In this video I’m walking you through a piece that gets weirdly ideological online, but it really shouldn’t be: there are nutrients you either can’t get from plants at all, or you can technically get “some,” but the bioavailability is so much lower that people start feeling the consequences over time. If you’ve been dealing with fatigue, brain fog, low iron symptoms (especially as a woman), poor recovery, or hormone issues—and you’ve been trending more plant-based—this is where I want you to zoom out and look at physiology. I break down the big ones: vitamin B12 (and what deficiency can look like), heme iron vs non-heme iron (and why absorption matters more than what’s on a nutrition label), creatine for muscle energy and even brain performance, plus taurine and carnosine—two animal-based compounds that come up a lot when people talk about performance, recovery, and resilience. I also cover vitamin K2 (MK-4) and why it’s different than K1, and then DHA/EPA for brain function and cognition. The takeaway is simple: if you remove meat, you need a real plan—or you can end up under-fueled at the cellular level and feel it in your day-to-day life.