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Plant based diet - are you meeting your nutritional requirements?

Plant based diet - are you meeting your nutritional requirements?

A vegan diet includes foods from plant sources only. It can be nourishing and satisfying, but it takes very careful planning to avoid nutritional deficiencies. Vegans must work hard to ensure they are consuming adequate amounts of essential fatty acids, protein, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, iron, zin
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Common nutrient deficiencies

Common nutrient deficiencies

As we know, many nutrients are essential for good health and wellbeing, with our body needing these nutrients to carry out the everyday functions that keep us alive.It is possible to get most of our requirements from a balanced, real food-based diet, but with so much pre-packaged and processed food
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