@MdoubleHB lol, the first thing he says in the video is that everything he's going to talk about in controversial, he then goes on about how important sodium is in the human body. Everything then on is bogus. "organic sodium" wtf. Sodium is an element weather that comes from plants, form animals, from rocks, from the sea or from some glacier doesn't matter in the slightest. That's like saying vegans shouldn't supplement vit b12, because it's artificial and can't be absorbed. Appeal to nature fallacy at it's finest. Also, what's the matter with his "salt diluted in water can be absorbed, pure salt can't" argument? The body is 80% water, if you eat plain salt it'll just dissolve right there in your mouth. Basically what he's saying is, were not drinking enough water, which is true for most people anyway, so obviously eating tons of salt at the same time doesn't help, but that doesn't mean salt is poisonous either. Continuing my rant about salt, all this "Himalayan pink salt" and stuff is just marketing too. Even sea salt to an extent. If you use flaky sea salt to top of a dish for some textural difference that's a legit use, if however you salt your pasta water with expensive salt, you're just throwing away money.
I recently face a deficit of nutrients and vitamins even tho I take supplements. It wasn’t because I’m vegan... it was because I had a poor diet and bad habits, eating cookies, chips, few veggies a week only. So it wasn’t because veganism it was because I was irresponsible and I ate poorly.
Thank you for pointing this out. A lot of omnivores constantly argue about vegan food as if all vegans eat are junk food and processed fake meats. pcrm dot org had livestream videos almost everyday with doctors who promote a whole food plant based diet. :)
@@silenceisviolencegovegan4298 Meanwhile, those omnivores are probably also deficient in certain nutrients yet it's definitely not because of their diet right :/
@@GarudaLegends i do think that depends of the diet the suplementos or nutrients you need to be more aware of... I won’t argue my reasons to be vegan and eat a plant base diet but Im certain that eating chips and cookies as I was doing wasn’t healthy... being omnivore doesn’t asure you a healthy lifestyle either.
I supplemented with iodine (my supplement for B12 and D also covered 100% od my daily needs for iodine) and as a result my thyroid got inflamed. So now I'm on thyroid medication, probably for life, because I thought it would be good to add this to my diet. So yes, if you don't need to, don't add (too much) iodine, it can be problematic. Where I live, it's mandatory for food producers to use iodized salt in their products (be it bread, spreads etc.), and people tend to use iodized salt when cooking. In any case, I'd firstly make sure I actually need to supplement.
I had a similar thing, but with iron. I was using a vegan multi and ended up overdosing on iron, didn't know until I got my regular bloodwork and found out my hemoglobin was too high (close to the poison my, already not great, liver level). What works for most does not work for everyone, so supplement first for things it's really hard to OD on (like the water soluble vitamins), and figure out what other things you need to supplement for after consulting a health professional.
So sad. I have hypOthyroidism and I don't know how to navigate it. Should consume seaweed or not. Iodised salt or supplements. I notice that when i consume seaweed my depression worsens
@MdoubleHB We need sodium in our diets though. Not enough sodium can lead to loads of health issues just like too much sodium. Some foods are better cooked because they can break down nutrients which will help our bodies absorb them, just like certain foods are better raw because cooking can get rid of some nutrients. For example, cooked spinach holds higher levels of antioxidants and will allow your body to absorb higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and proteins, especially iron. Raw spinach has more vitamin C, folate, potassium and a few b vitamins than when cooked. Everyone should be eating a varied plant based diet with cooked, steamed, and raw foods. Using iodized salt in moderate quantities.
@mar****: yes but only 1/10th or less of the 'Iodated' one.....but that seems to be a common error even in relatively new collective scientific literature +tapped into this trap too....but was reeducated by a somewhat alternative ' food whole saler' ;-)
as a chemist one should have know, as the very big iodine ion probably distrubes the 'lattice?' of a sodium chloride crystal a lot....but I'am not...an anorganic chemist and those don't talk to me anymore...
Iodine deficiency is very common, not just in vegans. Animal foods aren't a good source with exception to dairy, americans get most of their iodine from iodized table salt.
In Norway we have a dairy brand that also makes oat milk and it's fortified with B12, iodine and calcium. I wish all plant milks had iodine in them! Especially since I prefer soy milk because protein
Nå prøver ikke jeg å være negativ her asså, og alt er mye bedre enn ingenting, men imo så liker jeg ikke å støtte gryr fordi de er laga av tine og støtter igjen opp meieriindustrien. Igjen, mye bedre å drikke plantemelk fra tine enn kumelk fra tine, men sier det bare i tilfelle noen ikke hadde tenkt på det ❤️
German here: Whereas we do have iodized salt, many people don't use it, as you correctly assumed. Also, it is often not used in ready made products. One problem are conspiracy theories around iodine, the other is the false belief people with thyroid deficiency cannot have iodine. Both is untrue. For the latter: people with thyroid issues should not supplement iodine or use algae-prodcuts - but they can have normal amounts of iodine from normal foods, even fortified. People with hypothyroidism will get iodine from their drug, superlfuous iodine is just excreted. Iodine is especially important *before* and during pregnancy, so maybe give a shoutout so vegan moms-to-be. It's also important not to have more salt, but to replace uniodized salt with iodized salt. Then again, Germans have 2 g of salt a day from home cooking and 6-8 g from probably non-iodized salt from other foods. So they'll get about 40 µg of iodine from salt a day, which is only a fifth of the RDA. If iodized salt is the only source of iodine, supplementation with at least 100 µg a day is vital. Switzerland has iodized drinking water by the way. I'd like that.
Really? I was supplementing Iodine in Veg1 suplement and then I went to Japan and got hypothyroidism that went away very shortly after my doctor just told me to stop supplementing.
@@drapsielapsie would make sense, Germany/central Europe in general (as seen in the omnivores) has generally a problem with iodine. So much so that it can be seen in traditional clothing around the Alps for example, where "Kropfbänder" (little necklace type things worn around the neck) where used to conceal the enlarged thyroid. Iodine deficiency still is a huge health problem in Germany because there is a lack of education on the topic and iodine rich seafood or seaweed isn't a common part of people's diet. What I'm saying is: if you come from somewhere where iodine deficiency is prevalent, supplementing makes sense. Compare to that Japan, where both seafood and seaweed are a regular part of people's diet. Your levels probably spiked up and supplementation wasn't needed anymore.
@@therabbithat There are iodine suplements made from kelp power for example and many vegan multivitamins focus on the problematic things for us- iodine, zinc, B12 vitamin D and few other B vitamins ^^
I learnt so much about nutrition by becoming vegan and lower carb, I actually had deficiencies DUE to my previous diet. I have seaweed a lot so get enough but it is so important to track at least a couple of days on a macro calculator to make sure you're adjusting your diet/ supplements to include the vit/ minerals lacking!
Here in France / Belgium the association "Federation Vegan" suggests to supplement with 225 mcg of calcium per day, and for iodine (here salt is very less supplemented with iodine compared to America) we can take either a multi (like veg1) per day, or a supplement like "life extension" 1000 mcg (1 per week), or we can eat kombu this way (it's the cheapest way here to get iodine, but maybe it's not a good option for americans because depending on the country, the levels of iodine can be controlled or not. In France, seaweeds cannot exceed some iodine levels but it's not the case everywhere and the iodine overdose can be met very easily with non controled Kombu) : but here (Belgium, France) it appears to be safe : - Just boil 60 X 35 mm (0,8 gram) of a kombu seaweed / per adult in a bouillon or in a soup during 15 minutes. Then, 99 % of the iodine will be transfered to the bouillon, so you just have to drink it. :) You don't even have to eat the seaweed if you don't like it (For me it has no taste). And with these mesurements, if your kombu has 1200 mcgr of iodine per gram, you can consider you have your iodine for the week ! :) But you have to ask to the marks what are the levels of iodine in their seaweeds, because it can really depend (even of the season !) For seaweeds like nori, wakame, dulse, i've understood that you have to eat them almost every day or every other day to meet your iodine needs because they are very low in iodine... but maybe your salt is such a good source of iodine that you need less !
yeah i live in germany and i only started eating iodized salt after 3-4 years of being vegan.. ? simply out of ignorance! because sea salt was always the obvious option for me..
Two years ago I switched from sea salt to iodized salt just to make sure I get enough iodine. I feel like this is something that doesn't get mentioned enough in the vegan health community.
Pink himalayan salt is very cheap. Check Kirkland brand on Amazon. 1.87 kg for about £15 will last you forever. Just have 2 sheets of nori seaweed for iodine recommendation for anyone 13+ of age
In the UK salt isn't iodised, so you have to make an effort to find the iodised stuff. I use powdered kelp for additional iodine, as well as iodised salt.
@MdoubleHB mate you spew nonsense in hundreds of comments on this channel. You clearly don't agree with what's being said here,so why don't you just go somewhere else with your negativity 👋
You can simply read the nutritional facts. When there are B vitamins it's clearly stated because it's a selling point. There also are different kinds of nutritional yeast: brewer's yeast need not be fortified to be rich in B vitamins
@@EugeneFifchikus Not exactly "rich". It has some B-vitamins, true (no B12). But in the video at 6:43 she shows the amounts for 1 teaspoon. To compare, non-fortified nutritional yeast has only 4% of that. So you would have to eat 25 teaspoons to get to that same amount. 1 teaspoon will give you 6-12% of daily B-vitamin needs.
Thank you! This is super important nowadays, adults used to be able to scath by from iodized table salt, but recently most people have switched to unionized sea salt. A lot of vegan supplements don't include substantial amounts of iodine, not to mention that children can't get enough iodine from iodized salt.
