Glad to see this thread. It precipitated several questions, which I am happy to post separately if you’d like.
Has anyone found a good source of vegan creatine?
Has anyone calculated the monthly cost for their supplements?
Does anyone try and avoid or at least minimize highly processed/ ultra processed foods? I’ve noticed more studies over the past several years around ill effects of such foods. It’s one reason I don’t consume most meat substitutes very often.
I wonder if concerns like the following act as barriers to people going vegan, or even reducing their consumption of animal products:
lack of knowledge re: optimizing nutrition
inability to afford supplements
uncertainty around which supplements to take (and perhaps questions about efficacy of supplements)
uncertainty around optimizing protein intake
concerns about highly processed / ultra processed foods on health / the environment
These are concerns that have come up in several conversations I have had.
“It should be noted that although creatine is found mostly in animal products, the creatine in most supplements is synthesized from sarcosine and cyanamide [39,40], does not contain any animal by-products, and is therefore “vegan-friendly. The only precaution is that vegans should avoid creatine supplements delivered in capsule form because the capsules are often derived from gelatin and therefore could contain animal by-products.”
Glad to see this thread. It precipitated several questions, which I am happy to post separately if you’d like.
Has anyone found a good source of vegan creatine?
Has anyone calculated the monthly cost for their supplements?
Does anyone try and avoid or at least minimize highly processed/ ultra processed foods? I’ve noticed more studies over the past several years around ill effects of such foods. It’s one reason I don’t consume most meat substitutes very often.
I wonder if concerns like the following act as barriers to people going vegan, or even reducing their consumption of animal products:
lack of knowledge re: optimizing nutrition
inability to afford supplements
uncertainty around which supplements to take (and perhaps questions about efficacy of supplements)
uncertainty around optimizing protein intake
concerns about highly processed / ultra processed foods on health / the environment
These are concerns that have come up in several conversations I have had.
On (1), I commented above, but most supplemental creatine is vegan as far as I can tell.
Thanks, I’m seeing that here, too:
“It should be noted that although creatine is found mostly in animal products, the creatine in most supplements is synthesized from sarcosine and cyanamide [39,40], does not contain any animal by-products, and is therefore “vegan-friendly. The only precaution is that vegans should avoid creatine supplements delivered in capsule form because the capsules are often derived from gelatin and therefore could contain animal by-products.”