Vitamin D for vegans

Vegans are not particularly at risk of vitamin D deficiency. Spending time outdoors, including mushrooms, seaweeds, and fortified food products in the diet, and periodically taking vitamin D supplement are ways to maintain an optimal level of vitamin D level.

Vegans, watch your iodine intake

Iodine is an important trace element that is required by the thyroid to synthesise two hormones: triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). These hormones are crucial to the metabolism of almost …