Vegans And B12
Vitamin B12 for vegans?
I am thinking about becoming vegan but I am concerned about vitamin B12 deficiency. Are there any natural plant food sources of vit B12? I heard that some cereals and “fortified” soymilks have vitamin B12 in them, but this is of course added to the product by the company that makes them.
When they fortify vegan foods with vB12, where is that B12 derived from? Isn’t it a bacteria? Oh yeah, and how much vitamin B12 should you have daily if you are a vegan?
Vitamin B12 is a required supplement for vegans, for a single reason: because food is so washed and sanitised nowadays, B12 that would be naturally present in unwashed plant material is not there anymore.
All B12 is made from bacteria. Animals consume plant life which has B12 producing bacteria on its surface. and then the B12 becomes concentrated in the animal’s tissues. Hence animal products can become a source of B12 for humans. Humans also previously consumed unwashed plant life, and the very small amounts of B12 relative to other vitamins needed probably ensured this was sufficient. In many parts of the world, this is still probably many people’s source of B12.
Vegans consume supplements of B12 grown from cultivated bacteria, as there are many advantages of course to eating washed plant life. One or two daily servings of fortified foods or a single B12 capsule available from health stores should be sufficient.
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