Vegan Health and Nutrition/Rules?
Hi!
I am a new Vegan. I LOVE the lifestyle, don’t love the weakness and near passing out lol. I know this is just because I don’t know what I’m doing. Any experienced Vegans….what vitamins do you take? What supplements? And I’ve found some obscure rules (like no artificial food coloring) about Veganism I didn’t know, so could someone please summarize the rules for me, too?
Thank you!
The Vegan Jeweler
There aren’t really any "rules" to veganism other than trying your best not to use or eat products obtained from animals, and not participating in any activity that brings harm to animals.
"weakness and near passing out" is something I’ve never experienced during many years on a vegan diet, Are you eating enough food and drinking enough water in general? This is really something you should see a physician for as it could be related to your diet, but unrelated to veganism.
As for vitamins and supplements, if you’re eating a balanced diet, this isnt really something you need to worry about. Protein is literally found in every food. Iron is found in many vegetables, my favorite source is spinach. If you’re concerned about other nutrients search google with the term "Vegan sources of _______."
There aren’t really any "rules" to veganism other than trying your best not to use or eat products obtained from animals, and not participating in any activity that brings harm to animals.
"weakness and near passing out" is something I’ve never experienced during many years on a vegan diet, Are you eating enough food and drinking enough water in general? This is really something you should see a physician for as it could be related to your diet, but unrelated to veganism.
As for vitamins and supplements, if you’re eating a balanced diet, this isnt really something you need to worry about. Protein is literally found in every food. Iron is found in many vegetables, my favorite source is spinach. If you’re concerned about other nutrients search google with the term "Vegan sources of _______."
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i am vegan and eat all bran cereal. it has your whole days worth of iron.
there are many, many causes of weakness. it its related to diet, it could be hypoglycemia, anemia, viruses. so eat every 3-6 hours. get enough iron, copper, folic acid. lentils have iron, cashews have copper, whole grains have folic acid.
look for gelatin, glycerine, or stear in the ingredients. they are common animal ingredients.
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you might be anorexic-vegan if youre passing out.
wikipedia says a high percentage of anorexics use veganism to mask their eating disorder.
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