Vegan nutrition 15 posts
Protein, B12, iron and calcium on a plant-based diet — what to watch and what to eat.
Anaemia on a vegan diet: what to eat and what not to drink with meals
Plant iron is absorbed less well than iron from meat. But absorption can be raised considerably — and one very common habit is lowering it.
Processed vegan products: does eating them regularly matter
Vegan cold cuts, sausages and packaged mock meats are convenient. But convenient and good are different things, and the gap shows in three numbers on
Vitamin D in a sunny country: why deficiency still happens
Saigon has sun all year, yet vitamin D deficiency is common. The reason is how people live, not how much sun there is — and vegans have one extra diff
Soy and hormones: sorting the claims from the rumours
Soy is the main protein of Vietnamese vegan cooking, and the most rumoured-about food there is. Here's what has a basis and what doesn't.
Where the salt hides in vegan meals: what matters with high blood pressure
Vegan food gets assumed to be mild and gentle. But salt in vegan meals hides in different places than in meat-based ones, and sometimes in larger amou
Zinc and iodine: the two nutrients nobody mentions
Everyone knows the list — protein, iron, calcium, B12. Zinc and iodine almost never appear on it, and both have a problem of their own once animal foo
Reading a nut milk label: three numbers tell you whether it is worth buying
Every carton says wholesome and delicious on the front. Three numbers on the back say what is actually in it: how much nut, how much sugar, and whethe
Can you eat too much fibre, and what does too much look like
Switching to a vegan diet doubles your fibre in a matter of days. The bloating that follows is not a sign that vegan food disagrees with you — it is a
Omega-3 on a vegan diet: which seeds, and why flaxseed is not the whole answer
Flax and walnuts really are rich in omega-3 — but in the form the body has to convert, and the conversion rate is low. That is the part nobody mention
What a day of vegan meals with enough protein, iron, calcium and B12 looks like
Eating well on a vegan diet is three meals added together, not one virtuous salad. Where each nutrient comes from, roughly how much, and a sample day
Losing weight on a vegan diet, and the mistake most people make
Switching to vegan food to lose weight goes wrong when the protein goes with it. Eating vegan means changing the protein source, not removing it — plu
Calcium without cow's milk: what to eat to get enough
Giving up dairy does not remove the need for calcium, only the usual source. Three groups already in a Vietnamese vegan kitchen cover it, and vitamin
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