Thankfully, eating plants with vitamin C was a quick remedy, but Blunt’s troubles are just one of many potential problems caused by never eating plants. A more serious suite of problems from never eating plants arises from lacking certain nutrients. Although abundant in meat and dairy, it is absent in plants, which means that vegans must either eat foods fortified with B12 or take supplements. These health risks, moreover, make sense in light of the nutri­tional challenges of never eating meat and, in the case of vegans, also dairy. Yet not eating meat is no panacea.