In defense ob nutritional yeast, actually it's harder to find that here in Germany and I kn ow many of my vegan friends aren't using it because it's simply not that accessible here
@@kookiethhy2223 it depends on the area! I live in Hessen and no major supermarkets carry it. We mostly have Rossman (which I don't think has it) in my region and the next Reformhaus is pretty far away. Also they usually aren't fortified with B12 or Iodine. In the states nutritional yeast is definitely more widely available. Deutschland ist groß und es gibt nicht überall das gleiche :)
Can I just comment on the "just take multi": A big issue where I live, is that all - ALL - of the available multis (suitable for vegans or not) does not contain the acquired amount of the specifik vitamins crucial for vegans, or they don't contain one or more of the specifik vitamins at all. Only very recently, the Veg1 has been available in one - ONE - webshop located in this country. And it doesn't even have all the vitamins the general vegan needs to supplement with, but at least it has some, and then not a lot of vitamins you don't need. So you have to be very careful when selecting multis; just because it says it has iodine, vitamin D and selen and what not, it doesn't necessarily mean it has enough. And it might even have way too much of some specifik vitamins.
I was iodine deficient for a bit there. I took a liquid supplement that my doctor recommended. I put it in my smoothies or juice. LOL. No long deficient, so that's good. But I'll say that iodine was NEVER a vitamin/mineral that I had ever thought about. I'm a little more conscious of these things.
In my opinion German vegan food is not often enough fortified. Most of our vegan milk (especially in cheap supermarkets) has no calcium and I have never seen tofu with calcium added to it. This bothers me a lot. There is not much to do about that since people probably want it that way: Many vegans in Berlin rather buy products with a shorter ingredient list even though their diet is in need of certain nurtrients that could be added to your regular products
All our Tofu has Calcium. If you eat to much Calcium it's bad for your heart. I love Soy Yoghurt, the cheap Rewe Hausmarke is fortified with it, so I have to watch out for the amount of Calcium. If you google "Stabilisator E2 and E Dingens", you will see that the Gerinnungsmittel are Magnesiumchlorid and Calcium. In which city or small town area are you? Maybe I can give you a tip for the cheapest and yummiest Tofu. I ride my bike once a week to a Korean/Thai store and load up on the cheapest (0,99 Euro for 500 Gramm fresh Tofu) I ever had in my life. If you don't have an Asiamarket, I would advise you to use the Aldi Hausmarke, it is fortified and doesn't tastes es bad as other brands. Check out the Rewe Hausmarken, thsy are cheaper and fortified, Aldi has only Alpro and Alpro is not cheap. You can order Rewe for an okay amount of money, if you order much of the staples.
It's strange that you don't find cheap vegan milk supplemented with calcium there. I live in Romania, and here the cheapest soy milks, supplemented with calcium, are actually sold in German supermarkets: Lidl (Milbona), Kaufland (Take It Veggie) and Penny (Happy Soya). The one from Penny also has vitamins B12 and D.
For European vegans, we have the VEG 1 supplement that has: Vitamin B2: 1,6 mg (114 %) Vitamin B6: 2 mg (143 %) Folic Acid: 200 µg (100%) Vitamin B12: 25 µg (1000 %) Vitamin D (D3): 20 µg (400 %) Iodine: 150 µg (100 %) Selenium: 60 µg (109 %) I've been using it for years and I love it.
They should add zinc to it. :) Also, vegan diets have much lower levels of choline, too. Also, I suggest supplementing microalgal EPA and DHA omega 3 since the conversion rate from ALA (flax seeds, chia seeds, walnuts) into EPA and DHA is very low.
Im german so maybe I can shed some light on that matter. Unfortunately Berlin is know for being the favourite inhabitant of the crunchy granola crowd. Salt is usually iodised you have to make an effort an by noniodized salt in order to become deficient. Regarding the calcium. This might be a shocker but most German plant milks don’t contain calcium. And if they do it’s usually only 15% of the RDA per 100ml. So you better down the hole container if you want to get enough calcium🙄
Also living in Germany here and also upset about the fact that even though I only buy the calcium-fortified sort of soy milk, it's still ridiculously low and I don't know what to do to make the brands actually fortify their products 🙄
Luckily, Berlin doesn't represent the whole country. Calcium-fortified milks are available, but far not enough. The supermarkets around me don't carry it and I rarely feel like carrying 3 liters of milk across the city with no car, so buying a supplement is better for my back 😅
I don't think everyone is going out of their way to buy non iodised salt. If you look at the packaging a day's worth of iodised salt does not contain enough iodine.
You don’t even need to go out of your way... salt for grinders as I have seen so far are not iodised. And I’m not talking about sea salt, just salt in larger grains for use in grinders, which I think many people like to use. Wish they changed that.
@@karobe4107 I have a salt grinder too, mostly for finishing dishes (and salty/sweet bakes) with a coarser salt. Table salt just doesn't work for that purpose.
6:40 wanted to point out that not all nutritional yeast is fortified like that. Where I live here in Europe, with the brands available to me, cronometer spits out completely different values for B-vitamins in one tablespoon, sooo... Maybe don't rely on that.
Yeah also it's a bit hard to find where I live in Germany, and what you can find is definitely not fortified. I mean hell, the cheaper vegan milks you can buy are not even fortified with calcium!
Brazilnuts do vary massively in the amount of selenium in them, so tbh a supplement is the safer option, if the brand you are buying doesn’t have regular checks on the selenium amounts (which is really rare).
Iodized salt in Europe is far less Iodized than in the US. I think it's important to take into account. That's why I supplement in iodine living in France.
Very good idea to contact Silk and ask about iodine. As for the titles, same here. Sometimes the titles I want to use, maybe not so for others. But I would have clicked on the study title because iodine is something that I recently started to take serious. I enjoyed the ending. Those are fun to watch. Happy Filming and boogie boogie, Ivy.
I was a terrible vegan because of depression and I couldn't remember to supplement... did you know that a B12 deficiency creates a change in your olfactory system and makes toilet bowl cleaner smell like bubblegum? Yeah, me neither... since I reintroduced things back into my diet until I have a better grasp on my shit and can remember to supplement daily, my toilet bowl cleaner smells like Comet again. 🙃
@@rachelwoods2279 it wasn't too bad as far as things go, but I was really concerned I was developing Pica, which I know can happen with vitamin deficiencies. 😬😬😬
@@treason6661 I had pica for a few years due to low iron. Couldn’t chew ice fast enough. It turns out that the supplements and vitamin shakes I was consuming had little to no iron in them. As soon as I started taking iron, all desire to chew ice was gone.
In my family, thyroid autoimmune issues are very prevalent, and I myself suffer from Graves disease. With this disease, it is highly recommended to reduce ones iodine intake severely, so I am actually happy that being vegan means less iodine.
Funnily enough I have the opposite problem in Germany since there's too much iodine and I generally avoid that bc I have Hashimoto's disease. In Germany many processed foods (Snacks, ready meals, even oatly) contain supplementary iodine... I personally (selfishly) wish they would take it out of more things and just advise people to buy iodized table salt but yeah... On the other hand Germany doesn't supplement folic acid in foods because the health department says "consumers should know to take folic acid supplements when they're pregnant..:" Which by the time most people find out is past the time in pregnancy when folic acid is essential aka the forst 1 or 2 weeks or so? I don't quite see the logic... I am not an expert though so who am I to judge
@Natural Vegan you are doing such a great job at cutting through the irrational diet advice and do so in a respectful way. Keep it up! We need more like you to help people get the benefits of eating plant based without getting deficiencies!
german here with a vegan multi recommendation: glory feel from amazon! cheapest option i found , has 450 tablets - 258mg calcium (32% nrv) , please also choose calcium fortified plant milk though (so sad more than half aren’t fortified here).
(Belgium) Most foods aren't fortified in vit D iron and calcium like it is in the US in things such as milk, cereals, flours, breads etc. Would love to see fortified breads / pasta etc over here!
As one of those healthy nerdy omnivores, supplements are vital because reality and nutritional yeast is delicious, vegan or not. I was never huge on cheese but nutritional yeast has replaced my cheese intake almost completely.
@MdoubleHB Just don't. The definition of the word omnivore literally includes humans. I am a human. "an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin." Don't gatekeep or be pedantic about it. I don't care. You know exactly what I mean and that is well outside the context of the comment. Stop it.
@MdoubleHB I eat a whole lot more than fruit and I literally do not care what you have to say about it. You're being pedantic and replying with 'educate yourself' deserves an eyeroll and ignore. Congrats you earned it. 🙄
I heard, from I think maybe it was Jack Norris RD, that seaweed has unpredictable/inconsistent levels of iodine, and so it shouldn't be relied upon as a source of iodine. I also read that kombu/kelp has the most iodine, but that you should never eat it, but instead soak it, and then drink the soaking water, but only a certain number of teaspoons, but I can't remember the number of teaspoons. You shouldn't eat kombu (the Japanese name for kelp), because it could overdose you on iodine. In the book "Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It, 5th Edition" by David Brownstein MD, it says that iodized salt isn't a good source of iodine.
I dont get why people choose fancy salt over iodized salt for “trace minerals”. Iodine is waaaaay more important than any of those minerals because you could actually get a goiter if you’re too deficient. Iodine isnt bad for you, it was put into salt because our bodies don’t function properly without it. It’s as much a public health effort as fluoride in tap water for the purpose of preventing cavities among entire populations. There’s no sense in opting out of these public health initiatives for “general wellness” vibes when u just end up making yourself less healthy in the process. At least come up with a better excuse like “i like crunchy salt better” lmao
MdoubleHB everything is toxic when you have too much. Fortunately for fluoride, there’s an obvious tell before you even approach toxicity levels. You know what happens when you have a little too much fluoride? Your teeth turn super strong but also brown, and that’s it. that’s how its effects were discovered; a town’s drinking water had lots of fluoride and everyones teeth were brown and no one had cavities. So they scaled back the fluoride to keep the protective effects but avoid brown teeth. So if your teeth arent brown yet you arent even in the same universe as fluoride toxicity, so chill with the anti-science fearmongering against one of the greatest public health advances in modern history (yes, it’s up there on the list!)
blueorchid nope! and like i get choosing other salts for the crunch factor, i just dont get ppl claiming they switch for health reasons when theyre unironically bringing goiters back like it’s the 1800s or some severely underdeveloped nation lol
MdoubleHB anyways if it’s “nonsense” i hope the Fluoride Understander here can inform me of the symptoms of fluoride toxicity so I know what to look for from my drinking water and toothpaste. Besides my beautiful healthy teeth, of course
Yo Veg 1 from the Vegan Society. Chewable multi with iodine, Selenium, d3, b12, and others. It's from the UK, but I can usually get a 6 month supply for like less than $25 (USD) after exchange. I've been taking it for about 2 years now and I really like it! Avoid the blackcurrant flavor, yikes.
Actually nutritional yeast isn't as widely available in germany and tends to be on the expensive side, that's why I've never tried it. I'm not vegan but I do live in germany and am just noticing an increasing amount of vegan products so I think it might become more widely available soon!
I live in Germany and eat plenty of nutritional yeast. You are right, it is kind of pricey in like Denn's or any other bio supermarkt but there are plenty of very affordable brands online. You should try!
German here as well. Yeah, it's not a thing. It is sparsely available and I have started using it (just because I watch a lot of CZcams, otherwise I would never have known about it), but it isn't fortified like US brands. There's no B12 or anything noted on the box. Also it definitely is on the pricier side and always organic (as far as I've seen), which pretty much excludes a lot of fortifications anyway. So if you're using nutritional yeast in Germany, it's mostly about taste I'm guessing (at least if you're buying in store and not online).
@@albawaterhouse I live in Hessen and I know of no supermarket in my area that sells it. There's a Reformhaus that sells it but it's pretty far from where I live. All of the major supermarkets like REWE, EDEKA, ... Don't have it as far as I know. I will check online though, any recommendations except for Alles Vegetarisch?
I found a similar labyrinth sweater to yours and am so excited. It’s at the top of my Christmas list. Absolutely my favorite outfit of yours. Since you mentioned the movie I had to mention this to you. Like you care. 😊 Lol
I switched to iodized salt when pregnant and made sure my kids’ vitamins had iodine. I used to eat oysters a lot prior to going vegetarian so wasn’t worried.
This is what I needed I've been forgetting to take my idodine supplements for ages. We don't have iodised salt here I don't think. I better go take it. Thanks :)
Thank you for suggesting an overall vegan multivitamin! I always struggle with what to pick, with so many options. I had just been taking a b12/Dh3 one
Lugols Iodine Solution is a good way of supplementing. I've been taking a drop of 12% every 1-2 days for the last couple of years and it made a really big difference to my mental energy levels after just a few days. No more brain fog!
In favour of sea vegetables: after I saw this video I dug out an old packet of dulse flakes I bought on a whim once, and now I put about a teaspoon on my baked beans for breakfast a couple of times a week. They don't have a strong flavour and the amount is so small that I mostly don't taste them. It more than covers me for iodine. Worth keeping in mind, getting iodine from sea vegetables doesn't have to be a big effort.
Excellent. Good research and illuminating results. My nutritional yeast will be at the front of the refrigerator not at the back. I take a multi vitamin every day with minerals. Lots of green veg every day. Komazuna is like mini cabbage the size of spinach plus seaweed which is very common in Tokyo.
I took my multivitamin and B12 while watching this video. I've been trying really hard to remember to take additional D3 as well to fend off seasonal depression.
Getting all your nutritional needs really seems like a lot of work. It feels like you need to eat multiple days worth of different stuff every day to keep up. No idea how I am supposed to get everything each day with the limited time I have. And I don't get the fascination with nutritional yeast, why is this such a common thing for many vegans, do you just put it in everything as a supplement or do you actually like the taste? I think its awful and I recently threw away the majority of a pack I bought 2 years ago as I didn't find a use for it.
Right!? As a family with a child this is just TOO MUCH FOOD and too much MONEY.... We did it for a few months like really trying to get enough of everything etc... It just wasn't possible... Too much food... And trying to cut down on the amounts of food by buying supplements for the whole family? Just no... It is so expensive.... BUT damn did we feel great during those months 😭😭😭
Nutritional yeast is really ready to put in things. You can put it on top of a pizza, bake it into a casserole, sprinkle it on popcorn, stir it into your spaghetti sauce. It is loaded with nutrients.
ik what you mean, right now i’m looking into the Deva brand multi UV mentioned in this vid. and about the nutritional yeast, UV hated it too but only at first as she loves it now. it’s used by lots of vegans but also non vegans for its nutty cheesey flavor. as a kid i threw it straight onto my food before i knew it was something that people did. for me, the fact that it’s fortified is just a nice bonus.
well, maybe it was the storage time?. besides that for my part, I just recently found myself really liking the taste on its own, enough to eat it with popcorn. Also, numerous recipes call for it, seitan recipes, sauce, homemade chicken broth, etc. if you can't find the time is understandable i mostly got to experiment with my kitchen due to quarantine and kinda at that because I'm vegetarian but i do go for vegan meals(in my country pretty much everything is incredible expansive or simply is not available also digestive issues). but i would rather take supplements if i were you just be mindful to a level at least.
Actually the title got me to watch your video. ^^ Together with the fact it is only 15mins Haven't watched your videos in a while, they just seem so long :) not that that is a bad thing because information can only be compressed to a certain extent. This one was as great as I remember the channel. Maxbe even better because you seem more relaxed and happy and less serious
In Finland at least our typical salt is iodine fortified salt. I also buy this specific Finnish brand of oat milk due to it being fortified with iodine. Oatly does not have this which really boggles me although these brands are practically the same price so it is really whatever for me really. Even typical omnivorous people have iodine deficiency here on quite a large scale so it is not solely a vegan issue.
@@tintinsparkles Huh... I checked their US page and it was not listed, but changed to Finnish one and it was listed there. They might have different formulas and perhaps they have expanded their distribution of iodine fortified ones. I swear I checked not long ago the packaging in the supermarket and it did not include iodine. Like I spefically compared the two for iodine. The products are UHT so they might have been on the shelf for quite some time so their shift might not be that recent really. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I use salt that is 1/3 sodium, 2/3 potassium and it contains more iodine then normal salt that has iodine added. I specifically buy it for the lower sodium and higher iodine content. Two birds with one stone ^^ B2, B3, B5 vitamins --> mushrooms. Those contain quite a lot as well. Roast some in a pan and then put it on your bread on top of avocado or tahini.
A dutch/german here living in sweden, we mostly get advised to use it when we have kids shame enough, they don't really say it that adults need it. Our family use it here mostly because i have a daughter and i'm extreme about her nutritions. my whole family on my moms side always used it because its the cheapest salt. my daughter and me both don't like dairy or more said we don't like milk, as well we both don't like fish so i'm supplementing it with other stuff. but there was a trend long ago himalayasalt was better for you or sea salt. the netherlands tries still to debunk it. for dutchies here pls have a look at voedingscentrum, they have great tips for kids and adults, even with vegan diet. aswell were right now in supplement state in sweden because not enough sunlight on a day.
I live in Berlin, and people here in Germany are superweird about fortified foods. Most vegan foods are not fortified, only calcium is added to plant milks. Companies which fortify their products with more than calcium can be counted on one hand. The majority of people, vegan or not, really frown upon fortified foods, call them "with additives" instead. Such silliness.
I just want to thank you Swayze for what you do! I had never even considered iodine in my vegan checklist, and I had no idea that ordinary table salt could be better for me than the stupid fancy pink salt I've been buying because I assumed it was healthier. It's not one of the nutrients you hear people flagging for vegans, unlike B12, calcium, etc. I have no doubt I'd be one of those 92% of vegans who are deficient if I took part in a study, but because of your video, I'm going back to table salt and I'll pay attention to iodine from now on. It makes me wonder whether there are other nutrients that may be challenges for vegans but which are under-discussed? Could make a good video.
Salt, here in India are all fortified with iodine. But they still fall short of the RDA. Iodine supplements are hella pricey so I bought kombu sea weed to compensate for the shortage. They come in long strips and are particularly difficult to chew, so I cut em into small pieces of 2 sq cm each and add one piece to some water, bring it to boil, strain the seaweed out and then mix the seaweed water with regular water which I drink throughout the day. This has worked just fine for me. Also mind you, iodine overdose is a thing, so I suggest doing this just twice or thrice a week max.
In Finland they had to change the law about food industry adding iodine salt in bread and ready-made meals. Previously only table salt was ionized, but this wasn't enough because plenty on people have stopped cooking food altogether and eat only sandwiches or ready-made meals, and were getting no iodine at all.
They can use my blood, vegan 5 years, regular blood donor, regular breast milk donor, healthy pregnancy, kid is in the 97% for age on mamas milk😎 I think my success is because I’m not scared of fortified vegan foods. So many of my vegan friends are living off salad and nuts while I’m eating all the delicious “vegie delights” products they’re an awesome Aussie brand that fortify the products with iron, zinc and b12. We also have the new plant based milo again fortified with iron and b12 and half a dozen other minerals and vitamins. Plus the new reduced salt vegemite has added b12. I love Australia’s huge vegan market!
In the UK, Oatly is fortified with iodine, along with calcium, B12, and vitamin D, which is amazing! We give our little one Oatly Barista, because it's higher in fat and calories than other plant milks.
Not sure about other people who eat vegan but I started to shed a LOT of hair and none of my doctors knew why. They didn't do nutrient deficiency tests so I had to go to a holistic doctor for this. Sure enough my iodine levels were low. So I started taking Kelp iodine drops and my hair doesn't shed as much. But what's a good dosage that won't cause other health issues?
Props to you for knowing that european soil has less selenium and that salt is fortfied with iodine in Germany, too. I have trusted in what you said before and now I feel that was justified since you really seem to do your "homework". Regards from Germany.
