{"id":17715,"date":"2021-07-22T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17715"},"modified":"2021-07-01T10:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:02:43","slug":"finland-provides-sound-nutritional-advice-for-vegans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/22\/finland-provides-sound-nutritional-advice-for-vegans\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland Provides Sound Nutritional Advice for Vegans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-06-29-at-14-05-59-URN_ISBN_978-952-343-264-2-pdf-274x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-06-29-at-14-05-59-URN_ISBN_978-952-343-264-2-pdf-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-06-29-at-14-05-59-URN_ISBN_978-952-343-264-2-pdf.png 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finland, a country in northern Europe, has done something\nthat few other countries have \u2013 issued nutritional guidance for vegans. The\nFinnish Food Authority, which issued this guidance, is a government entity\nunder the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. According to its website, the\nFinnish Food Authority \u201cworks for the good of humans, animals and plants,\nsupports the vitality of the agricultural sector, and develops and maintains\ninformation systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finnish Food Authority recommends that a vegan diet\n\u201ccontains cereal products, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruit, berries and\nvegetable fats as well as a nutritious milk replacement drink.\u201d A vegan plate\nis described as consisting of one third foods supplying protein including whole\ngrains and legumes, one third raw and cooked vegetables, and one third\nadditional carbohydrates such as pasta, potatoes, or barley. Supplements of\nvitamin D, vitamin B12, and iodine are recommended. A \u201ccarefully composed\u201d\nvegan diet can be used by pregnant and breastfeeding women, children and teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These guidelines are complemented by a section in <em>Eating Together, <\/em>&nbsp;the national food recommendations for families\nwith young children. This section provides additional information about vegan\ndiets in pregnancy and lactation and for infants and young children. According\nto this text, vegan infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 4-6\nmonths with breastfeeding continuing at least until age 1 year. After 1 year,\nthe recommendations call for use of a drink made from soy, oats, quinoa, or\nother grains (excluding rice) that is fortified with calcium and vitamin D and\ndesigned for young children. Vegan families shall be provided with guidance by\na nutritional therapist and children\u2019s growth should be monitored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These sensible guidelines should be adopted, with\nmodifications for country-specific foods, by other countries, including the\nUnited States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>References<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finnish Food Authority. Vegan diet. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruokavirasto.fi\/en\/themes\/healthy-diet\/nutrition-and-food-recommendations\/vegan-diet\/\">https:\/\/www.ruokavirasto.fi\/en\/themes\/healthy-diet\/nutrition-and-food-recommendations\/vegan-diet\/<\/a>.\nLast updated April 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. <em>Eating Together \u2013 Food Recommendations for\nFamilies with Children.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.julkari.fi\/bitstream\/handle\/10024\/137770\/URN_ISBN_978-952-343-264-2.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\">https:\/\/www.julkari.fi\/bitstream\/handle\/10024\/137770\/URN_ISBN_978-952-343-264-2.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y<\/a>.\n2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Finland, a country in northern Europe, has done something that few other countries have \u2013 issued nutritional guidance for vegans. The Finnish Food Authority, which issued this guidance, is a government entity under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. According to its website, the Finnish Food Authority \u201cworks for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17717,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17715\/revisions\/17717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}