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What 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 vega
by im3w1l 7y ago
What 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.