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Can plants provide every vitamin and mineral the human body needs? if not, how do vegetarians do it?
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No: They don't contain vitamin B12 and very little contain vitamin d. Wild fish like salmon contains both but if you won't eat fish, then you need to take vitamin B12 supplements and get vitamin d from fortified foods or also from pills. Eat the fish.
Answered 6/24/2014
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