Hi, I am Not a Vegan

[garrethdsouza]

There are woo folks in every movement. A more reliable person would be Jack Norris, a vegan registered dietitian (not just a "nutritionist" which anyone without any training can legally describe themselves as in many countries. Don't fall for stuff promoted by people who refer to themselves as nutritionists.)
This is reliable:
http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/dailyrecs
more in my previous comment. Depending on where you live people here may be able to offer advice on which brands you could buy. Where do you live?

[Joel.LM]

Well. Thank you for all the replies. I have been doing a lot of research, reading, watching presentation, and docs and their is one unanimous trend everyone seems to agree on and that is eating red meat is not favorable. I'll keep reading, researching, and dieting until I find something that works for me. So far the plant based diet is winning.

[brimstoneSalad]

Hi Joel, that's good to hear.
The only animal products I've seen even reasonable debate on are sea food. Everything else has been pretty clear cut to me.

I would compare advocating for the healthiness of land animal meat to be like theism in irrationality.

Advocating for the healthiness of fish is more like deism: Something that might seem plausible, but has poor evidence, and some reasoning against. It's not as strong a case, but reasonable people might believe fish is healthy. Kind of like egg whites too.

I think it's better to avoid both due to high levels of methionine, and in the case of fish additional heavy metals and possible neurotoxins (depending on the source) and excessive choline.

In terms of population studies, however, it's hard to prove fish is bad: This is because people who eat the most fish (only moderately unhealthy), also tend to eat the most vegetables (the most healthy thing), which in terms of chronic disease will be reflected as the sum of their diets, rather than the parts.