Just want to quickly flag that, based on my anecdotal experience, the vegan communities I was thinking of in which nutrition was thoroughly discussed didn’t involve learning from vegan elders either. They were mostly students, and had learned about nutrition from the internet, books, memes and visiting professionals, and in fact I recall them as being more heavy on the nutrition talk than the older vegans I’ve met (even if the elders also supplemented etc.). I feel like the adequate seriousness with which they treated nutrition came more from a place of positive and optimistic “let’s do things the right way” (to be a good example, to maintain some important boundaries that will allow us to help sustainably, etc.).
Another is that compulsive optimization doesn’t lead people to neglect something as simple as iron.
I disagree, I think unfortunately this and worse can happen in some environments and mental spaces.
Just want to quickly flag that, based on my anecdotal experience, the vegan communities I was thinking of in which nutrition was thoroughly discussed didn’t involve learning from vegan elders either. They were mostly students, and had learned about nutrition from the internet, books, memes and visiting professionals, and in fact I recall them as being more heavy on the nutrition talk than the older vegans I’ve met (even if the elders also supplemented etc.). I feel like the adequate seriousness with which they treated nutrition came more from a place of positive and optimistic “let’s do things the right way” (to be a good example, to maintain some important boundaries that will allow us to help sustainably, etc.).
I disagree, I think unfortunately this and worse can happen in some environments and mental spaces.
Thank you. I’d want to investigate more before fully updating, but this does speak directly to my crux, and your position makes more sense now.