BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to vegan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI've had more conversations about this than I care to count.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square426fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down1178
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minus-squareSchizoDenjilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·1 year agoVitamin B-12 deficiency is more prevalent in vegans.
minus-squareBluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-21 year 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-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-squareSchizoDenjilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoYou’re right, it is. My wife takes B-12 supplements because she’s vegan and has a deficiency.
minus-squareBluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 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-squareVegasimov@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year 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.
Yeah and heart disease is more prevalent in meat eaters. So what’s your point here?
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