With no meat, milk, eggs, fish, or cheese in our diets, the U.S. population would not
receive enough of several different
essential dietary
nutrients from the foods they eat, according to the study results.
True starvation is a clinical condition where the body simply does not
receive enough nutrients to support life - basic systems begin to shut down, the body begins to shed all skeletal muscle and consume even
essential bodyfat, and the eventual result is organ failure and death.