BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to vegan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI've had more conversations about this than I care to count.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square425fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down1177
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1imageI've had more conversations about this than I care to count.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to vegan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square425fedilink
minus-squareBluesFlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThat doesn’t mean that vitamin diets always give you a deficiency. You can still get B12 as a vegan.
minus-squareSchizoDenji@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-21 year agoNever said you couldn’t. It’s just that a vegan diet is highly correlated with vitamin B12 deficiency. Might aswell pop in supplements all day and call it a vegan diet if you want.
minus-squareSashin@mastodon.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year ago@SchizoDenji @BluesF in my mind, it’s common knowledge among vegans that you should be taking a B12 supplement if you are vegan.
minus-squareBluesFlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoYou can get B12 from a bunch of stuff and not have to. I’ve been vegan for long stretches (vegetarian most of the time) and had no issues.
minus-squareSchizoDenji@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoYou’re right, it is. My wife takes B-12 supplements because she’s vegan and has a deficiency.
That doesn’t mean that vitamin diets always give you a deficiency. You can still get B12 as a vegan.
Never said you couldn’t. It’s just that a vegan diet is highly correlated with vitamin B12 deficiency.
Might aswell pop in supplements all day and call it a vegan diet if you want.
@SchizoDenji @BluesF in my mind, it’s common knowledge among vegans that you should be taking a B12 supplement if you are vegan.
You can get B12 from a bunch of stuff and not have to. I’ve been vegan for long stretches (vegetarian most of the time) and had no issues.
You’re right, it is. My wife takes B-12 supplements because she’s vegan and has a deficiency.