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I was only gone for a day or two... (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

First of all, that analysis you posted is not particularly scientific, and there's an abundance of evidence that vegan diets hurt cats.

Second, once you're getting into arguments about "synthetic nutrients", it's pretty clear that you don't actually know how animals nutrition works, and probably shouldn't have a pet at all if you don't know how to keep one without making it suffer due to malnutrition.

Not sure why you're vegan, but it certainly isn't because you care about the well-being of animals...

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Taurine is an essential amino acid for cats that is present in animal products. During the manufacturing process of cat food, it is heated to high temperature and some odds this natural taurine is destroyed. To make up for this, synthetic taurine is added back in. This synthetic taurine is made in a lab, and (from wikipedia) in 1993, 5000-6000 tonnes were produced.

If you have any more questions, or any studies or other academic sources I should look at, please don't hesitate to post them.