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Diet Leads to Lower Bone Density  An Articles Archive    Fail:
Vegan Diet Leads to Lower Bone Density  From Animal Place
Sanctuary  Oh noes! Vegans have lower bone densities than
omnivores! (which, ignoring the title, is one of the better news
articles on this issue).  Or do they?  Well, if you've read the
70+ news articles covering this story, you would think vegans
were going to fall apart at the seams, their bones snapping like
twigs.  The articles are reporting about this study in the
American Journal of Nutrition called "Effect of vegetarian diets
on bone mineral density: a Bayesian meta-analysis". I am always
fond of Bayesian meta-analysis because it sounds fun and
scientificky.  Anyway, the news agencies love to report
scientificky stuff in the most unscientific ways, like by saying
"vegans have lower bone densities" when, in fact, the actual
study showed there wasn't a clinically significant difference
and that vegans were not treated mo