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Are vitamin tablets vegetarian friendly?

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Some are, some not: Vitamins tend to be mostly vegetarian, but some contain animal-derived products, especially vitamin a which may come from fish oil. Also, some vitamins are in gelatin-based gel-caps. Read the ingredients and avoid gel-caps. A quality multivitamin will usually state on the label if it is appropriate for vegetarians.

Answered 12/9/2013

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