No scientist can tell me what's healthy and what isn't because they don't know. In Japan I ate tons of raw stuff including eggs and I was fine. I ate a couple of raw quail eggs and am fine. Oddly enough the only time I have ever gotten food poisoning was when I had shitty American food or drank yogurt that had been sitting out.
By the way, people can call themselves whatever they want. I don't see anyone complaining about how stupid Americans are calling their fake Italian restaurants Italian when it is all disgusting over sweetened, salty, ignorantly and lazily prepared food. No American knows how to cook pasta correctly. You DON'T drain all the water but should be leaving half a cup of it in the pasta! Dry pasta is sacrilege. And what about those people who say they're religious? I am willing to bet you that most of them don't follow any of the moral rules such as don't steal, don't be jealous, don't want something that belongs to another and so on, so why should they be allowed to call themselves a Catholic or a Mormon? What about ignorant people who have no knowledge of Buddhism and call themselves Buddhist? Or people who have no clue about art and call themselves artist regardless of their utter lack of talent (and a rusty chair glued to the ceiling should not be considered art as well as most of the garbage they put out at Burning Man). So I eat tofu, meat, eggs, and whatever I need to enjoy a complete and healthy diet. Can I call myself a Vegan? Sure, why not. It is a free country so I can go around saying I'm a vegan. I don't see anyone getting angry if I say I'm a carnivore if I eat vegetables as well. Get off your pedestal and stop acting as if you're doing God's work by being a vegan or a vegetarian. We don't care what lifestyle you choose just don't smother us with your pushy vegan ideals. Every vegan I knew was crazy, anti-social, and self-hating. Unless you eat bugs with your vegetables you will NEVER take in the nutrients you need and will always suffer from deficiencies. I don't care what you say about it. I have done extensive studies in the field of nutrition and I have yet to find a nutritionist or doctor who would actually recommend not eating meat. You are built to eat meat. We come from beings who survived mostly on hunted food, and I doubt that the food gathered was ever enough to feed a family. Don't deprive yourself of meat, just make good choices and eat good non-processed and possibly farm raised animals. Organic doesn't always mean they're healthy. It just means they weren't given antibiotics and hormones. I come from Italy and you will rarely if ever meet someone who is a vegan. We enjoy all aspects of food and eating and realize that each ingredient must be tasted. Maybe if you ate meat in a way where you can actually taste it you would come to your senses. Until you stop being so pretentious, you will always get negative reactions when people find out you are a vegan. Do what you want to your body, but again, don't act like you're holy, because I very much doubt you are.