of the extra needed vegs is bad... but not as bas as a diet low in fruit , beans or vegs.

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