veganism: I know I'm totally setting myself up for lame answers like "brains".|||You obviously have brains since you saw that coming so I'd say the answer is "common sense" - look at your teeth - we're OMNIVORES - not that I really care what you eat but note that you don't see an omnivore asking questions like this about the food they eat...|||Vegetarians don't lack in anything as long as the food is balanced|||if it's well balanced you're not lacking in anything. the protein the vitamin b-12.. the minerals.. vitamin propaganda where vegetarians / vegans don't get enough and they'll get sick and burst into flames... is a fraud. that's the same style of crap you get from those anti drug propagandists.. who use scare tactics like if you smoke pot guys will grow boobs and girls well become shemales. and vegans/vegetarians do get enough protein.. because there are chubby and even some fat vegans and veggieheads... it's not hard to get protein.. or minerals if someone eats right. not all vegans/veggiheads look pale and frail... and not all of use are nazi vegans... not all of us push our ethics onto meatatarians or others... it's just a bunch of noise... one can do what they want.. and not all vegan types and vegetarians out there are crying over the butchered animals.. it happens... some things should be changed over all because mass production skimps on all things not just the meat.. but vegetable product too and fruits.. (remember the spinach and lettuce scare this summer?) it happens.. one must be cautious. finger pointing amounts to nothing. vegans going on about evil meatatarians is utter crap.. just like the vise versa... and no one can change anyone... only person who can do that is themselves... no one should change... but everyone should have a balanced diet.. NO matter what their lifestyle preference is. and no matter who does what... long as the public desires it.. the manufacturers will produce it. ( of course the quality is in question.. that happens ) there. :D (i know this wasn't the answer you were looking for but i did it anyways... ) oh yeh.. those vegans who want people to stop eating meat... OH come ON now... why? what will that do? will that make the world happier? will that stop the butchering? what exactly will that do? (nothing to be honest) because meat is a natural thing to omnivores.. that's why they're called that... just some can't digest that protein/fat in meats.. (such as myself) and prefer to just move onto something the body doesn't have much trouble with. i don't tell folks what to do... what gives the next person the privilege? (nothing) the bickering must stop? it never will.. long as we are always trying to change folks.. there will always be some 'conflict'... want a doobie? <///////////>~~~~|||We're lacking in the public relations department, apparently. People have all kinds of misconceptions about vegetarians - some don't even know what vegetarians eat.|||Heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high triglycerides, high cholesterol, hypertension....need I go on? I think more people could stand to be as "lacking" as we are.|||Sorry I am NO AUTHORITY, though I do have a opinion based on years of study & self help. If you have a balanced Veggie/Vegan Diet you lack NOTHING. But alas most of us don't. I rarely eat sea veggies so take a liquid B-12 daily. As a Veggie/Vegan your diet is healthier & more balanced than a heavy flesh eatters diet. Studies The China Study, Okanwain Study and many others have proven Veggie Based diet is the Health example for the world. Sources like John Robbins, Dr. John McDougall, Dr. Dean Ornish, give us so much inforamtion to helps us along this different path of health. Was this any help? I hope so. Slaint茅 (to your health)|||We are lacking in weapons and vandalism against animal abusers and murderers.|||This question stereotypes a billion people. There are hundreds of variations of diets that'll sustain life, but people tend to focus on meat or no meat. Meat's not that special. "you don't see an omnivore asking questions like this about the food they eat" That's because they don't care. ALmost all americans lack things. The problem really is soil depleation. After all, meat is only as nutritious as the animals diet....and its not that great. But mine is(organic fruits, vegies, nuts,seeds, beans, grains - from a variety of places including my garden).|||My lame answer is....Meat.