[100% veg*n ] vit b12, do we really need it???

[Guest guest]

& there is always nutritional yeast... I just love the stuff sprinkled all over

my scrambled tofu.....

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fraggle

vegan-network

Sunday, May 18, 2008 9:47 PM

[100% veg*n ] Re: vit b12, do we really need it???

 

 

b12 is an essential vitamin that everyone needs..

b12 is only created by bacteria

we have some of the cute lil buggers in our lower GI tract, but,

they are generally too far down the path to have any b12 absorbed

very well.

 

the bacteria that create b12 also live in the soil.

alas, modern agricultural pratices have basically done away with

said ecology of the soil, due to fertilizers, pesticides,

fungicides, herbicides, and everything else dumped onto the ground...

mixed with modern hygeine, like washing the food stuffs several

times, etc

 

its generally said that vegans should get a suppliment for B12, and

it is also sometimes added to certain products (soy milk, juices,

etc)

 

for the record, i've been veganny for, umm..i dunno..15 yrs or so,

and haven;t taken a suppliment, no nerve damamge yet..at least not

that i know of...last test showed that my B12 levels were fine

me, i chalk it up to trying t o eat organic, and me having an

organic garden and eating str8 from the dirt...

*shrug*

 

vegan-network , gnysmagic <gnyparong

wrote:

>

> hello everyone,

>

> i have a problem, pls enlighten mo on vit B12. they say that

our body needs vit B12 and how does a vegan like us have it? do we

really need it?

>

> from the internet, i read that:

> Vegetarians who do not eat meat or dairy products are at risk for

low vitamin B-12 usually about 2 years after they become

vegetarians. However, most people who have low vitamin B-12 are not

strict vegetarians. Most people with low vitamin B-12 levels have

trouble absorbing vitamin B-12 from their stomach or small

intestines.

>

> i really need some explanation. thanks in advance.

>

> gny

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

thank you for helping me w/vitB12 ... i'm just new being vegan and i have alot

of things to learn.

 

 

gNy

now a VEGAN since Dec. 12, 2007

 

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fraggle <EBbrewpunx

vegan-network

Monday, May 19, 2008 12:47:29 PM

[100% veg*n ] Re: vit b12, do we really need it???

 

 

b12 is an essential vitamin that everyone needs..

b12 is only created by bacteria

we have some of the cute lil buggers in our lower GI tract, but,

they are generally too far down the path to have any b12 absorbed

very well.

 

the bacteria that create b12 also live in the soil.

alas, modern agricultural pratices have basically done away with

said ecology of the soil, due to fertilizers, pesticides,

fungicides, herbicides, and everything else dumped onto the ground...

mixed with modern hygeine, like washing the food stuffs several

times, etc

 

its generally said that vegans should get a suppliment for B12, and

it is also sometimes added to certain products (soy milk, juices,

etc)

 

for the record, i've been veganny for, umm..i dunno..15 yrs or so,

and haven;t taken a suppliment, no nerve damamge yet..at least not

that i know of...last test showed that my B12 levels were fine

me, i chalk it up to trying t o eat organic, and me having an

organic garden and eating str8 from the dirt...

*shrug*

 

vegan-network, gnysmagic <gnyparong@. ..>

wrote:

>

> hello everyone,

>

> i have a problem, pls enlighten mo on vit B12. they say that

our body needs vit B12 and how does a vegan like us have it? do we

really need it?

>

> from the internet, i read that:

> Vegetarians who do not eat meat or dairy products are at risk for

low vitamin B-12 usually about 2 years after they become

vegetarians. However, most people who have low vitamin B-12 are not

strict vegetarians. Most people with low vitamin B-12 levels have

trouble absorbing vitamin B-12 from their stomach or small

intestines.

>

> i really need some explanation. thanks in advance.

>

> gny

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Karene wrote:

>

> & there is always nutritional yeast... I just love the stuff sprinkled

> all over my scrambled tofu.....

>

 

 

 

Yum indeed. But only if it's fortified with B12. Many brands of

nutritional yeast are not.

 

(Karene, I'm not seeking to imply you didn't know this; but I thought it

needed saying just in case.)

[Guest guest]

 i just bought vit b12 in healthy options (organic store) & unfortunately they

dont have any yeast flakes there. i'd been ordering this flakes since january

but it seems i have to order this in u.s. where some of my relatives lives

there.

 

gNy

now a VEGAN since Dec. 12, 2007

philippines

 

 

 

 

 

Karene <porthos1

vegan-network

Monday, May 19, 2008 12:45:58 PM

Re: [100% veg*n ] Re: vit b12, do we really need it???

 

 

& there is always nutritional yeast... I just love the stuff sprinkled all over

my scrambled tofu.....

-

fraggle

vegan-network

Sunday, May 18, 2008 9:47 PM

[100% veg*n ] Re: vit b12, do we really need it???

 

b12 is an essential vitamin that everyone needs..

b12 is only created by bacteria

we have some of the cute lil buggers in our lower GI tract, but,

they are generally too far down the path to have any b12 absorbed

very well.

 

the bacteria that create b12 also live in the soil.

alas, modern agricultural pratices have basically done away with

said ecology of the soil, due to fertilizers, pesticides,

fungicides, herbicides, and everything else dumped onto the ground...

mixed with modern hygeine, like washing the food stuffs several

times, etc

 

its generally said that vegans should get a suppliment for B12, and

it is also sometimes added to certain products (soy milk, juices,

etc)

 

for the record, i've been veganny for, umm..i dunno..15 yrs or so,

and haven;t taken a suppliment, no nerve damamge yet..at least not

that i know of...last test showed that my B12 levels were fine

me, i chalk it up to trying t o eat organic, and me having an

organic garden and eating str8 from the dirt...

*shrug*

 

vegan-network, gnysmagic <gnyparong@. ..>

wrote:

>

> hello everyone,

>

> i have a problem, pls enlighten mo on vit B12. they say that

our body needs vit B12 and how does a vegan like us have it? do we

really need it?

>

> from the internet, i read that:

> Vegetarians who do not eat meat or dairy products are at risk for

low vitamin B-12 usually about 2 years after they become

vegetarians. However, most people who have low vitamin B-12 are not

strict vegetarians. Most people with low vitamin B-12 levels have

trouble absorbing vitamin B-12 from their stomach or small

intestines.

>

> i really need some explanation. thanks in advance.

>

> gny

>

>

>

>

>

>