I have the following symptoms:
- Hair thinning on the top of my head
- Feeling more tired than usual
- Going to the toilet more often
- Feeling colder compared to my gf despite being fatter
- Dry skin
Could these be related to the change in my diet? If so I will go for a blood test, which vitamins would you recommend me to check? (I will obviously take them as supplements if needed)
Other changes in my life in the last year were finding a job and starting Zoloft.
No way we can diagnose you like this. It’s a good idea to go to a doctor or get bloodwork done.
In the order you should consider:
B12 is essential as a vegan. You can find B12 or better yet take a B Complex (which has multiple B vitamins like B2, B3 in addition to B12).
Another good one to take is Vegan Omega 3 (most are sourced from fish, so the label should say it is vegan which means it is derived from algae).
Other than that, almost everyone needs more Vitamin D, especially as winter is coming.
After that, look at what your particular situation and see what you need, I’d say.
i didn’t know there was vegan omega-3 supplements, how much do you take? do you use it daily? :o
Yep! 250mg every day is good enough.
Vitamin
is a meme for a reason. Soil used to contain lots of nutrition like this, but modern modes of agribusiness is reducing soil quality. Which means we do need to take supplements.In addition to what was already said, you probably will go to the restroom more often, as Vegan food tends to be less calorie dense and more fiber rich, so you tend to eat more, in terms of ‘actual volume of food’ (even if, often, its still lower caloric intake). A bigger concern isn’t really ‘more often’ so much as ‘irregularly’, or ‘painfully’.
If the dietary transition was somewhat abrupt, you may consider taking a probiotic or making a point of eating fermented food for a while. Vegan microbiomes are distinct from non-vegan so it may need some help to get the right stuff…
Colon-izing
