A few questions for VEGANS? Urgent?

[RealGuysOpinion]

It's for a study... Don't know any vegan real life!! :(
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1) For what purpose do you use food supplements (if you do)?

2) Which food supplements (molecules) do you use?

3) Did a pharmacist recommend them to you?

4) What kind of marketing arguments were used by your pharmacist in favour of one supplement and not another?

5) Do you prefer food supplements of a "well-known" brand?

6) How did you come across food supplements? On the brands? On the pros of consumption? Did you use a website or magazine?

7) Word-of-mouth?

[GoldMeddle]

I'm not vegan, but I can answer a few of these questions.

1) If a person's blood levels adjust due to the change of diet they may be short on protein and may require supplemental protein and other vitamins. This is true with any diet.

2) That, you'll have to find out from an actual vegan. If I had to guess I would say protein and iron, because people who don't eat meat would be severely lacking in those. Vitamin B12 is also found in meat and may need to be supplemented. So if a vegan were to take any vitamins, it would probably be those. Although in my experience vegans aren't always the most outdoorsy, so Vitamin D as well perhaps.

3) In most cases, a doctor will recommend supplements. Typically based on results from blood tests. I would HIGHLY recommend any vegan get a blood test after they start the diet.

4) In my experience, pharmacists don't really do that. Typically doctor's orders and any brand that meets the requirements.

5) Most people prefer food supplements of a well known brand because they have a reputation to uphold while "Health4u" doesn't.

6) In the past, I've come across food supplements at pharmacies, after they were suggested by my doctor. In some cases, I come across them online. I have never taken a supplement because a magazine advertised it.

There are reviews online, but if the supplement isn't flavored, it won't make much of a difference. There's no way to review a supplement perse.

7) I've never taken anything because somebody else recommended it to me.

I am part vegan in the sense that I don't eat much meat and don't eat certain types of meat all together. Currently I'm taking: Vitamin B12, Magnesium, Vitamin D (X4), Potassium (although this is probably due to me being underweight to alleviate risk of RF syndrome), and one other one perhaps. I'm also taking probiotics and laxatives- due to being low energy and often having less muscle (many people become vegan but don't know what they are doing or how to do it safely) I'd imagine this isn't uncommon either.

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[RealGuysOpinion]

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

the big D

[Anonymous]

B12 is a big one