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The one nutrient I for sure know vegans lack should be Vitamin A, since it’s not found in plants and the body has this weird thing of "the more beta carotene it converts into Vitamin A, the less effective it gets“ making it impossible to get the minimum recommended amount of it - and vitamin A deficiency could lead to depression.

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Rekorse@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I think its possible you meant b12? Its not found naturally in anything besides meat from my understanding but it is synthetically added in some common vegan staples like alternate milks

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- Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  No, not b12. That you can get from energy drinks like Monster as well. Specifically Vitamin A since beta carotene is a precursor to vitamin A and the human body has not the capability to solely live off. I don’t remember the study, but it said that the conversion rate became lower after prolonged Viramin A absence.
  
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  - Rekorse@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    vegfaqs.com/vegan-sources-of-vitamin-a/
    
    I picked the first resource off duckduckgo, read through most of it and it lines up with what I had thought.
    
    And then here is about b12:
    
    vegansociety.com/…/what-every-vegan-should-know-a…
    
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yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Did you forget about carrots?

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- Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Beta carotene is not vitamin A
  
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  - yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I don’t know where you are getting your info but vitamin A is in several vegetables, including carrots, and fruits www.healthline.com/…/foods-high-in-vitamin-a#vege…
    
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