/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Vegan mac n cheese. Did you know a balanced vegan diet is nutritionally complete? There's a lot of talk about iron, protein, vitamin d, omega 3, and of course b 12
- iron is found in high sources in leafy greens
- same with protein
- vitamin d is found in sunlight and fortified milks
- omega 3 is found in seeds and nuts
- animals do not naturally produce large amounts of b12. Livestock feed is supplemented with b12 which humans then consume. B12 is actually created in the soil. Historically, we got enough b12 because we didn't repeatedly wash and sanitize our produce before it reached our plate. B12 is found in cereals and nutritional yeast, but many choose to supplement with pills anyway as the effects of low b12 levels are devestating and irreversible. 40% of Americans are deficient in b12 despite the vast majority of them consuming animals regularly