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Can vegetarians meet their phosphorus needs without resorting to meat or dairy?

April 26, 2017Dairy meat meet Needs Phosphorus resorting vegetarians

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Can vegetarians meet their phosphorus needs without resorting to meat or dairy?

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Yes, but only about 50% of the phosphorus in plant sources such as beans, lentils, grains, peanuts and almonds is available to the body because we lack the enzymes to process it. An exception to this is yeast breads because yeast provides the necessary enzyme.