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Googling "vegan multivitamin" brings up tons of stuff that addresses vegan needs. In my search to collect this information, I found myself gravitating towards the following pages. I am sure there are many more.
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Links gathered here address commonly held vegan beliefs regarding commonly cited deficiencies of the vegan diet. |
- Protein sources
- Fat sources
- B-vitamin sources:
- Nutritional Yeast can be sprinkled on any dish. It has a savory and flaky cheeze-like taste.
- Odwalla B-Monster or other vegan smoothie mixes.
- Fortified cereal, soy milk and fake-meat analogues. Content varies with product, so check labels. The amount of B-vitamins provided can be small in these products.
- These webpages for Calcium, Magnesium and Iron accurately describe what I eat on a regular basis. The charts/lists of foods on these webpages are practically an inventory of my kitchen (a.k.a. what I look for on a menu)!
- For omega-3 fatty acids:
- Here is one of my fave soymilks.
- This list of seeds can be added to smoothies or used to make a quick overnight pudding.
- Other options include supplemental vegan DHA flax oil and vegan alternative to fish oil.
- This total omega vegan swirl 3-6-9 product is also great for smoothies or just in a tablespoon straight out of the bottle !
- Iodine sources:
- Eat seaweed! You can find seaweed in vegan veggie sushi and wakame miso soup, for example.
- Check out this awesome seaweed snack.
- Other juices and smoothies:
- Superfood smoothies are addicting, much better than coffee as a pick-me-up.
- A variety of other such invigorating juices are made by Naked, Odwalla, Bolthouse Farms and Columbia Gorge Organic.
- For a less-dense drink I also enjoy this black currant juice.
- This short summary of the benefits of kale is a good representative of vegan mentality regarding the nutritional viability of omitting animal products.