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What are non meat dietary sources of B12? Or does it mean you'd need to consider supplements?

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JoeAltmaier 9y ago
This list seems to think its present in some dishes? http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/vegetables-high-in-vitamin-b12.php http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/vegetables-high-in-vitami...
adrianN 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12#Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12#Sources Supplements mainly.
alex_duf 9y ago
An interesting anecdote about B12 is that it's actually coming from bacteria, usually found in the ground. Animals are rich in B12 because they eat grass. Technically if you don't wash your vegetables you would get more B12, but you would also increase your chances of catching a bad bug. B12 isn't synthesised by any animals or plant, we just get it by proxy. (and by the way, industrially raised cattle who don't see the light of day are supplemented in B12 just so you don't have to) So to come back to your original question, I have my B12 mainly from: - Marmite (if you fancy that, but I would understand if you disliked it very much) - Some supplements flakes to put on my salads (byproduct of beer I believe, something like Engevita). It doesn't look like it but I actually enjoy it on my greens (lettuce, cucumber, or any salad) - The very occasional meat/fish. I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian, but I changed my diet to consider these as a treat.
- goraw 9y ago
  You are correct: Animals and plants don't synthesize B12, bacteria do. However, these bacteria are also found in the small intestine of humans. So you might want to add them to your list of contributors. Check out this study [1]. This fact is usually not mentioned in the livestock industry fear-mongering propaganda ("You will eventually die without meat"). [1] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v283/n5749/abs/283781a0.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v283/n5749/abs/283781a0...
Blahah 9y ago
Mainly yeast, via products fermented with yeast. So beer, marmite, fermented vegetable foods, etc.

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This list seems to think its present in some dishes? http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/vegetables-high-in-vitamin-b12.php http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/vegetables-high-in-vitami...

adrianN 9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12#Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12#Sources Supplements mainly.

alex_duf 9y ago

An interesting anecdote about B12 is that it's actually coming from bacteria, usually found in the ground. Animals are rich in B12 because they eat grass. Technically if you don't wash your vegetables you would get more B12, but you would also increase your chances of catching a bad bug. B12 isn't synthesised by any animals or plant, we just get it by proxy. (and by the way, industrially raised cattle who don't see the light of day are supplemented in B12 just so you don't have to) So to come back to your original question, I have my B12 mainly from: - Marmite (if you fancy that, but I would understand if you disliked it very much) - Some supplements flakes to put on my salads (byproduct of beer I believe, something like Engevita). It doesn't look like it but I actually enjoy it on my greens (lettuce, cucumber, or any salad) - The very occasional meat/fish. I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian, but I changed my diet to consider these as a treat.

goraw 9y ago
You are correct: Animals and plants don't synthesize B12, bacteria do. However, these bacteria are also found in the small intestine of humans. So you might want to add them to your list of contributors. Check out this study [1]. This fact is usually not mentioned in the livestock industry fear-mongering propaganda ("You will eventually die without meat"). [1] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v283/n5749/abs/283781a0.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v283/n5749/abs/283781a0...

Blahah 9y ago

Mainly yeast, via products fermented with yeast. So beer, marmite, fermented vegetable foods, etc.