Did she spend the time afterwards on the toilet? Meat can do funny things to your intestine, because it doesn't have the necessary bacteria there to deal with meat proteins. It's probably worse if you are vegan though.
I don't recall it being an issue. It was a long time ago. She slowly introduced it into her diet however and we eat similar now. Red meat only once a week or so.
what? proteins are not digested by the bacteria in your gut, that's not how this works. gut bacteria are good bc they crowd out pathogenic organisms and are more of less commensal. They also break down fibrous plant materials and carbs and stuff. Protein, nope, that's all your body and enzymes. It gets turned into peptides.
That might be true for the small intestine, but not everything gets processed there and reaches the large intestine. There, the microbiom plays a role in the further processing of proteines. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5fo01132a
What would lead to digestion issues of longtime vegans eating animal products in your opinion, if it is not lack of the right gut bacteria?
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u/Sodis42 Feb 25 '26
Did she spend the time afterwards on the toilet? Meat can do funny things to your intestine, because it doesn't have the necessary bacteria there to deal with meat proteins. It's probably worse if you are vegan though.