“If you want to be vegan but you worry about health effects of no meat, consider being vegan except for mussels/oysters” by Kat Woods

1) They're unlikely to be sentient (few neurons, immobile)

2) If they are sentient, the farming practices look likely to be pretty humane

3) They're extremely nutritionally dense

Buying canned smoked oysters/mussels and eating them plain or on crackers is super easy and cheap.

It's an acquired taste for some, but I love them.

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First published:
June 30th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BM38x7QCYrf7MGN5D/if-you-want-to-be-vegan-but-you-worry-about-health-effects

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