How to Monitor and Advise Vegans to Ensure Adequate Nutrient Intake.
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Plant foods contain a negligible amount of vitamin B12; thus, vegans have difficulty meeting the recommended daily allowance (2.4 μg) and maintaining adequate serum concentrations of B12. In a cross-sectional study of 689 men, 121 of 232 vegans (52%) were B12 deficient (<118 pmol/L), whereas only 1 of 226 omnivores (0%) was B12 deficient.15 A prospective study of 20 omnivores who adopted a vegan diet over 5 years showed that B12 levels were only maintained in the patients who consumed B12-fortified products. 16
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association
دوره 116 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016