In the last two years of cooking for myself in college, I've prided myself on trying to eat a balanced diet and cooking healthy meals as a busy student. When things would get super hectic, and I would forget to defrost some chicken in time for dinner or I was running low on groceries, I'd joke with my friends that I was eating 'accidentally vegan'. Other times I would be nervous to try cooking foods that I loved but had never prepared for myself, like fish or steak. What I didn't realize was the cost of unintentionally avoiding major food groups. A couple weeks ago, my primary care physician ordered some blood tests. When the tests came back, my accidental veganism came back to bite me in the butt. I was extremely deficient in Vitamin B12. A vitamin B12 deficiency can present itself with symptoms of fatigue, tingling fingers, loss of balance, lack of focus, and other symptoms, and it can eventually lead to nerve damage and neurological disorders. While I did not go...
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