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human
CMV: A vegan diet is not healthier or more life-extending than a balanced meat-eating diet.

I have heard most of the usual quotes about chicken being acidic and of course there is the recent evidence regarding processed meats and cancer, but it seems to me that I would be healthier getting all the nutrients I need from a meat-eating diet.

Nutrients which vegans have to supplement such as B12 can obviously be taken in a pill, but I just have a gut-feeling that a vegan diet is not more healthy and anecdotally, most vegans i know personally become paler and skinnier, although of course there are many examples of massive muscular people who are vegans.
gpt
A "vegan diet" is just any diet that excludes animal products. So, french fries and oreos can be a vegan diet...in that way your view is correct.

What your view needs to change about is your understanding of veganism. It's not a diet, it's an ethical stance against the unnecessary exploitation of animals for food, clothing, entertainment, or any other purpose.