Healthline: "Detrimental" Vitamin A Deficiency for Vegans

Video and links by: Mic. the Vegan

Published on Aug 8, 2017Responding to a recent Healthline.com article by Authority Nutrition titled "4 Reasons Why Some People Do Well as Vegans (While Others Fail Miserably)."

- Links and Sources -

Roaming Millennial Video with K2 Point:

Main Article:

http://www.healthline.com/nutrition/4-reasons-some-do-well-as-vegans#section1

Case study of Rare Conversion Gene:

http://jn.nutrition.org/content/137/11/2346.full.pdf+html

NIH Vitamin A Chart:

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-Consumer/

Vegans had an 11% lower hypothyroidism prevalence than meat eaters.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847753/

Vegans had 40% lower cataract prevalence:

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/93/5/1128.full.pdf

"The vegan group reported a 40–46% decrease in health-related productivity impairments at work (p = 0.03) and in regular daily activities (p = 0.004)"

http://www.pcrm.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/health/medstudents/A%20Worksite%20Vegan%20Nutrition%20Program%20Is%20Well-Accepted%20and%20Improves%20Health-Related.pdf

Vegan Micronutrients Study:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-015-1079-7

Vitamin A Conversion Genes by Ethnicity:

http://jn.nutrition.org/content/142/1/161S.full.pdf

Article about Vitamin C genes:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080320120726.htm

Less than 3 grams fat required to absorb Vitamin A:

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/71/5/1187.full.pdf

Articles on Vitamin A and Vegan Diets:

http://www.vrg.org/blog/2014/08/28/the-age-of-information-is-also-the-age-of-misinformation-claims-regarding-vegetarianism-and-vitamin-a/

http://jacknorrisrd.com/vitamin-a-a-neglected-nutrient-by-many-vegans/

http://www.theveganrd.com/2011/06/fat-soluble-vitamins-do-they-stand-between-vegans-and-health/