BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to vegan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoI've had more conversations about this than I care to count.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square427fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down1177
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minus-squareSchizoDenjilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·8 months agoVitamin B-12 deficiency is more prevalent in vegans.
minus-squareBluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoThat doesn’t mean that vitamin diets always give you a deficiency. You can still get B12 as a vegan.
minus-squareSchizoDenjilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·edit-28 months 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-down1·8 months 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-squareSchizoDenjilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoYou’re right, it is. My wife takes B-12 supplements because she’s vegan and has a deficiency.
minus-squareBluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·8 months 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-squareVegasimov@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·8 months agoYeah and heart disease is more prevalent in meat eaters. So what’s your point here?
Vitamin B-12 deficiency is more prevalent in vegans.
That doesn’t mean that vitamin diets always give you a deficiency. You can still get B12 as a vegan.
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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’re right, it is. My wife takes B-12 supplements because she’s vegan and has a deficiency.
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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.
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Yeah and heart disease is more prevalent in meat eaters. So what’s your point here?
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