| Just Like You 2004-08-25, 12:38 pm |
| "Milan Klima" <mtklima@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:afe6b1c8.0408241659.3c6e6508@posting.google.com...
> While it is true that plants contain essential fatty acids, there are
> absolutely no plant sources of vitamin B12. The only way for a strict
> vegetarian to obtain vit B12 is from dietary supplements (tablets), or
> fortified foods like Marmite. If you dont consume either you will
> eventually suffer from symptoms of hypovitaminosis B12. We need very
> small amounts of B12 and the body normally stores quite a bit. Once
> you stop your intake of B12 you may observe symptoms after about 4
> years.
I would consider it foolish for a vegan not to take supplements. However, I
found this at:
http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/b12.htm#possible
Reliable Vegan Sources of Vitamin B12
A number of reliable vegan food sources for vitamin B12 are known. One brand
of nutritional yeast, Red Star T-6635+, has been tested and shown to contain
active vitamin B12. This brand of yeast is often labeled as Vegetarian
Support Formula with or without T-6635+ in parentheses following this new
name. It is a reliable source of vitamin B12. Nutritional yeast,
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is a food yeast, grown on a molasses solution,
which comes as yellow flakes or powder. It has a cheesy taste. Nutritional
yeast is different from brewer's yeast or torula yeast. It can often be used
by those sensitive to other yeasts.
The RDA (which includes a safety factor) for adults for vitamin B12 is 2.4
micrograms daily [4]. 2.4 micrograms of vitamin B12 are provided by a little
less than 1 Tablespoon of Vegetarian Support Formula (Red Star T-6635+)
nutritional yeast. A number of the recipes in this book contain nutritional
yeast.
Another source of vitamin B12 is fortified cereal. We recommend checking the
label of your favorite cereal since manufacturers have been known to stop
including vitamin B12.
Other sources of vitamin B12 are vitamin B12-fortified soy milk, vitamin
B12-fortified meat analogues (food made from wheat gluten or soybeans to
resemble meat, poultry or fish), and vitamin B12 supplements. There are
vitamin supplements which do not contain animal products.
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Jim Scannell
jscannell@wi.rr.com
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