Note meat little meat and almost shurly less than optimal for health. I don't like the people that go against research.
Note meat little meat and almost shurly less than optimal for health. I don't like the people that go against research.
http://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/2008/VeganDiets.htm
That page lists studies showing B12 deficiencies, bone density issues, and elevated Homocystein issues.
Also there is a very strong link to issues with pregnant and nursing women and their babies due to B12 deficiencies. The opinion of most researchers in this area appears to be that pregnant and nursing women should not follow a strict Vegan diet.
With respect to B12 it seems that there is clearly good evidence for vegans to take a supplement.
With regards to pregnant and nursing women the evidence seemed a bit less clear. There doesn't seem to be any mention of actual problems with vegan children, only correlations between them and children that did have problems. Despite the uncertainly It certain seems good enough evidence to take b12 supplement for vegans.
So the takeaway I get from this is that
(Vegan diet + b12/multivitamin) >> Omnivorous diet