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> 1. RE: Get some Marmite (for B12)

> " Chris James " <chris

> 2. Animal Experimentation (I need ammo)

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> 3. RE: Get some Marmite (for B12)

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> 4. try PeTA: Re: Animal Experimentation (I need ammo)

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> 7. Re: Get some Marmite (for B12)

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> 8. RE: Going Veg =)

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> 16. A Voice for Animals

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> Fri, 7 Jun 2002 15:20:24 -0700

> " Chris James " <chris

> RE: Get some Marmite (for B12)

>

> I'm a huge Marmite fan (after all I am British), but I'm not convinced the

> B12 in it is very potent or useful.

>

> Maybe our resident B12 expert, Jack Norris from Vegan Outreach

> (http://www.veganoutreach.com), can comment?

>

> He's done a lot of research on sources of B12 and their effectiveness in

> supplementing a Vegan diet. I've just finished reading his latest B12

> article, which can be found here -

>

> Summary (HTML Format): http://www.veganoutreach.org/health/b12rec.html

> Full Article (PDF Format): http://www.veganoutreach.org/health/B122002.pdf

>

> I also found reference to Marmite/B12 on Viva's website, which says it is

a

> good source for vegans: http://www.viva.org.uk/Viva!Guides/guide7g.htm

>

> Another useful/fun article on Marmit can be found at the BBC's website

> titled " What is Marmite? " :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A100396

>

> I love the intro in the above document:

>

> " Marmite - not to be confused with 'Vegemite', is a product equally loved

> and loathed by the UK public. Viscous in consistency, it is deceptively

like

> crude oil in appearance. Indeed, this is what many would claim it to be -

if

> it were not for the ingredients list. In fact, Marmite is apparently a

Yeast

> Extract. How on earth the inventor decided that spreading fungus on a

piece

> of toast may in fact taste quite nice is a mystery (one theory is that the

> inventor was drunk: it probably seemed like the right thing to do at the

> time). "

>

> BTW, I use Marmite in several of my recipes, unbeknown to many of my

> trusting American friends. Many of which would never touch the stuff 'raw'

> in a million years :-)

>

> Take care

>

> Chris

>

> Tony Martin [veggiedude]

> Friday, June 07, 2002 2:51 PM

>

> [sFBAVeg] Get some Marmite (for B12)

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>

> On Friday, June 07, 2002, at 09:32PM, DeniseC <dcmeta wrote:

>

> >The only vital nutrient that vegans cannot easily get from plant-based

> >foods is vitamin B12 (made by bacteria in animals), which I get through

> >a vegan supplement I buy online from Pangea.com. & nbsp; Many vegans use

> >Red Star nutritional yeast for B12. & nbsp; Also, you can by soy, rice

and

> other

> >vegan milks and other vegan food products that are vitamin B12

>

>

> I recommend going to any British food store (or Berkeley Bowl, and some

> SuperMarkets have an International section) and buy a jar of Marmite. It

is

> regularly used on toast, like how Americans use peanut butter and jelly

> sandwiches. However, new users may find it disgusting but that is only

> because they are not used to it!

>

> Marmite is loaded full of B12, it is yeast extract.

>

> (If you like bitter or salty stuff, you'll love it)

>

>

> tony

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