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Vegan here - I take a sub-lingual Methylcobalamin B12 vitamin. Iron is had from a variety of foods, lentils and spinach especially come to mind. With regard to
by noondip 11y ago
Vegan here - I take a sub-lingual Methylcobalamin B12 vitamin. Iron is had from a variety of foods, lentils and spinach especially come to mind. With regard to protein, there is an ample amount (~10%) in all whole plant foods which doesn't make this a practical concern.
- stinos 11y agoDefinitely try to figure out where your supplement comes from.. Ideally, after seeing this [1] and other negative reports on quality of some supplements, you'd almost have to put it through a spectrum analyzer to make sure [1] www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/supplements-and-safety/
- noondip 11y agoThe brand I purchase is Jarrow which seems reputable. Is there a practical guide to inexpensive home testing? I guess an alternative is annual B12 injections from your physician or some sort of wellness center. For the record, the only other supplement I take is an algae-based EPA/DHA pill and I'm told all brands of such are manufactured in one place.
- stinos 11y agoIs there a practical guide to inexpensive home testing? None that I know, might exist though. I mean, you can buy dead cheap properly working test kits for MDMA for instance, then why not for B12 you'd wonder. But rather than testing the B12 itself you might just (or also) test if you have enough of it. Many vegans I know make a yearly appointment with their doctor for a blood test looking for defficiencies in a number of substances. Most are always fine btw. Oh and google came up with this: http://www.testcountry.com/products.html?product=1883 http://www.testcountry.com/products.html?product=1883. Again, hard to tell if it's ok - but you could compare it with blood test results. Then again, blood test might be cheaper than this kit.