The plants can be deficient in certain things, especially fat soluble vitamins that come from meat and from essential amino acids.

植物中缺乏某些物质,特别是脂溶性维生素,那些只能从肉类和必需氨基酸中获得

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Now that seems counterintuitive now because we think that a plant based diet may be more healthy for people than a meat based diet, but remember, that we're fighting off overnutrition and these folks were fighting off undernutrition.

现在看来似乎并非如此,因为我们认为,对于人类来说,植物性饮食比以动物性饮食更为健康,但是请记住,我们正在对抗营养过剩,而这些人们正在和营养不良作斗争

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