Missing Nutrients In Plants

Only meat has these nutrients because they are missing in plants:

Vitamin - A, K2, B12, B6 ( pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), F (DHA) , D

Heme-iron, carnithine, carnosine, creatine, taurine, CoQ10, CLA, adiponectin

• Conversion of plant beta carotene into Vit A is highly inefficient - it takes 12 to 20 molecules of beta carotene to produce one molecule of vitamin A
• The plant form of B6 (Pyrodixine) is 80% less bioavailable than the animal B6

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2843032

• iron from plant sources is less bioavailable than heme-iron from meat sources and anti nutrients in plants further block its bioavailabilty.

• Minerals in fibre are very difficult to extract and make bioavailable for the body whereas minerals from animal source are extremely bioavailable, but the nutrition world is content just to state mineral contents of a vegetable without any consideration about whether it will be absorbed in a useful form. Take spinach for example, it is a high calcium food but has been known for ninety years by researchers of old to have zero availability of calcium for the body because it gets bound to oxolate.

• Carnosine, only found in animal sourced food, is considered by some to be one of the key anti-aging molecules.

• The role of K2 only found in animal foods and K1 are quite different, and many feel that they should be classified as separate nutrients altogether. This idea is supported by an animal study showing that K2 reduced blood vessel calcification whereas Vitamin K1 did not. Controlled studies in people also observe that vitamin K2 generally improves bone and heart health, while K1 has no significant benefits.

• A 12-year old vegetarian boy suffered episodes of vomiting, lethargy, and hypoglycaemia from the age of 1 year due to carnitine deficiency only found in meat: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1628441/

• B12 cannot be produced in the body, it needs daily intake from animal food sources. Vegans and all types of vegetarians have been found deficient unless they supplement. But once again, if supplementation is routinely necessary how is that natural? And it is debately how bilogically active supplemented B12 is.

Vitamin B12 deficiency seen in all types of vegetarians:

https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20030618/vegetarian-diet-b12-deficiency#1

Thinking of going vegan? Read this first:

https://medium.com/feed-your-brain/vitamin-b12-deficiency-what-every-vegetarian-

and-vegan-should-know-5626c29b8a98

Many people are at risk of vitamin A deficiency if they don't eat meat

Diabetics and those with poor thyroid function, cannot make the conversion from plant beta carotene. Children make the conversion very poorly and infants not at all - they must obtain their precious stores of vitamin A from animal fats. In addition, possibly fifty percent of humans may have an impaired ability to convert beta carotene to vitamin A due to genetic variations.

A recent study shows women are particularly at risk! Women are simply not getting enough of this vital nutrient because their bodies are not able to convert the beta-carotene. Almost half of UK women could be suffering from a lack of vitamin A due to a previously undiscovered genetic variation according to scientists at Newcastle University.