Guest guest Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Maybe not, but as it lasted all summer it would seem likely. Jo , peter VV <swpgh01 wrote: > > At 5 years old, it would be hard to analyse any urge, I certainly wouldnt make a statement that it MUST have been a deficiency of anything? > > The Valley Vegan................ > > jo <jo.heartwork wrote: > YOu must have been short of some mineral or B12. > > Jo > > - > " *mona " <ahnochirah > > Sunday, February 04, 2007 12:28 PM > vitamin B12, was Re: oil? > > > When I was 5 years old I had an overwhelming desire to eat dirt; > > that lasted for a full summer then it went away. I always wondered > > why that happened. Maybe I was low on B12 ... > > > > *mona > > > > , peter VV <swpgh01@> wrote: > > > > > > Wow, I find that kind of sad, things out of the soil maybe, but > > fruit off a bush?, to me that seems sad that you would be so worried > > about that?. > > > > > > The Valley Vegan.................... > > > > > > jo <jo.heartwork@> wrote: > > > No - for the reasons I gave before. > > > > > > Jo > > > - > > > peter VV > > > > > > Saturday, February 03, 2007 6:55 PM > > > Re: vitamin B12, was Re: oil? > > > > > > > > > I myself have picked soft fruits from my garden and eaten them > > without washing, havent you ? > > > > > > > > > The Valley Vegan............ > > > > > > jo <jo.heartwork@> wrote: > > > I certainly hope so. When you think of birds flying over > > and pooping, and planes dumping their fuel and insects crawling over > > the dog poo and then onto the fruit and veg - may I just > > repeat 'yuk'. > > > > > > Jo > > > - > > > peter VV > > > > > > Saturday, February 03, 2007 4:56 PM > > > Re: vitamin B12, was Re: oil? > > > > > > > > > I think he was joking? > > > > > > to a certain extent. > > > > > > The Valley Vegan............. > > > > > > jo <jo.heartwork@> wrote: > > > Double yuk!!! > > > > > > Jo > > > > > > - > > > " *mona " <ahnochirah@> > > > > > > Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:47 AM > > > vitamin B12, was Re: oil? > > > > > > > That's what I was thinking !! LOL ... > > > > > > > > *mona > > > > > > > > , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > you mean you expect me to take every veggie from my garden > > inside > > > > and wash it before i eat it???! > > > > > that would just cut waaaaaaay down on my grazing.... > > > > > > > > > > and foraging > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >jo <jo.heartwork@> > > > > > >Feb 2, 2007 6:59 PM > > > > > > > > > > > >Re: vitamin B12, was Re: oil? > > > > > > > > > > > >I think you can get enough B12 from the dirt on unwashed > > > > vegetables - but > > > > > >you can also get other things from them - like e-coli, worms > > eggs > > > > etc. If > > > > > >you have birds, cats or wild animals in the vicinity they > > will > > > > have pooped > > > > > >on your vegetables sometime recently. I wouldn't relish > > eating > > > > any veg > > > > > >unwashed. > > > > > > > > > > > >I think you can get enough B12 from fortified foods providing > > you > > > > do add up > > > > > >the totals for the day, but you can fall down on this if you > > > > change the > > > > > >brands you use and then find they don't contain B12. It is > > > > something you > > > > > >have to keep checking. As B12 is harmless to supplement I > > think > > > > that is the > > > > > >wisest and easiest way to ensure a good supply. The folic > > acid > > > > and B6 are > > > > > >readily available in the vegan diet. > > > > > > > > > > > >Jo > > > > > > > > > > > >- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > " Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket > > > > fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who > > hunger > > > > and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. " > > > > > -- Dwight Eisenhower > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To send an email to - > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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