/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Alright /ck/, /fit/ is full of faggots and asshats who are incapable of giving me a rational answer so I will ask you

My roomate has recently become vegetarian, stating that all meat is bad for you and you can get all the best nutrients and things your body needs for any build from vegetables, fruits, nuts and pretty much any plant life.

How correct is he that meat is THAT bad for you? Is it possible to still lead a healthy lifestyle well into old age by eating vegetables with your meat and taking vitamins?

Or is meat really completely useless to us nowadays nutrition wise?

I am not here to cause a war between vegan faggots and people who enjoy steak, I just want to know the facts behind this kind of stuff, so input is super appreciated