i find it most interesting that vegetarians and vegans either do not know about, or will not talk about, the fact that, while plants and animals may both have proteins, the proteins between the two categories are molecularly different, and that consuming one, does not compensate for a lack of the other.

Humans may not need as much meat as the typical american (or even western european?) commonly eats, but that does not mean that we, as a set of species, can go full veg, and abandon all aspects of animal product diet altogether.

I also find it telling, and unsurprising, that people who do go vegetarian (especially vegans) develop health problems within the year, and have to discontinue their abstinence of animal-based foods. It is a problem which is apparently not often talked about, in those circles, especially when one is quietly adding cheese and eggs into their diet, while still keeping up appearances of being vegetarian or vegan.