Question

Jason is a vegan eater, and tends to eat a lot of processed foods. He knows that he may be at risk of nutritional deficiencies. He wants to improve his diet for long term health to not rely on supplementation. What are your four top recommendations considering his dietary choices, and why?

Answer 1

Vegan diet - defined as eating only food obtained from plants ,this people avoid Animal products such as milk ,curd,eggs

To improve his diet He must add following ones -

Protien - nuts ,soya ,beans, tofu

Green leafy vegetables such as tofu ,brocoli ,sesame seeds for - calcium

Chia seeds ,flax seeds - for omega 3 fatty acids

Tofu ,soya nuts peanut butter - for iron

Soya milk , nutritional yeast ,other B12 fortified varities for vitamin b 12

Vegan diet is healthy but have risk factors due to some nutritional deficiencies such as vitamin B12, iron, Omega 3 fatty acids , calcium are much higher in diary product and meat