Hi Carmen, thanks for your comment. I'll address this in the same spirit in which it was written.

'vegans and plant-based is not the same. A vegan person doesn't use any animal products in his/her life while a plant-based eater might.'

True, but this film is mainly about diet. When it comes to diet, vegan and plant-based are effectively the same.

'Second, you mentioned an article from 1988 about amenorreah being a problem caused by not eating sufficient meat. It's 2022, and it is known that amenorreah in athletes is usually caused by not consuming enough calories.'

The article from 1988 is the one they used in the movie to show a vegetarian cycling team beat two (presumably) omnivorous teams. I'm not using it to prove anything. At no point do I mention amenorrhea in relation to meat-eating. I'm just showing that the very same study James uses to try and prove the improved performance of the vegetarian team was littered with issues about the diet. Perhaps in the eighties these vegetarian athletes were not consuming enough calories which caused their amenorrhea.

'athletes in a plant based diet need to consume protein powders to satisfy their protein requirements. Well, a lot of athletes that are meat eaters also consume protein powders made out of whey'

True, omnivores do consume protein powders like they're going out of fashion. But this is a convenience thing. The HUGE difference here is that vegans MUST consume protein powders, omnivores MAY if they want.

'While meat has many nutrients (like vitamin B12 which cannot be obtained from plants), there are other nutrients that cannot be obtained from meat. Take for example Vitamin C, polyphenols, fiber, etc.'

I'm not trying to convince anyone that they should be eating nothing but meat. I'm an omnivore and encourage my clients and readers to be the same so they get the best from both worlds.

If you want to be more specific about any of the 'problematic claims' please do.