[100% veg*n ] study sez B12-deficient vegan babies be slow...

[Guest guest]

Kat wrote:

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> Yea...i'll listen to the scientific theories of people who think that

> vegetarians sometimes consume fish. Pfffttt...

 

They're wrong in their use of language, but we cannot use that as an

excuse. The evidence suggests that they are right, and that vegans need

to take a B12 supplement. This is also what the UK Vegan Society says.

 

It is worth emphasizing that the study didn't say that there was

anything wrong with being vegan, as long as people make sure they are

getting their B12. That isn't news. The saddest thing about the story

was that some researcher managed to find two vegan mums who didn't know

to take B12 supplments.

[Guest guest]

" Dr. Ian McDonald " wrote:

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> It is worth emphasizing that the study didn't say that there was

> anything wrong with being vegan, as long as people make sure they are

> getting their B12. That isn't news. The saddest thing about the story

> was that some researcher managed to find two vegan mums who didn't know

> to take B12 supplments.

 

I read my own message, and immediatey wanted to correct it. The saddest

thing is that the kids got brain damage.

[Guest guest]

quite an extensive study..two people..out of millions of mums....

why, sounds like an epidemic

now...how many moms have given birth to kids with...abnormalities, who smoke?

eat bacon everyday?

 

 

 

" Dr. Ian McDonald " <ian wrote:

 

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>Kat wrote:

>>

>> Yea...i'll listen to the scientific theories of people who think that

>> vegetarians sometimes consume fish.  Pfffttt...

>

>They're wrong in their use of language, but we cannot use that as an

>excuse. The evidence suggests that they are right, and that vegans need

>to take a B12 supplement. This is also what the UK Vegan Society says.

>

>It is worth emphasizing that the study didn't say that there was

>anything wrong with being vegan, as long as people make sure they are

>getting their B12. That isn't news. The saddest thing about the story

>was that some researcher managed to find two vegan mums who didn't know

>to take B12 supplments.

>

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[Guest guest]

EBbrewpunx wrote:

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> quite an extensive study..two people..out of millions of mums....

 

It's a case study, not a piece of epidemiology. No-one is pretending it

is epidemiology.

 

> why, sounds like an epidemic

 

I really have no idea what your opinion is. Are you saying the Vegan

Society is wrong about B12? If so, why?

 

> now...how many moms have given birth to kids with...abnormalities, who smoke?

eat bacon everyday?

>

 

I have absolutely no idea, and that is completely besides the point. (It

bears repeating that one of the kids improved when she got a B12

supplement.)

 

EB, the vegan movement *already* *knows* that the only reliable sources

of B12 are supplements and fortified foods. This is not some great big

anti-vegan conspiracy, and it certainly doesn't damage veganism in the

slightest. What would damage veganism would be people stubbornly

refusing to accept that they need supplments or fortified food to get

their B12, and ending up as case studies of deficiency symptoms on

Reuters.