Comments on: Raising A Vegetarian Child http://raising-angels.com/raising-a-vegetarian-child/ Positive & Natural Parenting Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:40:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pew http://raising-angels.com/raising-a-vegetarian-child/comment-page-1/#comment-877 pew Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:50 +0000 http://raising-angels.com/?p=1212#comment-877 Hi Scott. meat is only one of the three main suppliers of B12, dairy products and eggs being the other two. So, excluding meat is not a problem. But if you're vegan then I guess you have to think about it. Although there are plenty of foods these days that are fortified with B12. There is great debate about whether B12 can be obtained from plant foods. Although the research done on it in the first place is not so great. The other most important factor is that B12 deficiency is not only about intake of usable B12 but the individuals' ability to absorb, digest and use vitamins. So, even if you eat meat doesn't mean you get enough. You can be a very unhealthy meat eater and be deficient in lots of vitamins, which is often the case. So, I personally think that vegetarians, vegans and raw fooders who have a balanced, proper diet including fortified foods have no issue as their bodies are very efficient at absorbing the goodness from the foods they do eat. Our bodies also produce B12 from bacteria. If you want to be sure you can always supplement B12. Hi Scott. meat is only one of the three main suppliers of B12, dairy products and eggs being the other two. So, excluding meat is not a problem. But if you’re vegan then I guess you have to think about it. Although there are plenty of foods these days that are fortified with B12. There is great debate about whether B12 can be obtained from plant foods. Although the research done on it in the first place is not so great.

The other most important factor is that B12 deficiency is not only about intake of usable B12 but the individuals’ ability to absorb, digest and use vitamins. So, even if you eat meat doesn’t mean you get enough. You can be a very unhealthy meat eater and be deficient in lots of vitamins, which is often the case. So, I personally think that vegetarians, vegans and raw fooders who have a balanced, proper diet including fortified foods have no issue as their bodies are very efficient at absorbing the goodness from the foods they do eat. Our bodies also produce B12 from bacteria. If you want to be sure you can always supplement B12.

]]> By: Scott Blum http://raising-angels.com/raising-a-vegetarian-child/comment-page-1/#comment-876 Scott Blum Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:49:08 +0000 http://raising-angels.com/?p=1212#comment-876 But what about B12? How does one get an adequate supply of usable B12? But what about B12? How does one get an adequate supply of usable B12?

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