Vegan or vegetarian diets can be challenging for older adults and require careful attention to ensure adequate intake of nutrients like B12, zinc, and iron. — Whalespan
Vegan or vegetarian diets can be challenging for older adults and require careful attention to ensure adequate intake of nutrients like B12, zinc, and iron.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“the one thing that I would say as individual's age a a vegan diet can be very challenging need to make sure that you are getting enough B12 zinc iron things uh nutrients of concern that seem to be going down in general and we're seeing decreases of that um in the general population”