B-12 and Folic Acid in Vegans, Vegetarians and Omnivores.

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

People on vegetarian or vegan diets have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a higher risk of nutritional deficiencies than omnivores. Vitamin B-12 is found naturally in animal products and in artificially fortified foods (breakfast cereals, plant-based milks, soy products and yeast extracts). Vitamin B-12 deficiency is defined as a blood level below 118 […]

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Conditions: Anemia, Cardiovascular disease, Nutritional deficiencies, Pernicious anemia, Spinal cord injury

Supplements: Folic acid (folate), Vitamin B-12

Foods: Soybeans

Miscellaneous: Homocysteine, Omnivore, Ovolacto-vegetarian diet, Vegan, Vegetarian

Adolescents, Children and Vegetarian Diets.

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

“… a well-balanced vegetarian diet can provide for the needs of a growing child and adolescent …” Lacto-ovo-vegetarians eat no animal products, except dairy products and eggs. Vegans eat no animal products. Macrobiotic diets may include animal products, but are made up of grains, legumes, and vegetables. Plant foods can include all essential amino acids […]

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Conditions: Adolescence, Breastfeeding, Eating Disorders, Pregnancy

Supplements: Calcium, Essential fatty acids, Folic acid (folate), Iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin B-12, Vitamin D, Zinc

Foods: Bok choy, Cereals, Collards, Dairy, Eggs, Fruits, Grains, Kale, Leafy green vegetables, Legumes, Nut butters, Nuts, Seed butters, Seeds, Soy protein, Vegetables, Wheat protein

Miscellaneous: Diet, Macrobiotic diet, Nutrition, Omnivore, Ovolacto-vegetarian diet, Phytates (phytic acid), Protein, Tannins, Vegan, Vegetarian

Vitamin D Deficiency and Myopathy.

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Dr. Gary Pack

Proximal weakness of the muscles of the shoulders and of the hips (proximal myopathy) may be the first sign of osteomalacia and can lead to a misdiagnosis of muscle disease instead of metabolic disease (vitamin D deficiency). For example, two cases of proximal myopathy are presented in people of South Asian origin and who are […]

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Conditions: Diabetes, Hypocalcemia, Hypoparathyroidism, Hypophosphatemia, Muscle weakness, Myopathy, Neurotoxicity, Osteomalacia, Vitamin D deficiency

Supplements: Calcium, Vitamin D

Miscellaneous: 25-dihydroxyvitamin D, Lacto-vegetarian diet, Muscle, Neuromuscular, Ovolacto-vegetarian diet, Parathyroid hormone (parathormone), Phytates (phytic acid)

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