Borderline D is common enough in the general population that I wouldn’t draw any clear conclusions about the effect of diet here.
Am not vegan, but have had B12, iron, and D tests done through insurance. The cost was significantly lower than private testing, and my insurance picked up the bulk of the cost to boot. “Vegan patient—or any patient, really—complains of some fatigue” should be a valid reason to run those tests from the perspective of any decent US insurer, and who isn’t fatigued from time to time? Can’t speak for other countries, but since everyone should have a primary-care doctor they see at least every few years anyway, it might be more efficient to push the ops work and test expense largely onto the insurer here.
Borderline D is common enough in the general population that I wouldn’t draw any clear conclusions about the effect of diet here.
Am not vegan, but have had B12, iron, and D tests done through insurance. The cost was significantly lower than private testing, and my insurance picked up the bulk of the cost to boot. “Vegan patient—or any patient, really—complains of some fatigue” should be a valid reason to run those tests from the perspective of any decent US insurer, and who isn’t fatigued from time to time? Can’t speak for other countries, but since everyone should have a primary-care doctor they see at least every few years anyway, it might be more efficient to push the ops work and test expense largely onto the insurer here.