Have you decided to only to feel tired, light-headed and extra sore after work outs? People who stick with or other restrictive diets can sometimes find themselves lacking in vital nutrients from essential amino acids to vitamins mainly found in meat, often as a result of poor planning or overreliance on processed foods, nutritionists tell the Star. “The most common mistake is just not thinking about the things that need to be replaced when we eliminate animal products,” said Maude Morin, a registered dietitian with Toronto-based practice . “It’s not the mindset of, ‘I’m going to be following a healthy, balanced, plant based diet’ — the logic that I see quite a lot is ‘I’m just not going to eat meat.
’ We haven’t substituted what we need, and what we were getting before we’ve undergone a transition.” Here are the most common nutrients veggie-based diets are lacking — and how we can make up for them. Although the carnivore diet has picked up steam after endorsements from figures like Jordan Peterson, some nutritionists doubt its efficacy.
It may seem obvious, but the most common and “overarching” nutrient missing from vegetarian and vegan diets is protein, explained Trista Chan, a registered dietitian and founder of in Toronto. “These are essential macronutrients that can present over time as muscle wasting, lowered immunity, maybe feeling less satiated or full after meals,” Chan said. But while proteins are often associated with animal pro.
