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RE: Vegan for life - how to stay healthy on a vegan diet!
I'm not taking any supplements but will buy a B12 supplement just in case. I also don't eat enough flax seeds =) Thanks for posting this! II personally need to constantly remind myself to eat a balanced diet, that's my weakness at the moment
As I mentioned, B12 is not a problem for many, many years. So supplementing is more of a preventative thing for the far future haha! Omega 3s from flax seeds aswell, you're going to see that effect only when you get really old. People who have enough omega3s in their diet tend to develop less demention and similar brain disease in old age.
So don't worry, we all can be unresponsible when it comes to our bodies sometimes. Doing that in the long run is what causes major problems.
You're very welcome! :)
walnuts will also work perfectly for Omega 3s! and chia seeds. Walnuts are the mosr delicious and easy to eat enough (but difficult to eat moderately =))
@steemitbaby
The problem with walnuts is their 3 to 6 ratio. Flax seeds have 4:1 ratio while the walnuts have a 1:4.
That's okay if you don't have any extra omega 6s in your diet. If you do, the short chain to long chain conversion will be not as eficient. You want to keep your ratios up to 1:4, ideal is 1:1.
Compared to any other omega 3 source, flax is the king in many ways.
Check out the video by Michael Greger on that: