Hi everyone! First of all I’m a relatively new vegan (about a month or so) but I’d been lowering my animal product intake for a while before I just gave it all up.
Going over the initial stage of feeling better ethically etc I now need to think about the long term practical effects of making this a long term change that I can stick to.
I have coeliac disease and I find that a LOT of the alternatives contain wheat as the protein source which means I tend to stick to the different variations of tofu.
But also, I’m rather confused as to what are the nutrients that are harder to get from a plant based diet and how everyone is getting them. Eg easy enough to supplement creatine and B12. But how do you take in the right levels of iodine, calcium and any other that I might not be aware of?
Summary, how do you balance any intolerances and getting enough nutrients? What resources do you lean on? Any advice?
TLDR; new vegan that’s gluten free too. Any advice?