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What if only resource-intensive livestock was phased out? Say, chicken and pork(?) was still eaten. One also wonders why there’s no name for a diet that permits the eating of fowl, similar to pescatarianism.

On the other hand, what happens to population nutrition if cow’s milk was eliminated from the food supply?

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>One also wonders why there’s no name for a diet that permits the eating of fowl, similar to pescatarianism.

There is, pollotarianism. Flexitarian might also apply, depending on the individual's diet.

Ah, thanks. I wonder why it’s not more widespread. Is there also a diet that permits white meat over red meat?

I would miss a lot my cheese. But I would hope some tasty vegan alternatives are in development, are they?

Dairy and eggs are what I'd struggle with if I tried to go vegan. I'd barely even notice meat missing—I love mushrooms, veggies, legumes, and tofu as the centerpieces of meals. Dairy and eggs are the part where I'd have to start making major modifications to how I cook and the sorts of things I can eat (or accept worse versions of the same thing). Eggs especially are hard to replace in a kitchen-chemistry sense, plus cheap, plus nutritionally valuable, plus store pretty well.

I mentioned dairy specifically because people tend to focus on the meat-avoiding aspect of veganism, but I don't think many think about the implications of the lack of milk and eggs for everything from being calcium and meatless protein sources, to its use in baking.

Though I also wonder if cattle was no longer used as a meat source, but exclusively for milk, that might reduce the amount of resources required.

I have yet to find a vegan/vegetarian "cheese" that even resembles actual cheese. I'm not a cheese expert but even my unrefined pallet can tell the difference between "cheese" and cheese. It is ridiculous how bad some of that shit tastes.

I don't think "cheese" will get anywhere close to cheese until it's made from vat/lab grown milk. Then it'll just be real cheese just not coming from animals.

Cashew cheese is really really good. I’m vegetarian but not vegan and it’s still my goto mac and cheese casserole, nacho cheese, “chicken” dip, and queso base.

The downside is that you need a powerful blender to make it yourself since it’s effectively a flavored nut butter.

> On the other hand, what happens to population nutrition if cow’s milk was eliminated from the food supply?

It vastly improves as a result of lowered cholesterol, fat and hormone consumption.

Cholesterol consumed as next to no correlation with cholesterol in the blood, and fat isn't as bad for you as nutrition science used to believe.

Show me a source for this claim.

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