Hey! I’m a guy from California and I’ve living in Spain for a couple years now. I’ve been vegan for 4 years and if there’s one thing I could not leave out of any meal was nutritional yeast. Sally, when I moved to Spain I realized I had to let go of my little guilty pleasure cuz they just don’t sell that stuff in Europe. You can only find it on Amazon or special “health” stores for ridiculous prices and its just not worth it :( Just saying this cuz you pointed out vegans in Germany not eating Nutr. Y. and wanted to clarify why that might be. Anyways love the video and the info! Can’t wait for the next one 😊❤️
In the U.S., Iodine supplementation (primarily through fortified table salt), did not begin until the early 1920s. Prior to this, endemic iodine deficiency was prevalent in the Great Lakes, Appalachians, and Northwestern regions of the U.S., a geographic area known as the “goiter belt”, where 26%-70% of children had a clinically apparent goiter. Iodized salt first became available on grocery shelves in Michigan in May of 1924 to ward off the outbreak. Consuming fortified salt was never mandated by the U.S. government, but it was strongly encouraged. In the U.S., iodine is present in dairy foods due to the iodophor cleansers of milk cans and teats (it represents an “accidental” but important source of iodine nutrition). Iodine is occasionally found in bread dough due to the use of iodate as a bread conditioner. Why some vegans think that supplementation is "not kosher" while non-vegans are being supplemented via cleaning agents and Wonder bread just makes me want to shake them!
I'm German and growing up I read a pamphlet warning about iodine deficiency in Germany, the reason behind it, the consequences, and what to do against it. Ever since I've tried to always use iodised salt, and since I am also Spanish I'm not stingy with it while cooking. Anyways, I feel like it's a very German thing. The pamphlet made it seem like Germans do in general have lower iodine levels since we aren't really a fish eating nation. The North consumes way more fish than the rest, it's the only place that's by the sea.
It is really annoying that salt is not iodised in the UK, so I just take a multi which has iodine. Even in EU countries that add iodine to salt (like Finland where I am from) iodised salt is not used in processed food products like bread. For non-dairy milks I think only Alpro soy milk for kids has iodine (and maybe Oatly?).
Most people don't use enough iodized salt in a day to meet iodine needs. Unless you aren't eating any processed food and salting to taste with iodized salt, you can't just rely on it to keep you healthy. You need some additional source like in your multi. Seaweed is basically the only vegan food that can give you enough without supplements.
This is really coincidental stuff. I’ve been trying everything I can to grow back my hair since I lost 60% of my hair which was already declining from going on a crash diet, and one thing I have tried was eating seaweed and canned oysters to get more iodine in me to ensure that it wasn’t a thyroid issue, since I prefer to use celery salt for the lower sodium content
I worry so much about iodine, I’ve been vegan for many years and two years ago I was diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism (hormone levels so low that it could’ve sent me into a coma). I wondered if my diet affected my diagnosis/the severity of my thyroid dysfunction. Now I take many different medications and have to worry about how supplements affect absorption etc. I will never stop being vegan (I’ve been vegetarian essentially my entire life and went vegan when I became an adult) but of course the medication I take is not vegan or even vegetarian. I tried alternatives and different combinations of vegan meds in an effort to omit the non-vegan pills, but none worked and my doctor insisted that my situation required that I be on it for my health. I have so much guilt over it, but I also couldn’t continue living like I was. It’s the only “exception” I make but it’s still hard to navigate a community that so often declares anyone who deviates from the definition of vegan at all, illegitimate, morally inferior, and all the other horrible things that discourage the lifestyle that ultimately we are all trying to pursue and encourage. I’m not plant based, I never went vegan for health (as I already ate as a balanced vegetarian before) but I have compassion for animals, a detestation for factory farming and the lack of federal regulation regarding the treatment of “agricultural” animals, and an intense concern for the longevity of our planet. I was wondering what your thoughts were on a situation like this? Doctors not taking your “diet” seriously and having to fight for adequate care, they don’t have the knowledge or desire to provide advice regarding supplements for vegans, a gate-keeping community, and mostly, medication that is non-vegan but -truly- is necessary to manage chronic medical conditions. P.s. you are one of the only vegans I watch, I used to cringe watch people like rawfully Kristina, freelee, etc. but I realize now that supporting those kinds of extremists (even with hate watching lol) continues to perpetuate a narrative that doesn’t represent the majority of the movement and ultimately pushes many people to 1. Never go vegan 2. Stop being vegan because they can’t maintain their crazy diets and 3. Create outrage and a counter movement that is equally unproductive as it is ignorant. Finding a moderate vegan who engages in scientific study, presents practical information and realistic guides, and has views regarding veganism that mirror my own quite often, was a godsend.
You need to put yourself first. Your health and wellbeing is far more important than that of an animal. If you need to use animal tested/derived medication, then you should use it without guilt - it's not like you're doing it for fun!
I recently had some blood work done, and even with me being overweight and after 10 years of a vegan diet, and an essentially sedentary lifestyle for the past couple years I still have normal HDL levels.
because of this video I actually found ou that here in Brazil it is illegal to sell un-iodized salt! we started adding iodine to salt for a reason people - and it wasnt because it tastes any better!
Just took my multi today because of you lol and drinking a glass of almond milk. I've been falling down on my vitamin job! Good informative video, reminded me I have to take care of myself!
I have been vegan for almost 5 years now, and recently I have been cutting calories in order to loose some weight, but I often find it’s hard to meet all of my micronutrients everyday when doing so. I take a vegan multivitamin and calcium, and magnesium supplements as I consistently cannot meet my marker in those nutrients. I am just wondering what you do in order to meet all of your nutrients. I know you aren’t a nutritionist or dietitian, but I trust your opinion a lot, and know that you are very responsible with your nutrient requirements. Just wanted some advice! Thank you!❤️
Table Salt is iodized generally, so just cut down on the Himalayan and artisanal salts and use more of the regular stuff!
@MdoubleHB Salt is an essential nutrient. Anything is toxic in high enough doses.
@MdoubleHB Sorry, but given the number of sodium channels used in physiological processes, you're in blatant denial of basic biology.
@MdoubleHB literally no? stop forcing pseudoscientific bs
@MdoubleHB do you want goiters cuz that’s how you get goiters lmao
@MdoubleHB lol, the first thing he says in the video is that everything he's going to talk about in controversial, he then goes on about how important sodium is in the human body. Everything then on is bogus. "organic sodium" wtf. Sodium is an element weather that comes from plants, form animals, from rocks, from the sea or from some glacier doesn't matter in the slightest. That's like saying vegans shouldn't supplement vit b12, because it's artificial and can't be absorbed. Appeal to nature fallacy at it's finest. Also, what's the matter with his "salt diluted in water can be absorbed, pure salt can't" argument? The body is 80% water, if you eat plain salt it'll just dissolve right there in your mouth. Basically what he's saying is, were not drinking enough water, which is true for most people anyway, so obviously eating tons of salt at the same time doesn't help, but that doesn't mean salt is poisonous either.
Continuing my rant about salt, all this "Himalayan pink salt" and stuff is just marketing too. Even sea salt to an extent. If you use flaky sea salt to top of a dish for some textural difference that's a legit use, if however you salt your pasta water with expensive salt, you're just throwing away money.
So happy that Marks and Spencer have added iodine to all their vegan milks in the UK 👏
@MdoubleHB oh no! An anti-cooked fooder!
Asda too
@MdoubleHB fam everyone eats cooked food u don't see us dying do u xxx
Yes! Oatly as well.
@MdoubleHB stop lying..so you eat raw beans? lol
I recently face a deficit of nutrients and vitamins even tho I take supplements. It wasn’t because I’m vegan... it was because I had a poor diet and bad habits, eating cookies, chips, few veggies a week only. So it wasn’t because veganism it was because I was irresponsible and I ate poorly.
Thank you for pointing this out. A lot of omnivores constantly argue about vegan food as if all vegans eat are junk food and processed fake meats. pcrm dot org had livestream videos almost everyday with doctors who promote a whole food plant based diet. :)
@@silenceisviolencegovegan4298 Meanwhile, those omnivores are probably also deficient in certain nutrients yet it's definitely not because of their diet right :/
Nope. It is because you are vegan
We Stan a queen who knows and admits when it’s her fault 🙌🏼🙌🏼😂
@@GarudaLegends i do think that depends of the diet the suplementos or nutrients you need to be more aware of... I won’t argue my reasons to be vegan and eat a plant base diet but Im certain that eating chips and cookies as I was doing wasn’t healthy... being omnivore doesn’t asure you a healthy lifestyle either.
I supplemented with iodine (my supplement for B12 and D also covered 100% od my daily needs for iodine) and as a result my thyroid got inflamed. So now I'm on thyroid medication, probably for life, because I thought it would be good to add this to my diet. So yes, if you don't need to, don't add (too much) iodine, it can be problematic. Where I live, it's mandatory for food producers to use iodized salt in their products (be it bread, spreads etc.), and people tend to use iodized salt when cooking. In any case, I'd firstly make sure I actually need to supplement.
yup i have grave’s and can’t have iodine. people have to be careful with not getting too much.
I had a similar thing, but with iron. I was using a vegan multi and ended up overdosing on iron, didn't know until I got my regular bloodwork and found out my hemoglobin was too high (close to the poison my, already not great, liver level). What works for most does not work for everyone, so supplement first for things it's really hard to OD on (like the water soluble vitamins), and figure out what other things you need to supplement for after consulting a health professional.
So sad. I have hypOthyroidism and I don't know how to navigate it. Should consume seaweed or not. Iodised salt or supplements. I notice that when i consume seaweed my depression worsens
@@solkun8316 that's definitely something you should see your doctor for
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Hypothyroidism is rife in the vegan community sadly
me, in germany, watching this video while cooking, eyeing the big package of sea salt in front of me 'huh'
@MdoubleHB We need sodium in our diets though. Not enough sodium can lead to loads of health issues just like too much sodium.
Some foods are better cooked because they can break down nutrients which will help our bodies absorb them, just like certain foods are better raw because cooking can get rid of some nutrients. For example, cooked spinach holds higher levels of antioxidants and will allow your body to absorb higher levels of vitamins, minerals, and proteins, especially iron. Raw spinach has more vitamin C, folate, potassium and a few b vitamins than when cooked.
Everyone should be eating a varied plant based diet with cooked, steamed, and raw foods. Using iodized salt in moderate quantities.
Sea salt has iodine in it naturally...
@mar****: yes but only 1/10th or less of the 'Iodated' one.....but that seems to be a common error even in relatively new collective scientific literature +tapped into this trap too....but was reeducated by a somewhat alternative ' food whole saler' ;-)
as a chemist one should have know, as the very big iodine ion probably distrubes the 'lattice?' of a sodium chloride crystal a lot....but I'am not...an anorganic chemist and those don't talk to me anymore...
@@mariannejnb no it doesn't naturally
Iodine deficiency is very common, not just in vegans.
Animal foods aren't a good source with exception to dairy, americans get most of their iodine from iodized table salt.
@MdoubleHB gotta love the crazy vegans that show up here sometimes. Any sources on this buddy?
@MdoubleHB water is toxic...see, I can make random claims with no sources as well!!
@MdoubleHB you're toxic.
@MdoubleHB you're terrible at trolling
Just eat some seaweed every day it's not hard
In Norway we have a dairy brand that also makes oat milk and it's fortified with B12, iodine and calcium. I wish all plant milks had iodine in them! Especially since I prefer soy milk because protein
Hvilket er det? Har lett etter melk med jod, men ikke funnet 🙈
@@kaminosystem Havremelken fra Gryr! 😄
@@pernille6685 takk🤩
i dont even have soy milk.... :(
Nå prøver ikke jeg å være negativ her asså, og alt er mye bedre enn ingenting, men imo så liker jeg ikke å støtte gryr fordi de er laga av tine og støtter igjen opp meieriindustrien. Igjen, mye bedre å drikke plantemelk fra tine enn kumelk fra tine, men sier det bare i tilfelle noen ikke hadde tenkt på det ❤️
German here: Whereas we do have iodized salt, many people don't use it, as you correctly assumed. Also, it is often not used in ready made products. One problem are conspiracy theories around iodine, the other is the false belief people with thyroid deficiency cannot have iodine. Both is untrue. For the latter: people with thyroid issues should not supplement iodine or use algae-prodcuts - but they can have normal amounts of iodine from normal foods, even fortified. People with hypothyroidism will get iodine from their drug, superlfuous iodine is just excreted. Iodine is especially important *before* and during pregnancy, so maybe give a shoutout so vegan moms-to-be. It's also important not to have more salt, but to replace uniodized salt with iodized salt. Then again, Germans have 2 g of salt a day from home cooking and 6-8 g from probably non-iodized salt from other foods. So they'll get about 40 µg of iodine from salt a day, which is only a fifth of the RDA. If iodized salt is the only source of iodine, supplementation with at least 100 µg a day is vital.
Switzerland has iodized drinking water by the way. I'd like that.
man i don't even know where to buy iodine supplements, I've never seen them :O. I use iodized salt but it's not like i eat a lot of salt :O
What kind of conspiracy theories are there about iodine?
Really? I was supplementing Iodine in Veg1 suplement and then I went to Japan and got hypothyroidism that went away very shortly after my doctor just told me to stop supplementing.
@@drapsielapsie would make sense, Germany/central Europe in general (as seen in the omnivores) has generally a problem with iodine. So much so that it can be seen in traditional clothing around the Alps for example, where "Kropfbänder" (little necklace type things worn around the neck) where used to conceal the enlarged thyroid. Iodine deficiency still is a huge health problem in Germany because there is a lack of education on the topic and iodine rich seafood or seaweed isn't a common part of people's diet. What I'm saying is: if you come from somewhere where iodine deficiency is prevalent, supplementing makes sense. Compare to that Japan, where both seafood and seaweed are a regular part of people's diet. Your levels probably spiked up and supplementation wasn't needed anymore.
@@therabbithat There are iodine suplements made from kelp power for example and many vegan multivitamins focus on the problematic things for us- iodine, zinc, B12 vitamin D and few other B vitamins ^^
I learnt so much about nutrition by becoming vegan and lower carb, I actually had deficiencies DUE to my previous diet. I have seaweed a lot so get enough but it is so important to track at least a couple of days on a macro calculator to make sure you're adjusting your diet/ supplements to include the vit/ minerals lacking!
I love korean roasted seaweed. Honestly tastes so fucking good.
Here in France / Belgium the association "Federation Vegan" suggests to supplement with 225 mcg of calcium per day, and for iodine (here salt is very less supplemented with iodine compared to America) we can take either a multi (like veg1) per day, or a supplement like "life extension" 1000 mcg (1 per week), or we can eat kombu this way (it's the cheapest way here to get iodine, but maybe it's not a good option for americans because depending on the country, the levels of iodine can be controlled or not. In France, seaweeds cannot exceed some iodine levels but it's not the case everywhere and the iodine overdose can be met very easily with non controled Kombu) : but here (Belgium, France) it appears to be safe :
- Just boil 60 X 35 mm (0,8 gram) of a kombu seaweed / per adult in a bouillon or in a soup during 15 minutes. Then, 99 % of the iodine will be transfered to the bouillon, so you just have to drink it. :) You don't even have to eat the seaweed if you don't like it (For me it has no taste). And with these mesurements, if your kombu has 1200 mcgr of iodine per gram, you can consider you have your iodine for the week ! :) But you have to ask to the marks what are the levels of iodine in their seaweeds, because it can really depend (even of the season !)
For seaweeds like nori, wakame, dulse, i've understood that you have to eat them almost every day or every other day to meet your iodine needs because they are very low in iodine... but maybe your salt is such a good source of iodine that you need less !
yeah i live in germany and i only started eating iodized salt after 3-4 years of being vegan.. ? simply out of ignorance! because sea salt was always the obvious option for me..
Two years ago I switched from sea salt to iodized salt just to make sure I get enough iodine. I feel like this is something that doesn't get mentioned enough in the vegan health community.
"I hope I wasn't too condescending. I care about you!"
Thanks vegan mom.
In my opinion "fancy-shmancy" seasalt and pink himalayan salt is unfortunately trending in Germany....
@MdoubleHB HA! You are a pink himalayan salt industry shill trying to discredit me! You've been Exposed!
the potassium iodide in german salt packages evaporizes after a while
@MdoubleHB i hope you are 10
@MdoubleHB l know you are but what am I?
Pink himalayan salt is very cheap. Check Kirkland brand on Amazon. 1.87 kg for about £15 will last you forever. Just have 2 sheets of nori seaweed for iodine recommendation for anyone 13+ of age
In the UK salt isn't iodised, so you have to make an effort to find the iodised stuff. I use powdered kelp for additional iodine, as well as iodised salt.
Plant based milk - quite a few shops have fortified iodine in the UK
I get iodised sea salt online, half a teaspoon a day. look up the one by Naturitas.
Did not know this. Thank you.
The red Saxa one is iodised! sold in Sainsbury's at least
@@greenteasenpai101 thank you!
In Croatia sea salt is the norm (we are a Mediterranean country after all, most of it is domestically made) but it is iodised
Zbog gušavosti 🤗
@MdoubleHB mate you spew nonsense in hundreds of comments on this channel. You clearly don't agree with what's being said here,so why don't you just go somewhere else with your negativity 👋
Please do NOT rely on nutritional yeast for b-vitamins, most nutritional yeast in Europe is not fortified!
And bread, flour, pasta etc isn't either.
You can simply read the nutritional facts. When there are B vitamins it's clearly stated because it's a selling point. There also are different kinds of nutritional yeast: brewer's yeast need not be fortified to be rich in B vitamins
exactly :/ only the expensive one in "health" or organic supermarkets has some amount of b-vitamins
Why? Even unfortified yeast are pretty rich in them, am I wrong?
@@EugeneFifchikus Not exactly "rich". It has some B-vitamins, true (no B12). But in the video at 6:43 she shows the amounts for 1 teaspoon. To compare, non-fortified nutritional yeast has only 4% of that. So you would have to eat 25 teaspoons to get to that same amount. 1 teaspoon will give you 6-12% of daily B-vitamin needs.
Thank you! This is super important nowadays, adults used to be able to scath by from iodized table salt, but recently most people have switched to unionized sea salt. A lot of vegan supplements don't include substantial amounts of iodine, not to mention that children can't get enough iodine from iodized salt.
In defense ob nutritional yeast, actually it's harder to find that here in Germany and I kn ow many of my vegan friends aren't using it because it's simply not that accessible here
That's not true at all. Where are u shopping that you can't find it? (I get mine at dm, it's Bierhefe, so it's in the supplement section)
@@kookiethhy2223 it depends on the area! I live in Hessen and no major supermarkets carry it. We mostly have Rossman (which I don't think has it) in my region and the next Reformhaus is pretty far away. Also they usually aren't fortified with B12 or Iodine. In the states nutritional yeast is definitely more widely available. Deutschland ist groß und es gibt nicht überall das gleiche :)
same here in Sweden, they don't have it in grocery stores. can basically only get it online
Kookiethh Y ja aber die Bierhefe darfst du nur bedingt essen 15g oder so pro Tag :DD REICHT FÜR MACNCHEESE NET
@@kookiethhy2223 oh I actually found it already just friends living elsewhere didn't they don't have a dm nearby
Can I just comment on the "just take multi": A big issue where I live, is that all - ALL - of the available multis (suitable for vegans or not) does not contain the acquired amount of the specifik vitamins crucial for vegans, or they don't contain one or more of the specifik vitamins at all. Only very recently, the Veg1 has been available in one - ONE - webshop located in this country. And it doesn't even have all the vitamins the general vegan needs to supplement with, but at least it has some, and then not a lot of vitamins you don't need. So you have to be very careful when selecting multis; just because it says it has iodine, vitamin D and selen and what not, it doesn't necessarily mean it has enough. And it might even have way too much of some specifik vitamins.
