About to become vegan... but..

[breko]

Hi all, I'm 23 and have eaten meat all my life. My wife and I are becoming vegetarian next week once our next pay cheque comes in.
We want to make the transition to vegan soon, but I'm very worried by some of the nutritional side of it. (B12,DHA etc.)
Have any of you ever experienced problems? Is there a resource I can go to with a meal plan plus supplements?

I probably sound very uneducated, all of this is very new to us

With thanks,
H

 

[vikentije22]

@breko If you eat a wide variety of foods, you shouldn't need any other supplement besides B12 which can only be gotten through fortified foods. Other than that, every nutrient can be obtained from a vegan/plant based diet.

 

[janblessed]

@vikentije22 Can be. Actually getting them may require a little effort. Optimising is something else. Eg, Getting enough omega 3 and maintaining a good 3:6 ratio really requires you to eat a little flax, hemp or chia every day. It's no biggie, but it's not obvious if you don't know and it's pretty easy to skip over.

 

[kmf85]

@janblessed Ground flax is the way to go! I have a tablespoon in my smoothie every morning. I'll throw it into applesauce or even in cereal sometimes too. https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseeds-vs-chia-seeds/

 

[solachristo]

@janblessed while true i hate the fact that everybody talks about this like it's a vegan problem. pretty much every person out there with a standard diet has a shitty ratio of omegas and tat's not the only thing. iron, magnesium, zinc, vitamin d and even b12 deficiencies are so common among everybody, in fact vegans are less likely to have most of the common deficiencies, except b12

 

[hears2]

@janblessed Does it matter between chia, flax, or hemp? I eat chia seeds every day, but neither of the others

 

[janblessed]

@hears2 Ground flax is ideal, but ultimately i don't think it's so important

 

[dawn16]

@breko Take a DHA and b12 supplement problem solved