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tinyurl.com Dr. Gregers Recommendations for Optimum Vegetarian Nutrition Vitamin B12 One 2000 mcg (or μg) tablet (ideally chewed or dissolved under your tongue) once a week; or at least 10-100 mcg once a day; or servings of B12-fortified foods (containing at least 25% Daily Value on the label) at least twice a day. Essential Fatty Acids Two tablespoons of ground flax seeds every day or two teaspoons daily of flax seed oil, in addition to avoiding omega 6-rich oils (corn, safflower, sunflower, cottonseed), saturated fats, and trans fats. Diabetics and pregnant or breast-feeding women should take 300 mg of DHA every day. Vitamin D North of Los Angeles or Atlanta, non-elderly white non-sunscreen-using adults who spend time in the sun can get away with ensuring daily dietary Vitamin D just during the winter. Everyone else living at such latitudes should include daily Vitamin D sources in their diet year-round. Sources include Vitamin Dfortified foods, Vitamin D supplements, or eating about a dozen dried shitake mushrooms or a dozen fresh Chanterelle mushrooms every day. Calcium 1000 mg a day for ages 19-54 via cups of low-oxalate greens, fortified foods, and/or supplements. Iodine If you dont drink milk or eat seaweed or use iodized salt, you may need to supplement your diet. Iron Menstruating women should increase their intake by combining iron-rich and Vitamin C-rich foods at meals and should get checked for iron-deficiency anemia every few years. Men should be checked for ...