Studies have shown that those who are on a typical animal - based diet actually require more vitamin
B12 than vegans.
Not exact matches
Most adults need 2.4 mcg of
B12 per day, according to the National Institutes of Health; a vegetarian or
vegan diet, digestive issues that hinder your body's ability to absorb nutrients, and being older
than 50 are all risk factors.
Unless you are eating some really buggy lettuce (which one might argue would make you less
than vegan), there is no way to get sufficient
B12 as a
vegan and it is important to take a supplement, such as our
vegan Rebuild protein powder which contains a complete multivitamin.
However,
vegans (supplemented properly with Vit
B12) still lower their risk for cardiovascular disease by not throwing more dietary saturated fat + cholesterol onto the fire, raising LDL even further
than necessary.
If you are an educated
vegan, and eat the proper sulfur containing compounds (from organic, high mineral cruciferous veggies for example), your gut will produce more
than enough
B12 for you and and them!
Twelve percent of the subjects, all of whom were
vegans, had stage IV
B12 deficiency.29 Even though the average length of time the subjects had followed the raw food diet was only 3.6 years, over half the
vegans were developing pernicious anemia; if many of them were eating folate - rich diets, the proportion of
vegans developing irreversible nervous system degeneration might have been even higher
than the proportion the study suggested were suffering from severe deficiency.
Omnivores have higher homocysteine levels
than vegans that supplement with
B12.
Vegans do not require any supplements, any more
than non
vegans... animals don't make
b12 even, they get it from the fermentation of certain bacteria, and we can too... from just food... other
than that, the latest science is clear on how a plants - only diet is healthier across the board, for everyone...
Cognitive deficits may be an early sign of
B12 deficiency, which is more frequent in
vegans and vegetarians
than omnivores (see also here).
Most dietitians are concerned only about vitamin
B12, and although
vegans do not suffer from its deficiency more often
than meat eaters, yet they are encouraged to use vitamin
B12 supplementation.
Nori: is the best source of vitamin
B12 for
vegans and can contain more calcium
than a glass of milk!
In one of Dr. Greger's 1 hour videos, if I recall correctly, Dr Greger pointed out that plant based omega threes, along with supplemental
B12 is the reason that whole food, plant based
vegans have better health and longer longevity
than people whose diet includes meat and dairy.
Strict vegetarians and
vegans are at greater risk
than lacto - ovo vegetarians and nonvegetarians of developing vitamin
B12 deficiency because natural food sources of vitamin
B12 are limited to animal foods [5].