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Originally Posted by MartialDev  Veganism may have its benefits, but physical health is surely not among them. Tell a Ayurvedic or TCM doctor you went vegan for health: they just might laugh at you! |
While I know from experience and research that veganism has a huge range of health benefits, I have had to battle considerable resistance in my Classical Chinese Medicine education. However, there are many opinions on this within the Chinese medicine community, particularly where that community has moved into non-Asian countries. My experience in talking with my professors is that while they are quite admirable in their examining Chinese medicine theory with a critical eye and testing it out on reality before fully accepting it, they do have a few blind spots. Among them: sexuality and vegetarianism/veganism.
In my study of Chinese medicine theory (which is admittedly young, yet quite extensive as it is my future profession) there is nothing substantial to support many Chinese doc's wholesale rejection of veganism/vegetarianism. There are many foodstuffs discussed in Chinese medicine theory that adequately compensate for the factors that the theory believes would be missing from an animal foods inclusive diet.
Eric Grey