Analysis Of P. D. Mangan's Article: Why Being Vegan Is A Bad Idea
P.D. Mangan attempts to prove that being vegan is a poor choice in his article, “Why Being Vegan Is a Bad Idea” after being treated to the news that a 34-year-old vegan woman, an Australian university professor, died on Mt. Everest while on a mission to prove that “vegans can do anything”. The author states that obviously several non-vegans have also died on Mt. Everest. But he claims that being vegan while climbing seems like tempting fate, the equivalent of fighting Mike Tyson with one hand tied behind your back. Mangan argues that being vegan is a bad idea and that when vegans deprive themselves of an entire class of food, namely meat and anything that comes from an animal like eggs and dairy products, they deliberately make themselves weak
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The author reports a story from an article about a vegan, Dr. John McDougall, who fell from a standing height in his bathroom and broke many major bones, including several vertebrae, his pelvis, and femur. Next, he states that it is not normal for someone to break multiple bones when falling from a standing height, and in his opinion, that is due to his lifelong veganism. Furthermore, he communicates that Dr. McDougall’s lack of animal protein likely weakened his bones to the point that he developed osteoporosis. Mangan’s theory is demonstrated to be authentic throughout the medical world as vegans generally lack calcium as they do not eat dairy products which are rich in calcium, and ultimately calcium is what builds strong bones. Next, the author claims that the consumption of grains and sugar, both vegan, are the biggest food contributors to diabetes. He supports this claim with the fact that India has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world. India also has the lowest meat consumption of any country in the world. Proof can be provided to ensure that his assertions are valid because those who consume milk-fat are associated with a lower risk of diabetes, but with no association with cardiovascular disease. Vegans do not consume dairy products and this possibly puts them at higher risk of
The author reports a story from an article about a vegan, Dr. John McDougall, who fell from a standing height in his bathroom and broke many major bones, including several vertebrae, his pelvis, and femur. Next, he states that it is not normal for someone to break multiple bones when falling from a standing height, and in his opinion, that is due to his lifelong veganism. Furthermore, he communicates that Dr. McDougall’s lack of animal protein likely weakened his bones to the point that he developed osteoporosis. Mangan’s theory is demonstrated to be authentic throughout the medical world as vegans generally lack calcium as they do not eat dairy products which are rich in calcium, and ultimately calcium is what builds strong bones. Next, the author claims that the consumption of grains and sugar, both vegan, are the biggest food contributors to diabetes. He supports this claim with the fact that India has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world. India also has the lowest meat consumption of any country in the world. Proof can be provided to ensure that his assertions are valid because those who consume milk-fat are associated with a lower risk of diabetes, but with no association with cardiovascular disease. Vegans do not consume dairy products and this possibly puts them at higher risk of