Vitamin & Minerals

The NHA maintains as a general principle that when we eat a calorie-sufficient diet derived exclusively from whole natural foods—fresh fruits and vegetables , and the variable additional of whole grains, nuts, and legumes, we get an abundant supply of both the quantity and quality of vitamins the body needs.
Nutrition is a continually growing science and it is now well established that optimal levels of B12 are not met with a vegan, vegetarian or near vegetarian diet. Also many individuals not getting sufficient sunshine do not meet their needs for Vitamin D without supplementation.
There could be other supplemental suggestions that might offer benefit to an otherwise ideally designed diet but at present the data is somewhat limited and not well established.enough for the AHA to make definitive recommendations for all people.

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