Women's health vitamins are really good where I live. Idk why but they somehow contain what I want my multi to contain.. M
I was iodine deficient for a bit there. I took a liquid supplement that my doctor recommended. I put it in my smoothies or juice. LOL. No long deficient, so that's good. But I'll say that iodine was NEVER a vitamin/mineral that I had ever thought about. I'm a little more conscious of these things.
Just got to the very end of the video...OMG....SO FREAKING FUNNY!
In my opinion German vegan food is not often enough fortified. Most of our vegan milk (especially in cheap supermarkets) has no calcium and I have never seen tofu with calcium added to it. This bothers me a lot. There is not much to do about that since people probably want it that way: Many vegans in Berlin rather buy products with a shorter ingredient list even though their diet is in need of certain nurtrients that could be added to your regular products
All our Tofu has Calcium. If you eat to much Calcium it's bad for your heart. I love Soy Yoghurt, the cheap Rewe Hausmarke is fortified with it, so I have to watch out for the amount of Calcium. If you google "Stabilisator E2 and E Dingens", you will see that the Gerinnungsmittel are Magnesiumchlorid and Calcium. In which city or small town area are you? Maybe I can give you a tip for the cheapest and yummiest Tofu. I ride my bike once a week to a Korean/Thai store and load up on the cheapest (0,99 Euro for 500 Gramm fresh Tofu) I ever had in my life. If you don't have an Asiamarket, I would advise you to use the Aldi Hausmarke, it is fortified and doesn't tastes es bad as other brands. Check out the Rewe Hausmarken, thsy are cheaper and fortified, Aldi has only Alpro and Alpro is not cheap. You can order Rewe for an okay amount of money, if you order much of the staples.
It's strange that you don't find cheap vegan milk supplemented with calcium there. I live in Romania, and here the cheapest soy milks, supplemented with calcium, are actually sold in German supermarkets: Lidl (Milbona), Kaufland (Take It Veggie) and Penny (Happy Soya). The one from Penny also has vitamins B12 and D.
@@walter.... The Rewe Hausmarke has also Calcium.
DM has also Soymilk with both options fortified and unfortified.
Sure you can find it. It's still not common enough
Damn Swayze, every time you post you look better than the last. I'll have what you're having...
For European vegans, we have the VEG 1 supplement that has:
Vitamin B2: 1,6 mg (114 %)
Vitamin B6: 2 mg (143 %)
Folic Acid: 200 µg (100%)
Vitamin B12: 25 µg (1000 %)
Vitamin D (D3): 20 µg (400 %)
Iodine: 150 µg (100 %)
Selenium: 60 µg (109 %)
I've been using it for years and I love it.
I use it in the winter especially for the vit D, it's very complete ! :)
They should add zinc to it. :) Also, vegan diets have much lower levels of choline, too. Also, I suggest supplementing microalgal EPA and DHA omega 3 since the conversion rate from ALA (flax seeds, chia seeds, walnuts) into EPA and DHA is very low.
Im german so maybe I can shed some light on that matter. Unfortunately Berlin is know for being the favourite inhabitant of the crunchy granola crowd. Salt is usually iodised you have to make an effort an by noniodized salt in order to become deficient. Regarding the calcium. This might be a shocker but most German plant milks don’t contain calcium. And if they do it’s usually only 15% of the RDA per 100ml. So you better down the hole container if you want to get enough calcium🙄
Also living in Germany here and also upset about the fact that even though I only buy the calcium-fortified sort of soy milk, it's still ridiculously low and I don't know what to do to make the brands actually fortify their products 🙄
Luckily, Berlin doesn't represent the whole country. Calcium-fortified milks are available, but far not enough. The supermarkets around me don't carry it and I rarely feel like carrying 3 liters of milk across the city with no car, so buying a supplement is better for my back 😅
I don't think everyone is going out of their way to buy non iodised salt. If you look at the packaging a day's worth of iodised salt does not contain enough iodine.
You don’t even need to go out of your way... salt for grinders as I have seen so far are not iodised. And I’m not talking about sea salt, just salt in larger grains for use in grinders, which I think many people like to use. Wish they changed that.
@@karobe4107 I have a salt grinder too, mostly for finishing dishes (and salty/sweet bakes) with a coarser salt. Table salt just doesn't work for that purpose.
We recently changed our salt back to iodized for this exact reason! We were able to find an iodized sea salt, so best of both worlds :)
6:40 wanted to point out that not all nutritional yeast is fortified like that. Where I live here in Europe, with the brands available to me, cronometer spits out completely different values for B-vitamins in one tablespoon, sooo... Maybe don't rely on that.
Yes, nutritional yeast here is just for flavor, I believe the B12 isn't bioavailable or it's just tiny amounts that won't be enough?
Yeah also it's a bit hard to find where I live in Germany, and what you can find is definitely not fortified. I mean hell, the cheaper vegan milks you can buy are not even fortified with calcium!
@@hannahb8689 is nutritional yeast the same as Bierhefe? Thanks.
@@leonamay8776 yes it is! but check what vitamins its fortified with.
@@hannahb8689 you can find it at any DM called Bierhefe. just not sure if it's fortified.
Brazilnuts do vary massively in the amount of selenium in them, so tbh a supplement is the safer option, if the brand you are buying doesn’t have regular checks on the selenium amounts (which is really rare).
100%. Cronometer gets their data from the US which has lots of selenium in the soil.
Iodized salt in Europe is far less Iodized than in the US. I think it's important to take into account. That's why I supplement in iodine living in France.
Very good idea to contact Silk and ask about iodine.
As for the titles, same here. Sometimes the titles I want to use, maybe not so for others.
But I would have clicked on the study title because iodine is something that I recently started to take serious.
I enjoyed the ending. Those are fun to watch. Happy Filming and boogie boogie, Ivy.
I was a terrible vegan because of depression and I couldn't remember to supplement... did you know that a B12 deficiency creates a change in your olfactory system and makes toilet bowl cleaner smell like bubblegum? Yeah, me neither... since I reintroduced things back into my diet until I have a better grasp on my shit and can remember to supplement daily, my toilet bowl cleaner smells like Comet again. 🙃
My B12 deficiency just gave me migraines. I want bubblegum toilet cleaner.
@@rachelwoods2279 it wasn't too bad as far as things go, but I was really concerned I was developing Pica, which I know can happen with vitamin deficiencies. 😬😬😬
@@treason6661 I had pica for a few years due to low iron. Couldn’t chew ice fast enough. It turns out that the supplements and vitamin shakes I was consuming had little to no iron in them. As soon as I started taking iron, all desire to chew ice was gone.
Virtually most plant milks, at least in the UK have iodine
THATS why my mom only buys iodized salt... thanks mom!
The book "Iodine: Why You Need It" by David Brownstein MD says that iodized salt isn't a good source of iodine.
@@moondog7694 well i also ate 7 sheets of seaweed when I saw this video because I dont like my internet mom yelling at me about iodine
@@unoriginal1086 I actually found that those seaweed snacks are BOMB in some ramen.
@@PhoenixRising87 they really can be... i just eat it out of the bag usually.
In my family, thyroid autoimmune issues are very prevalent, and I myself suffer from Graves disease. With this disease, it is highly recommended to reduce ones iodine intake severely, so I am actually happy that being vegan means less iodine.
Funnily enough I have the opposite problem in Germany since there's too much iodine and I generally avoid that bc I have Hashimoto's disease. In Germany many processed foods (Snacks, ready meals, even oatly) contain supplementary iodine... I personally (selfishly) wish they would take it out of more things and just advise people to buy iodized table salt but yeah... On the other hand Germany doesn't supplement folic acid in foods because the health department says "consumers should know to take folic acid supplements when they're pregnant..:" Which by the time most people find out is past the time in pregnancy when folic acid is essential aka the forst 1 or 2 weeks or so? I don't quite see the logic... I am not an expert though so who am I to judge
@Natural Vegan you are doing such a great job at cutting through the irrational diet advice and do so in a respectful way. Keep it up! We need more like you to help people get the benefits of eating plant based without getting deficiencies!
german here with a vegan multi recommendation: glory feel from amazon! cheapest option i found , has 450 tablets - 258mg calcium (32% nrv) , please also choose calcium fortified plant milk though (so sad more than half aren’t fortified here).
Requesting another video showing what your kiddos are eating. They have been super helpful for me! 💕💕
Oatley Barista milk has iodine
seriously? damn thats great, thats what i use. thanks for sharing.
But it does not have calcium (in Berlin). I buy Oatly calcium - it has calcium AND iodine!
Oatly is the best! It's the only non dairy milk I can consume.
@@katjanuchta8539 I do that too, plus its cheaper than the barista version and tastes just as good imo
I mean, I WAS going to clean the house, but the kid is napping and Swayze posted a new video 🤷♀️
her name is Swayze? that's so cute!
(Belgium) Most foods aren't fortified in vit D iron and calcium like it is in the US in things such as milk, cereals, flours, breads etc. Would love to see fortified breads / pasta etc over here!
As one of those healthy nerdy omnivores, supplements are vital because reality and nutritional yeast is delicious, vegan or not. I was never huge on cheese but nutritional yeast has replaced my cheese intake almost completely.
@MdoubleHB Just don't. The definition of the word omnivore literally includes humans. I am a human.
"an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin."
Don't gatekeep or be pedantic about it. I don't care. You know exactly what I mean and that is well outside the context of the comment. Stop it.
@MdoubleHB I eat a whole lot more than fruit and I literally do not care what you have to say about it. You're being pedantic and replying with 'educate yourself' deserves an eyeroll and ignore. Congrats you earned it. 🙄
@MdoubleHB I'm going to trust my nutritionist and doctor over someone commenting on a CZcams video. Have a great day.
I would love to hear more about gentle multi vitamins! Great video 💜
I take iodine, and will continue to do so together with my vitamin D, b12 and occasional omega 3 😊 tanks for focusing on this!
