Here's another ill-informed person talking up some nonsense.  The writer over at ifitandhealthy.com calls veganism "nutritional masochism," and says that vegans living longer healthier lives is an "utter fallacy."  Sounds like another traditionalist who's been living under a rock since the turn of the century.  Maybe they didn't get to see the latest paper that was published by The American Dietetic Association stating that vegetarian and vegan diets are healthy: "It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life-cycle including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence and for athletes." It's the same old tireless rant from non-vegans about vegans attempting to eat an impossible diet that also tastes like [...]