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https://nypost.com/2020/11/23/vegans-43-percent-more-likely-to-suffer-bone-fractures-study-shows/

Vegans may be significantly more likely to develop bone fractures than meat-eaters, a new study revealed.

The large, longitudinal study published Sunday in the journal BMC Medicine, revealed that there were 19.4 more cases of fractures in vegans and 4.1 more cases in vegetarians for every 1,000 people over 10 years.

This is the first comprehensive study and the largest study to date to look at the risks of both total fractures (fractures occurring anywhere in the body) and fractures at different sites in people of different habitual dietary habits, the studys lead author, Tammy Tong, a nutritional epidemiologist at the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford, said in an email to CNN.

Researchers recruited nearly 55,000 healthy adults from the UK meat eaters, pescatarians, vegetarians and vegans to answer a questionnaire on diet, socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle, and medical history between 1993 and 2001, and followed up with them in 2010.

By 2016, the study authors found 3,941 total fractures among the participants.

On average, vegans with lower calcium and protein intakes saw a 43 percent higher risk of fractures anywhere on their bodies, and specifically in the hips, legs and vertebrae.

Vegetarians and pescatarians had a higher risk of hip fractures than meat eaters but when researchers factored in body mass index and adequate consumption of calcium and protein, that risk was lessened.

But the heightened risk still existed for vegans, even with those factors taken into account.

Meat eating master race!
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i drink so much milk that i'm pretty sure my bones have morphed into wolverine-like calcidantium

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Well yeah

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The Trent posted...

i drink so much milk that i'm pretty sure my bones have morphed into wolverine-like calcidantium

Have fun with them kidney stones in the future

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Irony posted...

Have fun with them kidney stones in the future

thanks man i try to have fun every day regardless just because what's the other option you know?

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The Trent posted...

thanks man i try to have fun every day regardless just because what's the other option you know?

Have slightly less fun

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nice try man but first impressions are everything

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Yes, but vegans with a high protein and calcium intake didn't have the increased risk. It's like saying people that live in Florida are 43% more likely to be eaten by a shark than people who live in Kansas.

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Humans weren't meant to be vegetarian.

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doomcrusader posted...

Humans weren't meant to be vegetarian.

that's why God invented evolution to give us sharp teeth

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Irony posted...

The Trent posted...

i drink so much milk that i'm pretty sure my bones have morphed into wolverine-like calcidantium

Have fun with them kidney stones in the future

Milk actually reduces incidents of kidney stones (something about cow's milk lacking oxalate which is a key component of kidney stone formation).
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shit, i can't NOT win sometimes!
now that's what i call irony son

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I'm kind of curious how the lifestyles match up though - are the vegans and vegetarians bigger risk takers, too?

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Irony posted...

Have fun with them kidney stones in the future

I don't think milk causes kidney stones, carbonated drinks and iced tea do.
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Were_Wyrm posted...

Yes, but vegans with a high protein and calcium intake didn't have the increased risk. It's like saying people that live in Florida are 43% more likely to be eaten by a shark than people who live in Kansas.

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Hexenherz posted...

I'm kind of curious how the lifestyles match up though - are the vegans and vegetarians bigger risk takers, too?

yeah this seems like a good headline but there are too many factors here

I'd guess vegans are twice as active in general than your average couch sitting american burger chomper

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Were_Wyrm posted...

Yes, but vegans with a high protein and calcium intake didn't have the increased risk. It's like saying people that live in Florida are 43% more likely to be eaten by a shark than people who live in Kansas.

Vegetarians and pescatarians had a higher risk of hip fractures than meat eaters but when researchers factored in body mass index and adequate consumption of calcium and protein, that risk was lessened.

But the heightened risk still existed for vegans, even with those factors taken into account.

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you see it's actually because vegans are into parasailing and spelunking and thai knife fighting while carnivorous murderers are into watching NFL on sundays on their couches and playing CoD on tuesdays on their couches and making up other acronyms on thursdays on their couches


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Good thing that I still get plenty of protein and take K2/D3 for proper calcium absorption.

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To celebrate I will eat a nice juicy steak.

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I love meat.

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Meat is the best.

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Were_Wyrm posted...

Yes, but vegans with a high protein and calcium intake didn't have the increased risk. It's like saying people that live in Florida are 43% more likely to be eaten by a shark than people who live in Kansas.

this. obviously being low in some key nutrients is bad for you

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Hey vegans: stop breaking people's bones

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