I do all these as well. Basic and works
I'm not a good person to ask about titles, because I'm gonna click no matter what the title is lol
I heard, from I think maybe it was Jack Norris RD, that seaweed has unpredictable/inconsistent levels of iodine, and so it shouldn't be relied upon as a source of iodine. I also read that kombu/kelp has the most iodine, but that you should never eat it, but instead soak it, and then drink the soaking water, but only a certain number of teaspoons, but I can't remember the number of teaspoons. You shouldn't eat kombu (the Japanese name for kelp), because it could overdose you on iodine. In the book "Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It, 5th Edition" by David Brownstein MD, it says that iodized salt isn't a good source of iodine.
Kombu also adds flavor to veggie stock.
I dont get why people choose fancy salt over iodized salt for “trace minerals”. Iodine is waaaaay more important than any of those minerals because you could actually get a goiter if you’re too deficient. Iodine isnt bad for you, it was put into salt because our bodies don’t function properly without it. It’s as much a public health effort as fluoride in tap water for the purpose of preventing cavities among entire populations. There’s no sense in opting out of these public health initiatives for “general wellness” vibes when u just end up making yourself less healthy in the process. At least come up with a better excuse like “i like crunchy salt better” lmao
MdoubleHB everything is toxic when you have too much. Fortunately for fluoride, there’s an obvious tell before you even approach toxicity levels. You know what happens when you have a little too much fluoride? Your teeth turn super strong but also brown, and that’s it. that’s how its effects were discovered; a town’s drinking water had lots of fluoride and everyones teeth were brown and no one had cavities. So they scaled back the fluoride to keep the protective effects but avoid brown teeth. So if your teeth arent brown yet you arent even in the same universe as fluoride toxicity, so chill with the anti-science fearmongering against one of the greatest public health advances in modern history (yes, it’s up there on the list!)
@@cute-pat00t yeah I read about it too. also iodized salt in my county is mandatory, which is petty cool, tho i thought this was the case eveywhere
blueorchid nope! and like i get choosing other salts for the crunch factor, i just dont get ppl claiming they switch for health reasons when theyre unironically bringing goiters back like it’s the 1800s or some severely underdeveloped nation lol
MdoubleHB anyways if it’s “nonsense” i hope the Fluoride Understander here can inform me of the symptoms of fluoride toxicity so I know what to look for from my drinking water and toothpaste. Besides my beautiful healthy teeth, of course
I only would use the pink salt for rituals and spells...mostly because it's pretty.
Yo Veg 1 from the Vegan Society. Chewable multi with iodine, Selenium, d3, b12, and others. It's from the UK, but I can usually get a 6 month supply for like less than $25 (USD) after exchange. I've been taking it for about 2 years now and I really like it! Avoid the blackcurrant flavor, yikes.
Actually nutritional yeast isn't as widely available in germany and tends to be on the expensive side, that's why I've never tried it. I'm not vegan but I do live in germany and am just noticing an increasing amount of vegan products so I think it might become more widely available soon!
I live in Germany and eat plenty of nutritional yeast. You are right, it is kind of pricey in like Denn's or any other bio supermarkt but there are plenty of very affordable brands online. You should try!
It's expensive everywhere.
I thought it is available in every Reformhaus? And organic markets, but I prefer a certain brand, Dr. Ritter, this one is just in Reformhaus, I think
German here as well. Yeah, it's not a thing. It is sparsely available and I have started using it (just because I watch a lot of CZcams, otherwise I would never have known about it), but it isn't fortified like US brands. There's no B12 or anything noted on the box. Also it definitely is on the pricier side and always organic (as far as I've seen), which pretty much excludes a lot of fortifications anyway.
So if you're using nutritional yeast in Germany, it's mostly about taste I'm guessing (at least if you're buying in store and not online).
@@albawaterhouse I live in Hessen and I know of no supermarket in my area that sells it. There's a Reformhaus that sells it but it's pretty far from where I live. All of the major supermarkets like REWE, EDEKA, ... Don't have it as far as I know. I will check online though, any recommendations except for Alles Vegetarisch?
The irony in me just looking up iodized fortified foods and then opening CZcams to you as my first recommendation
I found a similar labyrinth sweater to yours and am so excited. It’s at the top of my Christmas list. Absolutely my favorite outfit of yours. Since you mentioned the movie I had to mention this to you. Like you care. 😊 Lol
I switched to iodized salt when pregnant and made sure my kids’ vitamins had iodine. I used to eat oysters a lot prior to going vegetarian so wasn’t worried.
I’ve never even thought about this. Thanks for posting 💗💞🌱
This is what I needed I've been forgetting to take my idodine supplements for ages. We don't have iodised salt here I don't think. I better go take it. Thanks :)
Calcium supplements are crazy. Three big tablets for one serving size.
Thank you for suggesting an overall vegan multivitamin! I always struggle with what to pick, with so many options. I had just been taking a b12/Dh3 one
Lugols Iodine Solution is a good way of supplementing. I've been taking a drop of 12% every 1-2 days for the last couple of years and it made a really big difference to my mental energy levels after just a few days. No more brain fog!
In favour of sea vegetables: after I saw this video I dug out an old packet of dulse flakes I bought on a whim once, and now I put about a teaspoon on my baked beans for breakfast a couple of times a week. They don't have a strong flavour and the amount is so small that I mostly don't taste them. It more than covers me for iodine. Worth keeping in mind, getting iodine from sea vegetables doesn't have to be a big effort.
Excellent. Good research and illuminating results. My nutritional yeast will be at the front of the refrigerator not at the back. I take a multi vitamin every day with minerals. Lots of green veg every day. Komazuna is like mini cabbage the size of spinach plus seaweed which is very common in Tokyo.
I took my multivitamin and B12 while watching this video. I've been trying really hard to remember to take additional D3 as well to fend off seasonal depression.
Getting all your nutritional needs really seems like a lot of work. It feels like you need to eat multiple days worth of different stuff every day to keep up. No idea how I am supposed to get everything each day with the limited time I have. And I don't get the fascination with nutritional yeast, why is this such a common thing for many vegans, do you just put it in everything as a supplement or do you actually like the taste? I think its awful and I recently threw away the majority of a pack I bought 2 years ago as I didn't find a use for it.
Right!? As a family with a child this is just TOO MUCH FOOD and too much MONEY.... We did it for a few months like really trying to get enough of everything etc... It just wasn't possible... Too much food... And trying to cut down on the amounts of food by buying supplements for the whole family? Just no... It is so expensive.... BUT damn did we feel great during those months 😭😭😭
Nutritional yeast is really ready to put in things. You can put it on top of a pizza, bake it into a casserole, sprinkle it on popcorn, stir it into your spaghetti sauce. It is loaded with nutrients.
ik what you mean, right now i’m looking into the Deva brand multi UV mentioned in this vid. and about the nutritional yeast, UV hated it too but only at first as she loves it now. it’s used by lots of vegans but also non vegans for its nutty cheesey flavor. as a kid i threw it straight onto my food before i knew it was something that people did. for me, the fact that it’s fortified is just a nice bonus.
well, maybe it was the storage time?. besides that for my part, I just recently found myself really liking the taste on its own, enough to eat it with popcorn. Also, numerous recipes call for it, seitan recipes, sauce, homemade chicken broth, etc. if you can't find the time is understandable i mostly got to experiment with my kitchen due to quarantine and kinda at that because I'm vegetarian but i do go for vegan meals(in my country pretty much everything is incredible expansive or simply is not available also digestive issues). but i would rather take supplements if i were you just be mindful to a level at least.
Actually the title got me to watch your video. ^^ Together with the fact it is only 15mins
Haven't watched your videos in a while, they just seem so long :) not that that is a bad thing because information can only be compressed to a certain extent. This one was as great as I remember the channel. Maxbe even better because you seem more relaxed and happy and less serious
Wait I always use iodized salt in my food is that enough..? Hope so lol
In Finland at least our typical salt is iodine fortified salt. I also buy this specific Finnish brand of oat milk due to it being fortified with iodine. Oatly does not have this which really boggles me although these brands are practically the same price so it is really whatever for me really. Even typical omnivorous people have iodine deficiency here on quite a large scale so it is not solely a vegan issue.
That's interesting, I buy Oatly in the UK and it does have iodine! I wonder if they change the formulation depending on the market 🤔
@@tintinsparkles Same here in Norway! :D
what brand is it?
@@camillalunden1677 We have two. One is Oatly and the other is a Norwegian company called Gryr
@@tintinsparkles Huh... I checked their US page and it was not listed, but changed to Finnish one and it was listed there. They might have different formulas and perhaps they have expanded their distribution of iodine fortified ones. I swear I checked not long ago the packaging in the supermarket and it did not include iodine. Like I spefically compared the two for iodine. The products are UHT so they might have been on the shelf for quite some time so their shift might not be that recent really. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This was very helpful. Thanks!!
I use salt that is 1/3 sodium, 2/3 potassium and it contains more iodine then normal salt that has iodine added. I specifically buy it for the lower sodium and higher iodine content. Two birds with one stone ^^
B2, B3, B5 vitamins --> mushrooms. Those contain quite a lot as well. Roast some in a pan and then put it on your bread on top of avocado or tahini.
A dutch/german here living in sweden, we mostly get advised to use it when we have kids shame enough, they don't really say it that adults need it. Our family use it here mostly because i have a daughter and i'm extreme about her nutritions. my whole family on my moms side always used it because its the cheapest salt. my daughter and me both don't like dairy or more said we don't like milk, as well we both don't like fish so i'm supplementing it with other stuff. but there was a trend long ago himalayasalt was better for you or sea salt. the netherlands tries still to debunk it. for dutchies here pls have a look at voedingscentrum, they have great tips for kids and adults, even with vegan diet. aswell were right now in supplement state in sweden because not enough sunlight on a day.
