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RE: Vegan for life - how to stay healthy on a vegan diet!
I like your post, it's well written, but I would add something important...
You forgot to write about how vitamin C boosts Iron absorption (and hence the tips to eat uncooked vegetables with every meal or sprinkle lemon juice over a cooked dish). As for Zinc, you forgot the best source - pumpkin seeds, which are also delicious, especially if you roast them a few minutes ;)
For me these nutrients weren't an issue, when I was pregnant, my bloodwork showed great, and hemoglobin was perfect!
But what about calcium? It's important to take note of it, because if a person doesn't eat some dark leafy greens everyday, or calcium-set tofu, or fortified plant-milks, he can fall a bit short on calcium (I use vegan RDs blog for this info)
Awesome contribution! I wrote somewhere that I'll make a post for each nutrient (maybe each food too) in detail. This was just a brief look at what I learned in the last year.
My point with the Zinc was that when you eat a varied diet the sources stack up and meet your RDA. The pumpkin seeds are great alongside other foods sources of Zinc, but alone they can't meet your RDA (unless you eat 150g of them every day).
I'll write a separate post for calcium, the fuss with the dairy deserves needs to be resolved.
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