Slow wound healing on a vegan diet?
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free skin care · Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:48 pm

Yup .I have observed that.Even if vegan/fruitarian gives you better skin overall,i cant help but to see a massive difference in wound healing response.

Any similar experiences?
Could be zinc deficiency?b12?
(i am even abstaining from you know for more than a month and happily i keep the zinc that way).
I dont want to eat animals to have better wound healing.I am past this point in my life i think.
That happens to the body while in face i have good wound response(maybe from all this practicing,masssaging,oil pulling etc etc).

Maybe its just all a big joke.

free skin care · Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:17 pm

Protein (http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/foods-highest-in-protein.php) is the body-building food and necessary for healing as it helps in building new cells. Could it be that the vegan is not getting enough of it? There is a thread of someone who became vegan and lost firmness in the face (http://www.essentialdayspa.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=49909) which I suspect was because of eating less protein. Someone else in the discussion shared the same experience...and that is because protein is a very important nutrient for collagen and muscle and for cell repair.

Foods high in zinc (http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/zinc.php), in vitamin A (http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/food-sources-of-vitamin-A.php) and in vitamin C (http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/vitamin-C.php) are also important, but I really think eating a well-balanced, varied diet and eating enough calories are a good way to make sure you're providing your body with its needs.

I don't think you have to eat meat to get enough protein, although that is the easiest way to get protein. There are many vegan sources of protein, but I would think including a vegan protein shake (made with soy, or hemp, etc) in your diet can help fill any protein needs you may still have.

If you are not as creative as some vegans and able to eat a well-varied diet that ensures you are getting all the nutrients you need, a vitamin/mineral supplement could help bridge the gap. I know you're against them, but maybe one day you'll change your mind.

More info on diets for wound healing:

http://woundcareadvisor.com/how-dietary-protein-intake-promotes-wound-healing-vol2-no6/

http://www.cwiprogram.org/patient-care/nutrition-and-wound-healing

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/healthy_living/nutrition/hic_nutrition_guidelines_to_improve_wound_healing.aspx

free skin care · Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:29 am

Thank you Nonie once again.
I believe i get the vitamins from the salads(lettuce has high A for example and i love lettuce salads with onions.
Of cource fruits have high C.

I think the missing link could be either protein(the body is still lazy from the previous meat eating diet where it had the protein abundant),zinc cause i remember when i was talking a multivitamin with 20mg of zinc the next day the difference was amazing,or b12.

Unfortunately vegan diet hasnt enough zinc,except of pumpkin seeds and nuts ,but the last i found them to be pro inflammatory in my case,so i tend to avoid them.

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