Vitamin B12 and
vitamin D are essential nutrients that are generally found in animal based foods, so for purely veg diet, it’s important to be mindful about ensuring you’re getting enough of these vitamins
Vitamin B12 : ( cobalamin)
Vitamin B12 is primarily found in animal products,
So getting it from plant base source can be challenging
1Fortified foods
Fortified plant milks , fortified breakfast cereals, fortified nutritional yeast, fortified tofu , fortified plant based meat substitute
2. Supplements:
If you find it difficult to get enough vitamin B12 from
Fortified foods , taking vitamin B12 supplements
Vitamin D ( Sunshine vitamin)
Vitamin D is essential for
calcium absorption and bone health, it’s challenging to get enough vitamin from plant
Based sources
1. Sunlight:
The best natural source of vitamin D
2. Fortified foods
Fortified plant base milk, fortified orange juice, fortified breakfast cereals, fortified tofu and mushrooms
3. Mushrooms:
Some type of mushrooms like shiitake, maitake, portobello exposed to Uv light contain vitamin D
4. Supplements:
If you are live in an area with limited sunlight, or if you have difficulty absorption vitamin D from foods , you may want to take vitamin D supplements