Vegan B12

[freshlight]

Hello :)

does anyone know where to get vegan B12 supplements from?

The Twinlab people don't seem to be very reliable:



http://www.vegsource.com/articles/twinlab.htm


Thanks a lot!

Take care,

Eva



http://fresh-and-raw.blogspot.com/


http://rohundfroh.blogspot.com/

[Raw Angel Mom]

I like the one from Dr.Gabriel Cousens. Expensive but it last a long time and it is efficient for me.

I take that B vitamins (Max Stress B Nano-Plex - 8 fl. oz.)

https://awakenedshoppe.com/product.php?productid=101&cat=23&page=1

[Raene]

http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1&pid=129&at=0

These are fabulous. Vegan and they are in a form that's easiest to absorb.

[freshlight]

thank you guys,

you are so helpful!

Is there anyone from Europe who could help me here as well?

Have fun!

Eva

http://fresh-and-raw.blogspot.com/


http://rohundfroh.blogspot.com/

[gs4life]

speaking of B12...i recently read that aloe vera is the only plant source for B12. does anyone use aloe vera? if so, how? do you eat the center (liquidy) part of the plant or do you eat the whole thing? is it fine to have an aloe vera plant and just add it to smoothies and things like that??

[rawstrength]

Aloe vera has lots of good things for you in it, but sadly no B-12. Plant foods just don't have B-12. Many have tried to go the no-supplements route on a vegan diet and failed, all because of pesky vitamin B-12.
I agree with Raene that the Jarrow Formulas B-12 is the best that I have tried.
Oh, to eat aloe vera, just peel the green/yellow skin off and eat the clear liquidy inner part.

[gs4life]

i thought it was too good to be true...darn...but thanks for the info!

[Eva]

I gleaned a lot of information from the following article: http://libaware.economads.com/b12issue.php

There is so much to be read about the B12 issue. Supplementing seems unlikely to be a solution to a deficiency. B12 should be produced by our own bodies, and many people are able to thrive without supplementing anything (myself included).

[freshlight]

Dear Eva,

this is beautiful, thank you so much for this article!

That's exactly what I've been looking for :)

Take care,

Eva



http://fresh-and-raw.blogspot.com/

http://rohundfroh.blogspot.com/

[gs4life]

great article! thanks a lot, eva!

[flyinion]

I gleaned a lot of information from the following article: http://libaware.economads.com/b12issue.php



Wow that's a great article. It seems to really pull together all the fragmented bits I've heard on the issue and make some sense out of them.

[Eva]

I was just checking in to see if there was anything else I could learn from this thread. But it seems that the article was useful! I'm so glad. :)

Just to continue the topic, I am curious if anyone has additional resources on a couple things that were mentioned in the article:

-fermented foods and the body's reaction to them
-onions and garlic and their effect on intestinal flora

I have hesitated to add more fermented foods into my diet, but not on purpose. I just haven't had the time. I do use probiotics to make nut cheese, but I have questioned this and want to know more. From what I can see, this seems useful, but I need more information.

I have done an experiment over the past week or so to see how I do without onions and garlic. My sinuses have been crystal clear. I was thinking about reintroducing them in smaller amounts (I had been having more than usual for cleansing and found my body did not like that at all!). But now I am questioning that as well because of their possible effect on the healthy bacteria in my body. I'm thinking perhaps they should be used only medicinally.

Anyways, I'm hoping someone else has information and sources to share on these topics that affect B12.

[Holli]

http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1&pid=129&at=0

These are fabulous. Vegan and they are in a form that's easiest to absorb.


How often/how much do you take? And can you give these to children?

[rawstrength]

How often/how much do you take? And can you give these to children?

Take one pill once a week. They are suitable for children. You can take one every three days if you are suffering from deficiency symptoms.

[Pedro Kroger]

I get mine from veganstore:

http://www.veganstore.com/deva-sublingual-b12/Page_1/889.html

[roseyonnex]

I too have been concerned about B12, and have decided to eat eggs once a week.

[rockstar135]

I too have been concerned about B12, and have decided to eat eggs once a week.

Uh...why eat eggs (chock full of cholesterol and saturated fat) when you can just get a vegan B-12 supplement?

[coco]

well, i don't hold with the whole dogma around that myself. i would rather eat something from nature than take a supplement any time. supplements are not natural, they are medicine as far as i am concerned and only to be used as such, when there is not a natural alternative.
while i appreciate vegan principles and try to live my life that way i also respect that our nearest primate cousins eat bugs and eggs and so... it leads me to believe that it is not so far from our naturally intended diet. it's a hard thing for me to come to terms with as i wish not to enslave animals in any way but... we have fish and house cats, i'll buy animal fibers at the second hand store to craft with, clothes too (second hand). i am not strictly vegan. neither are my children.
as for the cholesterol issue, here's what my homeopath/naturopath doctor friend has to say about that...

<< We still have doctors who believe "cholesterol" levels in the blood can be influenced by what people eat--they absolutely are not; also, low cholesterol does not protect these patients from heart disease and heart ailments of any kind, including hardened arteries and heart attacks. But the market for coronary bypasses and heart medication in general has ballooned over that last 50 year period, so for the intents and purposes of pharmaceutical giants, the mission has been accomplished. It pays to foster ignorance on a large scale, where nutritional "science" and medicine are concerned. But if you want to stay healthy, it pays to question all that research unless it holds up to intense scrutiny of long term observation, and unless no one stands to gain financially from its undertaking.>>

[freshlight]

I too have been concerned about B12, and have decided to eat eggs once a week.

the most people who have vitamin B12 deficiency are neither vegeterians nor vegans, that's why I don't think we need any animal products

[Riiiya]

HMM! guys i am just sitting here sipping my G.T.'s Kombucha and saw that it has 20% Vitamin B12 (per bottle)

now, is this the kind available for our body's use??

[Desert Raw]

Most likely as the "mushroom" that ferments the tea is a microbial/yeast colony called a SCOBY. After reading the B12 article and that B12 is actually a microbe, it makes sense that the SCOBY is the source of the B12. The tea and sugar are food for these critters to do their fermenting thing. It would make more sense that we are feeding a colony of microbes including B12 types than there may be B12 in sugar or the types of tea we brew as recipes do not seem to be very particular as to which black/green teas are used nutrient wise. So we are ingesting microscopic "animals" while eating fermented foods....probably all foods that have not been subject to intense heat/pressure/irradiation.