Do Vegans Need Supplements? | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Can vegans get all the vitamins and nutrients they need without taking a supplement? Is it even possible?
Get the answer from Dr. Neal Barnard when he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Live!
Dr. Barnard will also be answering viewer questions sent to the Doctor's Mailbag.
- Do older vegans need a calcium supplement?
- How can you break an addiction to cheese?
- How long does it take for tastebuds to change?
- What does "eating the rainbow" look like?
Chuck also has details about a 12-year study on foods that can help prevent cognitive decline in older adults.
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
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Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund
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Cognitive Decline Study
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Chuck Carroll
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Dr. Neal Barnard
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21-Day Vegan Kickstart App
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Android: https://bit.ly/VegKStrtAndrd
Web: https://www.pcrm.org/kickstart
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| 0:00.0 | Nutrition on a plant-based diet is much better, more complete than it would be on a meaty diet. |
| 0:07.8 | How is that possible? |
| 0:09.2 | Because meat doesn't have vitamin C, it doesn't have fiber, it doesn't have complex carbohydrates |
| 0:13.5 | meat, and very, too, are kind of skewed nutrition. |
| 0:21.8 | Welcome to the Exammer in Podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.5 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:28.5 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us in more than 130 countries around |
| 0:33.3 | the world and healthy cities coast to coast in the US. |
| 0:37.4 | Raleigh Durham, North Carolina, Kansas City, Missouri, and Honolulu, Hawaii. |
| 0:42.4 | Is there a veg fast in Honolulu? |
| 0:45.4 | Anywhere in Hawaii? |
| 0:46.5 | Because I would love to speak at that thing. |
| 0:49.2 | We appreciate you all, helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:53.6 | This is Episode 3 of Season 5, number 302 overall. |
| 0:58.8 | And it also happens to be our very first exam room live Q&A of the year. |
| 1:04.2 | So we are about to welcome Dr. Neal Barnard back to the show as we open up the Doctor's |
| 1:09.1 | Mailbag. |
| 1:11.8 | New Year, New Year. |
| 1:14.6 | For a lot of people, that means a new diet as well. |
| 1:18.4 | And millions are giving this whole vegan thing a whirl. |
| 1:22.5 | And that leads us to today's top question. |
| 1:25.9 | How will you know if you are getting all of the vitamins and nutrients that you need if |
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