Just like any way of eating, there are all extremes and people who make up all ends of the spectrum.

I know many vegans who get everything they need nutritionally and quite a few of them who have had healthy, safe pregnancies and children. Actually, I don't know any that have had an unhealthy pregnancy.

We, as low-carbers don't like to be clumped with those who get fanatic and eat only meat and cheese for three meals a day in the name of low-carb eating. And we particularly don't like it when the media prints a story that takes one of these extreme low-carbers and presents them as the majority saying "See? This girl followed low-carb and died from kidney failure. We just proved that all low-carb is unhealthy."

Perhaps vegans and their way of eating is similar and deserves the same respect?