Max Lugavere on strict vegan/plant-only diets: warns against

Max Lugavere has claimed that veganism and vegetarianism may increase the risk of dementia, arguing that plant-based diets deny the brain necessary fats and nutrients — creatine, B12, heme iron, DHA, and choline from animal foods. This is per his Wikipedia biography, citing a 2019 Sarah Knapton piece in The Telegraph.

These are Lugavere’s claims, not established science — the same biography notes critics have called him an “anti-vegan activist.” His stated reasoning is that the brain depends on animal-sourced nutrients that he says plant-only diets cannot adequately supply.

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