MythicDreams: More and more studies show that a properly planned vegan diet is at least as healthy as a non-vegan diet, and even healthier.
Straight from the American Dietetic Association : "Properly planned vegan diets are healthful and have been found to satisfy nutritional needs, and offer protection against heart disease, cancer, and other diseases."

We are omnivore for a reason, and that reason is that it is easier to survive in a hostile environment if you can eat 'everything' than if you can eat less types of food. But since being an omnivore doesn't mean we need to eat a little bit of everything (since most of us in Western countries can choose whatever we want to eat), there is no link between eating 'everything' and being healthy. Quite the contrary, as seen in all the studies that are being published.

So, according to the knowledge we have as of today, a vegan diet is more beneficial than a 'standard' and 'balanced' diet.


But if we want to debate veganism in itself, I believe we'd be better off creating a new thread in another forum, and keep this thread here about if vegans have seen their lucidity increased or decreased as a result of their diet.