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There was a post about making cats vegan. The mod then decided that people posting information on why that is a bad idea were antivegan or something. The mod started then removing any information that pointed to cats not being able to be health while on a vegan diet. The Lemmy.world admins them stepped in stating that improperly feeding your cat constitutes animal abuse and is unethical. This made many die hard vegans very mad.
For the record, cats can not be vegan. They can survive on it but they will have shorter more painful lives and they will go blind. There bodies start breaking down without the proteins and amino acids found in meat. I understand why vegans would be unhappy with that answer but it is the way it is.
Interesting enough, that's not the case for dog. You can put a dog on a vegan diet as long as you are very careful and are constantly monitoring. It isn't for the faint of heart and can have very sad outcomes. It isn't something you can arbitrarily do.
can you tell.me if you know more than this guy, and where he is wrong:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YxjGa0MXfAc
Link peer reviewed literature, not youtube media
Jointly considering seven general indicators of health and 22 specific health disorders, cats fed vegan diets tended to be healthier than those fed meat-based diets.
Small study.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284132
Does this work?
This study was essentially them asking cat owners information, no direct observation. This may be a surprise but people lie, especially when they really want something to work.
No one is going to admit they hurt their cat by pushing a diet they believe is right.
Hey that's a really good point lets see what scientific literature says about that:
It then goes on to say:
Seems like the science backs your claim up partially. I would call it bias instead of lying though.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9860667/
Exactly. it's not perfect. it's a new area of study.
Which is exactly why pet owners shouldn't be fucking with it, maybe down the road but as it stands right now the average pet owner shouldn't be experimenting on their poor kitties.
It's what's happening. people report their findings. the findings seem positive for the moment.
That's the results of these peer reviewed studies.
those are the facts for the moment.
And as I have constantly said, if the cat enjoys the food and it provides all the nutrients, what's the problem?
Yes, the extremely subjective and biased findings look good. Which in science means nothing.
it's a good way to do measure quality of life.. he goes into how they measure it and the limitations in the video.
That's not peer reviewed
yes it is.
He talks about many studies. Have a watch. it's hardly radical what he proposes.