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Best vegan multivitamins and supplements to take in 2024

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It’s only when you start to get serious about following a vegan diet that you suddenly realise quite how many everyday items feature animal by-products.

This is not just the case for the food that we eat but our beauty products too and of course, our clothing. Switching to plant-based hair and skincare, makeup, shoes and outerwear is a gradual process. It requires phasing out the old to prevent wastage before welcoming in the new.

You may be moving away from carnivorous consumption for ethical reasons, for the planet or else for your health, and if it’s the latter, you may be interested more than ever in supplements to ensure that your new practice means you are getting all the nutrients and vitamins that your body requires.

Typically, vegans may find themselves deficient in key minerals such as iodine, calcium, zinc and B12. Yet in dietary add-ons, these elements are commonly sourced from animals. Vitamin D tends to be derived from lanolin in sheep’s wool and omega-3 is extracted from fish, while collagen comes from marine or bovine origins more often than not.

So, what can you do? Well, with the increased interest in all things veganism, the supplement market has exploded with formulas to support. But the easiest placeto cover all the bases.

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