Most vegans don’t need supplements. Just check your b12/iron every 2-3 years
This is false. Your B12 reserves will deplete slowly but surely if you don’t supplement. Iron, ferritn, and a complete blood count containing hemoglobin and red blood cell indices should be checked more often than once 2-3 years. Many vegans will need supplements, especially young women.
Humans need amino acids that are only found in meat for our full health. This is easy enough to counteract by taking vitamin supplements
There are no aminoacids that you can’t find in plants. And there are no aminoacids that can be replaced by vitamins. Iron deficiency is a real possibility when eating a vegan diet, but B12 deficiency is a certitude for those who don’t supplement.
I was fully vegan for about 2 years. Being a clinical biologist, I’ve been having blood tests done regularly and inspecting my own blood smears. After a year or so I’ve began to see my hemoglobin and ferritin levels drop, so I started trying various iron supplements. Only one of them worked (a sucrosomial iron supplement) and started raising my hemoglobin. Sadly, I deemed it to be too slow and too expensive, so I started eating eggs again, occasionally some fish and chicken. After a few weeks I started gaining muscle mass and I saw some drastic improvent in my fitness levels (I guess I was also underestimating my necessary protein intake). After a year of eating meat and eggs, my ferritin has normalised, and so has my hemoglobin and erythrocite indices. After my experiences I’m still not going to discourage people from at least trying a vegan diet. I’ve seen enough vegans who are healthy, and I’ve seen people for whom a vegan diet is insuitable. It’s ok to quit if it affects your health.
You’re not alone. I miss /r/bicyclingcirclejerk so much.
Someone should make a lemmy.kom server just for bike stuff.
A Samsung Galaxy A52! I used to be one of them rooty-tooty custom ROM boys, but I finally gave up when all of my banking apps started detecting Magisk. Now I use the stock OneUI firmware with a custom ad-blocking DNS (dns.adguard.com) and uBlock Origin in Firefox. I’m still receiving updates, the software is still as smooth as it was when I first got it. Battery life is slowly deteriorating though. The bloat is minimal. Not gonna lie, I’ve come to love OneUI more than the old ROMs I was using (big fan of Resurrection Remix), it’s full of usability-improving features that just make life easier. I was skeptical at first because I absolutely hated the old TouchWiz interface, but now I prefer it to the stock Android experience.
You also need to check the quantities, as it’s often not enough. Also, ingredient lists and nutritional values can’t always be trusted.