Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Also be advised that one needs it only once a month or so, if that. It's not a daily requirement sort of nutrient. (My eldest son's a Vegan,) On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 07:20 AM, wrote: > 'Vegans and vegetarians that do not consume dairy products or eggs can > obtain vitamin B-12 from a few non-animal sources. B-12 can be found in > some brands of nutritional yeast, such as Red Star nutritional yeast. One > to two teaspoons of nutritional yeast (not to be confused with active dry > yeast used in baking or brewer's yeast) supplies you with the adult > recommended daily allowance (RDA). " Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried. " - Edward Abbey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 > Also be advised that one needs it only once a month or so, if that. It's > not a daily requirement sort of nutrient. (My eldest son's a Vegan,) > Hi - that's my understanding too. But I also understand that if you take it less often then you have to take huge amounts (to make up for the days you didn't get any or much if you're a vegan). What does you son say on this? Or you, of course ;=) best, pat -- PAT (In London, Ontario) Email List: townhounds- (townhounds/) Personal Email: SANTBROWN Personal Webpage: http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. " - Albert Schweitzer * " Don't be afraid. Just start the tape. " - Anne Rice * " I don't do pawprints. " -- Snoopy ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Here's a small portion of the quoted material on B-12 from The Vegetarian Resource Group with a link back to it. " Vitamin B12 is needed for cell division and blood formation. Plant foods do not contain vitamin B12 except when they are contaminated by microorganisms. Thus, vegans need to look to other sources to get vitamin B12 in their diet. Although the minimum requirement for vitamin B12 is quite small, 1/1,000,000 of a gram (1 microgram) a day for adults [1], a vitamin B12 deficiency is a very serious problem leading ultimately to irreversible nerve damage. Prudent vegans will include sources of vitamin B12 in their diets. However, vitamin B12 deficiency is actually quite rare even among long-term vegans. Normally, vitamin B12 is secreted into the small intestine along with bile and other secretions and is reabsorbed, but this does not add to the body's vitamin B12 stores. Since small amounts of vitamin B12 are not reabsorbed, it is possible that eventually vitamin B12 stores will be used up. However, we may be quite efficient at re-using vitamin B12 so that deficiency is rare. Bacteria in the human intestinal tract do make vitamin B12. The majority of these bacteria are found in the large intestine. Vitamin B12 does not appear to be absorbed from the large intestine [1]. " http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/b12.htm Sant & Brown [santbrown] Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:40 AM Re: Monthly B-12 > Also be advised that one needs it only once a month or so, if that. > It's not a daily requirement sort of nutrient. (My eldest son's a > Vegan,) > Hi - that's my understanding too. But I also understand that if you take it less often then you have to take huge amounts (to make up for the days you didn't get any or much if you're a vegan). What does you son say on this? Or you, of course ;=) best, pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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