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As a vegan, I’m not surprised. We all have to get our vitamin b12 from functional food because it would otherwise naturally occur on the foods we eat from bacte
by ianai 7y ago
As a vegan, I’m not surprised. We all have to get our vitamin b12 from functional food because it would otherwise naturally occur on the foods we eat from bacteria. Our foods are sterile and thus the bacteria never deposit b12 for us. There’s probably much more we don’t know about.
- Aromasin 7y agoI remember reading a study a while back about the B12 found in unfiltered river water being sufficient for maintaining healthy levels in humans. It would be interesting to see a human study on this - albeit not useful for most people, as river water in most places if very much contaminated. Also for something more anecdotal, I worked as a labourer on a couple of farms for a while (which had a lot to do with why I went vegan...), and the animals had to be supplemented to the teeth to get sufficient vitamins and minerals. My guess is this was because their feed was all from processed grains and legumes, and their water came from the filtrated mains system.