I live in Berlin, and people here in Germany are superweird about fortified foods. Most vegan foods are not fortified, only calcium is added to plant milks. Companies which fortify their products with more than calcium can be counted on one hand. The majority of people, vegan or not, really frown upon fortified foods, call them "with additives" instead. Such silliness.
I just want to thank you Swayze for what you do! I had never even considered iodine in my vegan checklist, and I had no idea that ordinary table salt could be better for me than the stupid fancy pink salt I've been buying because I assumed it was healthier. It's not one of the nutrients you hear people flagging for vegans, unlike B12, calcium, etc. I have no doubt I'd be one of those 92% of vegans who are deficient if I took part in a study, but because of your video, I'm going back to table salt and I'll pay attention to iodine from now on. It makes me wonder whether there are other nutrients that may be challenges for vegans but which are under-discussed? Could make a good video.
Thank you for this one. Just this morning I was looking into this.
In Greece almost every salt has iodine
Dr. David Brownstein MD says in his book "Iodine: Why You Need It" says that iodine isn't a good source of iodine.
@@moondog7694 excuse me
Salt, here in India are all fortified with iodine. But they still fall short of the RDA. Iodine supplements are hella pricey so I bought kombu sea weed to compensate for the shortage. They come in long strips and are particularly difficult to chew, so I cut em into small pieces of 2 sq cm each and add one piece to some water, bring it to boil, strain the seaweed out and then mix the seaweed water with regular water which I drink throughout the day. This has worked just fine for me. Also mind you, iodine overdose is a thing, so I suggest doing this just twice or thrice a week max.
In Finland they had to change the law about food industry adding iodine salt in bread and ready-made meals. Previously only table salt was ionized, but this wasn't enough because plenty on people have stopped cooking food altogether and eat only sandwiches or ready-made meals, and were getting no iodine at all.
They can use my blood, vegan 5 years, regular blood donor, regular breast milk donor, healthy pregnancy, kid is in the 97% for age on mamas milk😎 I think my success is because I’m not scared of fortified vegan foods. So many of my vegan friends are living off salad and nuts while I’m eating all the delicious “vegie delights” products they’re an awesome Aussie brand that fortify the products with iron, zinc and b12. We also have the new plant based milo again fortified with iron and b12 and half a dozen other minerals and vitamins. Plus the new reduced salt vegemite has added b12. I love Australia’s huge vegan market!
In the UK, Oatly is fortified with iodine, along with calcium, B12, and vitamin D, which is amazing! We give our little one Oatly Barista, because it's higher in fat and calories than other plant milks.
This is the reason I've stuck to iodized salt.
Not sure about other people who eat vegan but I started to shed a LOT of hair and none of my doctors knew why. They didn't do nutrient deficiency tests so I had to go to a holistic doctor for this. Sure enough my iodine levels were low. So I started taking Kelp iodine drops and my hair doesn't shed as much. But what's a good dosage that won't cause other health issues?
Props to you for knowing that european soil has less selenium and that salt is fortfied with iodine in Germany, too. I have trusted in what you said before and now I feel that was justified since you really seem to do your "homework". Regards from Germany.
Hey! I’m a guy from California and I’ve living in Spain for a couple years now. I’ve been vegan for 4 years and if there’s one thing I could not leave out of any meal was nutritional yeast. Sally, when I moved to Spain I realized I had to let go of my little guilty pleasure cuz they just don’t sell that stuff in Europe. You can only find it on Amazon or special “health” stores for ridiculous prices and its just not worth it :(
Just saying this cuz you pointed out vegans in Germany not eating Nutr. Y. and wanted to clarify why that might be.
Anyways love the video and the info! Can’t wait for the next one 😊❤️
The yeast flakes sold here are also not fortified with anything so not a good source of b vitamins
People should stop falling for absurd "Himalayan" salts (which doesn't even come from the Himalaya), and just take iodized salt.
In the U.S., Iodine supplementation (primarily through fortified table salt), did not begin until the early 1920s. Prior to this, endemic iodine deficiency was prevalent in the Great Lakes, Appalachians, and Northwestern regions of the U.S., a geographic area known as the “goiter belt”, where 26%-70% of children had a clinically apparent goiter.
Iodized salt first became available on grocery shelves in Michigan in May of 1924 to ward off the outbreak. Consuming fortified salt was never mandated by the U.S. government, but it was strongly encouraged. In the U.S., iodine is present in dairy foods due to the iodophor cleansers of milk cans and teats (it represents an “accidental” but important source of iodine nutrition). Iodine is occasionally found in bread dough due to the use of iodate as a bread conditioner. Why some vegans think that supplementation is "not kosher" while non-vegans are being supplemented via cleaning agents and Wonder bread just makes me want to shake them!
I absolutely love this separation of topics you've been doing
I use Iodised rock salt, so I can still get my nicely fresh ground salt while still getting that Iodised.
That calcium intake is actually sufficient. The 1200 (I believe it's 1200) that we are recommended is actually much more than needed.
I'm German and growing up I read a pamphlet warning about iodine deficiency in Germany, the reason behind it, the consequences, and what to do against it. Ever since I've tried to always use iodised salt, and since I am also Spanish I'm not stingy with it while cooking. Anyways, I feel like it's a very German thing. The pamphlet made it seem like Germans do in general have lower iodine levels since we aren't really a fish eating nation. The North consumes way more fish than the rest, it's the only place that's by the sea.
It is really annoying that salt is not iodised in the UK, so I just take a multi which has iodine. Even in EU countries that add iodine to salt (like Finland where I am from) iodised salt is not used in processed food products like bread. For non-dairy milks I think only Alpro soy milk for kids has iodine (and maybe Oatly?).
Most people don't use enough iodized salt in a day to meet iodine needs. Unless you aren't eating any processed food and salting to taste with iodized salt, you can't just rely on it to keep you healthy. You need some additional source like in your multi. Seaweed is basically the only vegan food that can give you enough without supplements.
This is really coincidental stuff. I’ve been trying everything I can to grow back my hair since I lost 60% of my hair which was already declining from going on a crash diet, and one thing I have tried was eating seaweed and canned oysters to get more iodine in me to ensure that it wasn’t a thyroid issue, since I prefer to use celery salt for the lower sodium content
Comforting to see my multivitamin covers everything mentioned!
May I ask what brand?
@@pippistyles DEVA Vegan Multivitamin with greens.
If you can absorb anything though. Much better to get it from food
I worry so much about iodine, I’ve been vegan for many years and two years ago I was diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism (hormone levels so low that it could’ve sent me into a coma). I wondered if my diet affected my diagnosis/the severity of my thyroid dysfunction. Now I take many different medications and have to worry about how supplements affect absorption etc. I will never stop being vegan (I’ve been vegetarian essentially my entire life and went vegan when I became an adult) but of course the medication I take is not vegan or even vegetarian. I tried alternatives and different combinations of vegan meds in an effort to omit the non-vegan pills, but none worked and my doctor insisted that my situation required that I be on it for my health.
I have so much guilt over it, but I also couldn’t continue living like I was. It’s the only “exception” I make but it’s still hard to navigate a community that so often declares anyone who deviates from the definition of vegan at all, illegitimate, morally inferior, and all the other horrible things that discourage the lifestyle that ultimately we are all trying to pursue and encourage. I’m not plant based, I never went vegan for health (as I already ate as a balanced vegetarian before) but I have compassion for animals, a detestation for factory farming and the lack of federal regulation regarding the treatment of “agricultural” animals, and an intense concern for the longevity of our planet.
I was wondering what your thoughts were on a situation like this? Doctors not taking your “diet” seriously and having to fight for adequate care, they don’t have the knowledge or desire to provide advice regarding supplements for vegans, a gate-keeping community, and mostly, medication that is non-vegan but -truly- is necessary to manage chronic medical conditions.
P.s. you are one of the only vegans I watch, I used to cringe watch people like rawfully Kristina, freelee, etc. but I realize now that supporting those kinds of extremists (even with hate watching lol) continues to perpetuate a narrative that doesn’t represent the majority of the movement and ultimately pushes many people to 1. Never go vegan 2. Stop being vegan because they can’t maintain their crazy diets and 3. Create outrage and a counter movement that is equally unproductive as it is ignorant. Finding a moderate vegan who engages in scientific study, presents practical information and realistic guides, and has views regarding veganism that mirror my own quite often, was a godsend.
You need to put yourself first. Your health and wellbeing is far more important than that of an animal. If you need to use animal tested/derived medication, then you should use it without guilt - it's not like you're doing it for fun!
I recently had some blood work done, and even with me being overweight and after 10 years of a vegan diet, and an essentially sedentary lifestyle for the past couple years I still have normal HDL levels.
This video reminded me to take my B12 supplement
Is there a generally recognized "best choice" multi vitamin? I am convinced on picking some up, but I imagine there are a lot of different choices
Veg1 from the Vegan Society (UK)
because of this video I actually found ou that here in Brazil it is illegal to sell un-iodized salt! we started adding iodine to salt for a reason people - and it wasnt because it tastes any better!
Just took my multi today because of you lol and drinking a glass of almond milk. I've been falling down on my vitamin job! Good informative video, reminded me I have to take care of myself!
It's pretty frustrating that it's rare to find iodised salt in the UK and I noticed that most vegan milks aren't fortified with it either.
I have been vegan for almost 5 years now, and recently I have been cutting calories in order to loose some weight, but I often find it’s hard to meet all of my micronutrients everyday when doing so. I take a vegan multivitamin and calcium, and magnesium supplements as I consistently cannot meet my marker in those nutrients. I am just wondering what you do in order to meet all of your nutrients. I know you aren’t a nutritionist or dietitian, but I trust your opinion a lot, and know that you are very responsible with your nutrient requirements. Just wanted some advice! Thank you!❤️
I feel like those Halloween decorations are just your permanent video decor now.
*pops my multi* there was a plant milk fortified with iodine, i dont know if its available in the US but its ...just horrible... koko super milk
Good thing my B12 oral spray also has the RDA of iodine