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Supplement/Multivitamin. To somebody who is required to ingest neither the difference is meaningless to me. I'm aware that B12 can be produced by bacteria, bu

• colanderman 16y ago
  True, but you probably obtain much of your iodine and vitamin D from fortified foods (e.g. salt, dairy milk, butter). Many products marketed for vegans are similarly fortified with vitamin B12. That B12 can be produced by bacteria is significant because it means it is obtainable from non-animal sources. Vitamin D3 is an example of a vitamin which does not meet this criteria (although fortunately it is both produced naturally by humans, and can be substituted by D2, which can be obtained from plants).
  • burgerbrain 16y ago
    >That B12 can be produced by bacteria is significant because it means it is obtainable from non-animal sources. I wouldn't try to insult the intelligence of people here by suggesting vegans are hypocritical because B12 comes from animals. Outside of that assumption, I'm still not really getting why a random nutrition lesson is in order.