Guest guest Report post Posted April 8, 2006 I was found to be low in B12 in January, then asked to take for multivits. Blood test about two weeks ago still revealed low B12. Doc has asked me NOW to take a higher dose of B12 Tablets. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 8, 2006 Do it! B12 is serious stuff. Methylcobalamin is a better bet than cyanocobalamin.Both are easy to get hold and most products are vegan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 I would do that - it won't hurt. Jo - " rvijay " <rvijay07 Saturday, April 08, 2006 6:55 AM Low B12. > I was found to be low in B12 in January, then asked to take for > multivits. Blood test about two weeks ago still revealed low B12. Doc > has asked me NOW to take a higher dose of B12 Tablets. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 Other than taking supplements in tablet form what foods do other use to get their required amount of B12. ---------------------- > > > I was found to be low in B12 in January, then > asked to take for > > multivits. Blood test about two weeks ago still > revealed low B12. Doc > > has asked me NOW to take a higher dose of B12 > Tablets. > > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 its supplemented in tons of things over here...juices, soy milks, etc and...i practice organic gardening......its in my root veggies and the like... i'm so unclean.... >linda galvin <ljgukuk >Apr 9, 2006 9:57 AM > >Re: Low B12. > > > >Other than taking supplements in tablet form what >foods do other use to get their required amount of >B12. > > > > >---------------------- > > >> >> > I was found to be low in B12 in January, then >> asked to take for >> > multivits. Blood test about two weeks ago still >> revealed low B12. Doc >> > has asked me NOW to take a higher dose of B12 >> Tablets. >> >> >> > > > > > > > > >To send an email to - > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > > its supplemented in tons of things over here...juices, soy milks, etc > and...i practice organic gardening......its in my root veggies and the like... > i'm so unclean.... > fortified drinks are expensive. I don't buy them. What kind of root veggies have B12 ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 root veggies that are grown organically and not washed very well... ahem.... b12 is produced by bacteria in the intestines.... >rvijay <rvijay07 >Apr 9, 2006 12:39 PM > > Re: Low B12. > > , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: >> >> its supplemented in tons of things over here...juices, soy milks, etc >> and...i practice organic gardening......its in my root veggies and >the like... >> i'm so unclean.... >> > >fortified drinks are expensive. I don't buy them. What kind of root >veggies have B12 ? > > > > > > >To send an email to - > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 $2 for a juice once a day er so i figure a good cost.... >rvijay <rvijay07 >Apr 9, 2006 12:39 PM > > Re: Low B12. > > , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: >> >> its supplemented in tons of things over here...juices, soy milks, etc >> and...i practice organic gardening......its in my root veggies and >the like... >> i'm so unclean.... >> > >fortified drinks are expensive. I don't buy them. What kind of root >veggies have B12 ? > > > > > > >To send an email to - > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > > root veggies that are grown organically and not washed very well... > ahem.... > > b12 is produced by bacteria in the intestines.... > > Tough call, can't get this. Thanks for the info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > > $2 for a juice once a day er so i figure a good cost.... > I have a tendency to overdrink juice. Not seen juice here with B12. But will consider this. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 Hi Linda > Other than taking supplements in tablet form what > foods do other use to get their required amount of > B12. I get my B12 through fortified soya milk... I have a bowl of something with it every morning :-) BB Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 In a vegan diet it is only available from foods that have it added - in the UK - Cornflakes, soya milk etc. Jo - " linda galvin " <ljgukuk Sunday, April 09, 2006 5:57 PM Re: Low B12. > > > Other than taking supplements in tablet form what > foods do other use to get their required amount of > B12. > > > > > ---------------------- > > > > > > > I was found to be low in B12 in January, then > > asked to take for > > > multivits. Blood test about two weeks ago still > > revealed low B12. Doc > > > has asked me NOW to take a higher dose of B12 > > Tablets. