Additionally, they seemed to accept the number as is.
I don’t think that’s fair to say given this disclaimer in the faunalytics study:
Note: Some caution is needed in considering these results. It is possible that former vegetarians/vegans may have exaggerated their difficulties given that they provide a justification for their current behavior.
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where Faunalytics reports “listed health issues as a reason they quit”.
This isn’t a quote from the faunalytics data, nor is it an accurate description of the data they gathered.
The survey asked people who are no longer veg*/n if they experienced certain health issues while they were veg*/n. Not whether they attributed those health issues to their diet, or whether they quit because of those health issues.
Someone who experienced depression/anxiety while they were vegan for example, who then quit being vegan because they broke up with their vegan partner, would be included in the survey data you’re talking about.
It’s possible I’m confused or missing something.
I hedged a little less about this after wilkox, a doctor who was not at all happy with the Change My Mind post, said he thought it was if anything an underestimate.
I’m much less confident about my issue with this part because im not totally sure what they meant, but I don’t interpret their comment as saying that in their professional opinion they think the number of people experiencing health issues from veg*nism is higher.
I interpret their surprise at the numbers being due to the fact that it’s a self reported survey. Given that people can say whatever they want, and that it’s surveying ex veg*ns, they’re surprised more people didn’t use health as a rationalization (is my impression).
I appreciate the response
Though I’m mostly concerned that you seem to be falsely quoting the faunalytics study:
This isn’t in the study and it’s not something they surveyed. They surveyed something meaningfully different, as I outlined in my comment.