Do you have any other source besides the nih? Some non government, independent source? Not saying you’re wrong because I’m always open to the idea that perhaps I am wrong, but you and I clearly disagree when it comes to diet and health. We will never agree. And I can almost guarantee you will not be a life long vegan, but I’ve no way to prove that until you are much older. But I digress. Anything published by any government is immediately flawed, in my opinion, and I dismiss it. Especially where health is concerned. We’ve been brain washed our entire lives about many things, diet and nutritional guidelines are but one of them.