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This is incorrect. B12 is made from bacteria widespread in the “wild environment “, but almost completely washed it of the modern diet. The only reason non-vega
by ianai 7y ago
This is incorrect. B12 is made from bacteria widespread in the “wild environment “, but almost completely washed it of the modern diet. The only reason non-vegans don’t typically have to worry about B12 is that cyanocobalamin or other B12s are added into common foods. There’s an argument that cyanocobalamin is bad for you though as your liver creates cyanide in processing it for use in your body. Here’s the quote from the article.
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One of the most well-known challenges for vegans is getting enough vitamin B12, which is only found in animal products like eggs and meat.
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- im3w1l 7y agoWhat you say may be true, but regardless of how it came to be, it's my understanding that b12 deficiency is much more common in vegans than meat eaters. So vegans do have to be careful in the short term. Maybe in the long term they should campaign for b12 enriching common vegan foods.
- ianai 7y agoI’d rather choose my B12. Predominantly B12 fortified foods use cyanocobalamin because it’s cheap, but it’s not the best for your health. We have fully entered a market cycle where people routinely pay more for foods which have fewer ingredients than cheaper alternatives. There are reasons for it (extending shelf life or cheapness), but it is sort of odd to pay less for more “stuff”.
- cies 7y agoWe all take the supplement. > it's my understanding that b12 [deficiency] is much more common in vegans than [omnies] Nope. Just slightly more common. And I think by the rate that B12 awareness is growing in the vegan movement we will soon see that vegans in general (so without only counting the non B12 supplementing ones) have better test results. Also the reason B12 is in much of animal products (especially the non grass fed, bio-industrially "produced" animals), is because those animals get B12 supplements in their feed (to the benefit of the animal's health(!)). So indirectly the omnis often take the same supplement.
- jeffdavis 7y ago"Widespread" doesn't necessarily mean that sufficient quantities make it into the diet of humans. Some herbivores harbor a reserve of the bacteria in their digestive tract. Perhaps that's because eating widespread bacteria doesn't give you enough; the B12 must be concentrated somewhere. Also, humans spend very little time eating. It's much more believable that a cow (which eats all day) somehow ingests enough B12 from widespread bacteria than a human which eats for a few brief periods.