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Do vegans or vegetarians need thiamine supplements?

Vegans & vegetarians don’t need thiamine supplements if they follow a well-balanced, healthy diet. They can get high doses from vegan foods.

There are many vegan foods high in niacin. Whole grains, seeds, nuts, beans, fruits, mushrooms & nutritional yeast are good natural sources.

Although there aren’t vegan foods rich in carnitine, vegans don’t need carnitine supplements. The human body synthesizes more than enough.

Vegan athletes don’t require BCAA supplements. They can get them from plant-based foods high in BCAAs, such as beans, seeds, nuts & grains.

Creatine is vegan. It’s just an amino acid. But, there aren’t vegan foods with creatine. Vegans can get creatine only from supplements.

Taurine in food isn’t vegan. There aren’t plant-based sources of taurine. Only, synthetic taurine in supplements & energy drinks is vegan.

Only a few plant-based foods are high in vitamin B12. The richest vegan foods in vitamin B12 are nutritional yeast, cholera, nori & tempeh.

There aren’t plant-based foods high in vitamin D. Vegans require sun exposure, or even better, take supplements.

Eating a wide variety of vegan foods, such as beans, vegetables, seeds, nuts & whole grains can help us meet our daily needs of calcium.

Pythagoras was the first documented vegetarian. He believed all living beings have souls. So, he didn’t eat meat or fish.