• raven [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    When people complain about vegan diets lacking in x, y, or z I always point out that our diets are culturally balanced, as well as being balanced by the addition of vitamins to staple foods. If we all became deficient in say, iron, we would start fortifying iron in our water, flour, salt, rice etc, while at the same time we would culturally move towards eating more black beans and spinach than we currently do. When an individual removes a food group from their diet, it's only reasonable that you will have to intentionally rebalance your diet in other places. This isn't a deficiency inherent in a vegan diet.

    If you have to supplement a vitamin or mineral that's just part of your diet, so don't @ me with your natural=good nonsense.

    • Maoo [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      The only thing vegans need to supplement with is B12. Everything else can be had from a balanced diet.

      • raven [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        Once you discover nutritional yeast it's hard not to get enough B12.

          • raven [he/him]
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            9 months ago

            Thanks for the warning, didn't know that was a thing!

        • TheCaconym [any]
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          9 months ago

          Nooch does not contain B12. It is sometimes added to it, perhaps even often in the US ? but in the EU for example I've never ever seen B12-fortified nooch.

          • raven [he/him]
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            9 months ago

            Oh really? I didn't know they made it without. I just checked mine and it says it has >100% of all the b complex vitamins in a serving (2 tbsp). I do live in the US but I got mine online.