A 57-year-old female asked:
I'm considering a vegan diet, but i'm concerned about getting enough vitamin b12. How can I get some natural b12? I'd rather not take pills.
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
43 years experience in Pathology
Be careful: Fortified foods. Ask the other vegans. Becoming a vegan is serious business. As a statement against the cruelty of factory farming of animals, it's admirable. The health benefits have been difficult to demonstrate scientifically; the best-known book relied on gravely flawed data from mao's china. You'll need guidance on supplementing -- your personal physician can help here.
Answered on Aug 26, 2013
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Dr. Randy Baker answered
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1000 mcg methylcob.: A common dosage is 1000 mcg. I advise the methylcobalamin form if you can find it. B12 is usually absorbed better when taken in a sublingual form. See ... Read More
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
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No: B12 is present only in animal proteins and a vegan is at risk of becoming deficient in B12 and vitamin D. If you are a vegan, it would be prudent to t ... Read More
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Dr. Su Fairchild answered
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Allergic?: are you sure it was a true allergic reaction? Sometimes people do get side effects and sometimes they react to the filler.
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Dr. Randy Baker answered
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Yeast, Vitamin pills: The only reliable vegan dietary source of B12 that i know of is red star nutritional yeast vegetarian support formula (t-6635+). About 2 rounded teasp ... Read More
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