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To send an email to - > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 None - unless you eat the soil on them. You need to use prepared foods that have it added or take a supplement. There is no other way. Jo - " rvijay " <rvijay07 Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:39 PM Re: Low B12. > , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > > > > its supplemented in tons of things over here...juices, soy milks, etc > > and...i practice organic gardening......its in my root veggies and > the like... > > i'm so unclean.... > > > > fortified drinks are expensive. I don't buy them. What kind of root > veggies have B12 ? To send an email to - > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 but runsout over the years if you do not replenish it. You do have to have a source of it. Apart from the heart trouble caused by lack of vitamin B12 older people may remember pernicious anaemia which resulted in paralysis and dementia. ~Take a supplement or use foods with it added. Jo - " fraggle " <EBbrewpunx Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:12 PM Re: Re: Low B12. > root veggies that are grown organically and not washed very well... > ahem.... > > b12 is produced by bacteria in the intestines.... > > > > >rvijay <rvijay07 > >Apr 9, 2006 12:39 PM > > > > Re: Low B12. > > > > , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > >> > >> its supplemented in tons of things over here...juices, soy milks, etc > >> and...i practice organic gardening......its in my root veggies and > >the like... > >> i'm so unclean.... > >> > > > >fortified drinks are expensive. I don't buy them. What kind of root > >veggies have B12 ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >To send an email to - > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 9, 2006 , " jo " <jo.heartwork wrote: > > If you really don't want to take a vegan supplement or eat foods with it in > you will have to go outside and eat the dirt! > > Jo I am taking the pills for now. Strongly adviced to take it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 , " Michael Benis " <michaelbenis wrote: > > Do it! B12 is serious stuff. Methylcobalamin is a better bet than > cyanocobalamin.Both are easy to get hold and most products are vegan. > Why is Methylcobalamin better ? I have cyanocobalamin tablets. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 Hi Peter Thanks for that. I don't like soya milk or anything milk like. It would be available from greens eg vegetable etc wouldn't it. Things like Marmite i think might be high in Vitamin B aswell i think? I know Marmite is vegan but are there any similar vegan marmite alternatives. --- Peter <metalscarab wrote: > Hi Linda > > > Other than taking supplements in tablet form what > > foods do other use to get their required amount of > > B12. > > I get my B12 through fortified soya milk... I have a > bowl of something with > it every morning :-) > > BB > Peter > > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 there are no true vegetable sources of b12..... there are various B12 analogs(similar in structure to b12) in stuff like seaweed, etc..but... all B12 is made from bacteria..... it use to be found in soils, and hence would have entered our diet thru our vegetables that way... but..modern agriculture and processing have basically eliminated it from our diet via that root..... >linda galvin <ljgukuk >Apr 10, 2006 3:03 AM > >Re: Low B12. > > >Hi Peter > >Thanks for that. > >I don't like soya milk or anything milk like. >It would be available from greens eg vegetable etc >wouldn't it. >Things like Marmite i think might be high in Vitamin B >aswell i think? >I know Marmite is vegan but are there any similar >vegan marmite alternatives. > > >--- Peter <metalscarab wrote: > >> Hi Linda >> >> > Other than taking supplements in tablet form what >> > foods do other use to get their required amount of >> > B12. >> >> I get my B12 through fortified soya milk... I have a >> bowl of something with >> it every morning :-) >> >> BB >> Peter >> >> > > > > > > > > >To send an email to - > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 mmm dirt >jo <jo.heartwork >Apr 9, 2006 2:37 PM > >Re: Re: Low B12. > >If you really don't want to take a vegan supplement or eat foods with it in >you will have to go outside and eat the dirt! > >Jo >- > " rvijay " <rvijay07 > >Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:16 PM > Re: Low B12. > > >> , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: >> > >> > root veggies that are grown organically and not washed very well... >> > ahem.... >> > >> > b12 is produced by bacteria in the intestines.... >> > >> > >> >> Tough call, can't get this. Thanks for the info. