Posted on
July 25, 2024 by
The VRG Weblog Editor
by Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
The German Vitamin Society (DGE) is a non-profit group that develops dietary pointers for Germany (1). Their web site says that they’re dedicated to scientific details and are usually not influenced by financial or political pursuits (2).
This group lately revised their place on vegan diets to state, “For the wholesome grownup basic inhabitants, along with different diets, a vegan food regimen may also be an choice, supplied {that a} vitamin B12 preparation is taken, a balanced, well-planned meals choice and an satisfactory consumption of probably vital vitamins (probably additionally by way of different nutrient preparations) signify health-promoting vitamin.” The interpretation, courtesy of Google Translate, could also be tough however usually, the place endorses vegan diets for wholesome adults so long as a vitamin B12 complement is used, meals choice is well-planned, and consumption of key vitamins is satisfactory. The explanation given for revising the place is that they thought of 4 elements – well being, setting, social welfare, and animal welfare – for the primary time, fairly than merely specializing in well being. Additionally they thought of the chance of diet-related ailments, reminiscent of coronary heart illness, to a larger extent, fairly than primarily contemplating nutrient wants.
The German Vitamin Society didn’t consider that there was sufficient information accessible to make a advice for or in opposition to a well-planned vegan food regimen for being pregnant, breastfeeding, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and seniors. This contrasts with their earlier place which didn’t advocate a vegan food regimen for these teams.
The Dietary Pointers for Individuals are at present being revised and up to date. We hope that these engaged on this revision will notice the German Vitamin Society’s new place on vegan diets.
You may learn the revised place right here (in German)
References
- Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations. Meals-based dietary pointers – Germany. https://www.fao.org/vitamin/training/food-dietary-guidelines/areas/germany/en/
- The German Vitamin Society (DGE). https://www.dge.de/english/
To learn extra about vitamin insurance policies associated to vegan and vegetarian diets see:
What Have the US Dietary Pointers Stated About Vegan and Vegetarian Diets?
Mexican 2023 Dietary Pointers Suggest that 92% of our Plate Be Plant Meals!
Do Worldwide Dietary Pointers Promote Vegan/Vegetarian Diets?
