| Milan Klima 2004-08-25, 10:12 pm |
| "Just Like You" <everyhingisGod@att.net> wrote in message news:<kSRWc.9198$Gk5.1339@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>...
> "Milan Klima" <mtklima@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
Dont they? Where does the B12 in those products come from? Yeasts and
higher plants do not produce vitamin B12. The only significant source
of vitamin B12 is animal sources. The fortified supplements you
mention all contain animal-derived vitamin B12. There is no other
source.
regards
Milan
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