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To send an email to - >> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 like i said....i'm unclean dirty dirty fraggle i tend to eat things straight from the garden.............. >jo <jo.heartwork >Apr 9, 2006 2:35 PM > >Re: Re: Low B12. > >None - unless you eat the soil on them. You need to use prepared foods that >have it added or take a supplement. There is no other way. > >Jo > >- > " rvijay " <rvijay07 > >Sunday, April 09, 2006 8:39 PM > Re: Low B12. > > >> , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: >> > >> > its supplemented in tons of things over here...juices, soy milks, etc >> > and...i practice organic gardening......its in my root veggies and >> the like... >> > i'm so unclean.... >> > >> >> fortified drinks are expensive. I don't buy them. What kind of root >> veggies have B12 ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To send an email to - >> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 well...technically...B12 is always produced by our intestinal floral and fauna it just happens to be a bit to far down the trail do be absorbed very well in our own systems... B12 is stored in the liver for a very long time, but, yes, eventually you will run out... but..since i eat organically as much as possible, eat from my own garden, and the dang stuff is pretty much everywhere over here(nut and soy milks, tofu, cereal, juices, etc), i'm not overly concerned... now...my belly..that i'm concerned about.. bleh!!! fraggle >jo <jo.heartwork >Apr 9, 2006 2:37 PM > >Re: Re: Low B12. > >but runsout over the years if you do not replenish it. You do have to have >a source of it. Apart from the heart trouble caused by lack of vitamin B12 >older people may remember pernicious anaemia which resulted in paralysis and >dementia. ~Take a supplement or use foods with it added. > >Jo > >- > " fraggle " <EBbrewpunx > >Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:12 PM >Re: Re: Low B12. > > >> root veggies that are grown organically and not washed very well... >> ahem.... >> >> b12 is produced by bacteria in the intestines.... >> >> >> >> >rvijay <rvijay07 >> >Apr 9, 2006 12:39 PM >> > >> > Re: Low B12. >> > >> > , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: >> >> >> >> its supplemented in tons of things over here...juices, soy milks, etc >> >> and...i practice organic gardening......its in my root veggies and >> >the like... >> >> i'm so unclean.... >> >> >> > >> >fortified drinks are expensive. I don't buy them. What kind of root >> >veggies have B12 ? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >To send an email to - >> > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 Methylcobalamin is wot the body uses i believe.... cyanocobalamin is converted to Methyl in the liver >rvijay <rvijay07 >Apr 10, 2006 2:11 AM > > Re: Low B12. > > , " Michael Benis " <michaelbenis >wrote: >> >> Do it! B12 is serious stuff. Methylcobalamin is a better bet than >> cyanocobalamin.Both are easy to get hold and most products are vegan. >> > >Why is Methylcobalamin better ? I have cyanocobalamin tablets. > > > > > > > >To send an email to - > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 Hi Linda > I don't like soya milk or anything milk like. > It would be available from greens eg vegetable etc > wouldn't it. Nope - B12 is a bacteria which only occurs in significant quantities is animal stomachs and dirt! To get it in a vegan diet, you either need to have supplements, fortified foods, or eat dirt!!! > Things like Marmite i think might be high in Vitamin B > aswell i think? I don't know, as I have a pathological hatred for marmite!!! But it may be a different B vitamin - there are about 8 of them I think! BB Peter Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 methylcobalamin is absorbed and used more efficiently On Behalf Of rvijay 10 April 2006 10:12 Re: Low B12. , " Michael Benis " <michaelbenis wrote: > > Do it! B12 is serious stuff. Methylcobalamin is a better bet than > cyanocobalamin.Both are easy to get hold and most products are vegan. > Why is Methylcobalamin better ? I have cyanocobalamin tablets. To send an email to - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted April 10, 2006 Sod! The Valley Vegan...........fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: mmm dirt>jo >Apr 9, 2006 2:37 PM> >Re: Re: Low B12.>>If you really don't want to take a vegan supplement or eat foods with it in>you will have to go outside and eat the dirt!>>Jo>->"rvijay" >>Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:16 PM> Re: Low B12.>>>> , fraggle wrote:>> >>> > root veggies that are grown organically and not washed very well...>> > ahem....>> >>> > b12 is produced by bacteria in the intestines....>> >>> >>>>> Tough call, can't get this. Thanks for the info.>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To send an email to - >> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
