I agree with most of what trilinearmipmap has posted but I must disagree with the protein/amino acid commentary. Nothing, barring eggs and meat and such, has the full range of all amino acids that we need. However most plants matter that we consume has a lot of them and pretty much all of them have most of them in varying quantities. The point im trying to get at is that so long as you take in a VARIED diet of veg, you should be absolutely fine.
protein and amino acids are analogous... they are essentially the same thing. amino acids make up protein, so if you have the amino acids, you'll have all the protein you need.
vitamins may be a different story so like trilinearmipmap suggested, I would go see a dietician. If you have the right diet in the right amounts, you might not even need supplemental vitamins. Actually there was a recent study that noted that supplemental vitamin taking may actually SHORTEN your life. *shrug* let's just say that not all studies are conducted properly.
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