beforewisdom Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Someone PMed me asking where I buy my vitamin b-12 supplements, so I thought I would post that here in case anyone else is interested. Jack Norris, a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a cofounder of Vegan Outreach in his Daily Recommendations For Vegans recommends 25 - 100 micrograms of vitamin b-12 in lozenge daily. You can also choose to take a larger lozenge twice a week, but I find doing it every day makes it easier to remember. I buy these from Freeda Vitamins. I buy 4 bottles, a supply for a year, once a year, to save on shipping costs. It costs me ~ $30 a year, with shipping, or about 8 cents a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham_ryan Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 nutritional yeast is great food source for B12 (and every other B vitamin). two heaping tablespoons has 133% RDV. trust me, once you start using it, you will find it easy to use more than that in a day. i put it on everything savory now. its delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjs Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 nutritional yeast is great food source for B12By "food source" you mean some brands of nutritional yeast that are fortified with B12 of course. Nutritional yeast itself is not a source of B12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan_Idaho Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I've been vegan for almost 3 years, vegetarian for 10 and alive for 29, I can do 50 dips and I have never cared where I get vitamin B12 from:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjs Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I've been vegan for almost 3 years, vegetarian for 10 and alive for 29, I can do 50 dips and I have never cared where I get vitamin B12 from:)Three whole years? The body can hold a pretty good stash of B12 but it's not a myth that we should be mindful of intake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan_Idaho Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I've been vegan for almost 3 years, vegetarian for 10 and alive for 29, I can do 50 dips and I have never cared where I get vitamin B12 from:)Three whole years? The body can hold a pretty good stash of B12 but it's not a myth that we should be mindful of intake. Well, almost 3 years I doubt the body can hold a stash of something for 3 years. The pharmaceutical companies dream of such shelf lives for their products . This vitamin is produced by bacteria and I'm sure that nature has provided ways of such bacteria entering the human blood flow (or wherever they are needed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegimator Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Duncan, you should read this before you do permanent damage to your body - http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/vitaminb12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sosso Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Well shit, I can only do about 10 dips. Maybe I should stop supplementing B12? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegimator Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Haha, obviously sosso! If you stop cooking for food too, who knows how many you can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im Your Man Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 One thing is sure is its better to start supplementing with b12 as a vegan rather than begin to eat "free-range eggs" after experiencing B12 deficiency and needed b12 shots, as I heard from some ex-vegan. I heard B12 lozenges provide that you let melt with your saliva provide b12 that is much better absorbed than any food, including eggs that anyway are much more expensive and quality has been deteriorated by cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 My dr. has me on a vegan multi, as she is really concerned about folic acid and a few other things. This multi has b-12 in it. I know stuff has been posted on these boards previously about how lozenges are the most readily absorbed, but if I am already taking a vitamin pill with b12 do I need to take a lozenge as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegimator Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Lobsteriffic- if you're good about taking the multi every day and it has at least 25 micrograms of b-12 in it (preferably as cyanocobalamin) you should be fine. It's weird that your doctor would be worried about your folic acid intake as vegans generally have considerably higher folic acid status than the general population. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20648045http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19279075 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_T Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) I take NOW b-12 chewables and comes with folic acid 100mcg and 1000mcg b12 Edited February 11, 2011 by Rob_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kckas Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Lobsteriffic- if you're good about taking the multi every day and it has at least 25 micrograms of b-12 in it (preferably as cyanocobalamin) you should be fine. It's weird that your doctor would be worried about your folic acid intake as vegans generally have considerably higher folic acid status than the general population. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20648045http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19279075 I think many doctors worry about folic acid deficiency in women of reproductive age due to the fact that babies can be born with neural tube defects if the mother does not consume enough of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beforewisdom Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 My dr. has me on a vegan multi, as she is really concerned about folic acid and a few other things. This multi has b-12 in it. I know stuff has been posted on these boards previously about how lozenges are the most readily absorbed, but if I am already taking a vitamin pill with b12 do I need to take a lozenge as well? Well first off, it can't hurt and it is cheap. Multivitamins are thought as bad bets because some vitamins and mineral interfere with others. The larger pills having more binders means it is less likely that the pill will break down in time for you to get stuff out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thanks for the info. My doctor is (was? I changed doctors now that I've moved to the U.S.) really adamant that women of reproductive age should take folic acid. Since I sort of plan on perhaps having a child in 2-3 years I figured it couldn't hurt to err on the side of caution. Beforewisdom, if multivitamins are worrisome because some vitamins/minerals interfere with others, wouldn't taking individual vitamin pills at the same time have the same problem? For instance, if I took an individual b-12 lozenge, folic acid, vitamin d in the morning, wouldn't I encounter the same problem, or are you supposed to take different vitamins at different times of the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beforewisdom Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 Since I sort of plan on perhaps having a child in 2-3 years I figured it couldn't hurt to err on the side of caution. Gestation is only 9 months, do you have some sort of problem that you are going to be pregnant for 3 years? On a serious note, vegans can and do get folic deficiencies. The bulk of folic acid comes from green vegetables, the serious kind ( not lettuce ). As we all know just because someone is vegan, doesn't mean that s/he regularly eats and digests, serious green vegetables. Beforewisdom, if multivitamins are worrisome because some vitamins/minerals interfere with others, wouldn't taking individual vitamin pills at the same time have the same problem? Yes. I think your main concern with b-12 and your multivitamin is that you might not get that pill braking down soon enough to get all of the b-12 absorbed. You can't overdose on b-12 and it is cheap, so you might just want to add a separate b-12 lozenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thanks. I'll pick up some lozenges. My doctor was saying that it can take 2-3 years to build up sufficient amounts of folic acid, so that I should start taking it now. Maybe that's bunk, I don't know, I was irresponsible and didn't take the time to research it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kckas Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Gestation is only 9 months, do you have some sort of problem that you are going to be pregnant for 3 years? It's better to err on the side of caution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Well the pharmaceutical businesses illusion of such ledge inhabits for their goods . This vitamin is made by pathogens and I'm certain that environment has supplied modes of such pathogens going into the human body-fluid flowLOLWUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sosso Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Where the hell are all these people coming from? FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionDollarVeggie Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 That whole post gave me Charlie Brown nostalgia of the adults going ''wah wah wah wahhhh wah wah" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duriandork Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I get my B12 tablets from Whole Foods. The brand I use is called "Veg Life." They run about $6 per bottle and they are the sublingual tablets that supposedly absorb better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duriandork Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 They make a methyl b12 and this one as well which is the one that I use. http://www.nutraceutical.com/search/view_product.cfm?product_index=5099443 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFutureOfHealth Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I've been vegan for almost 3 years, vegetarian for 10 and alive for 29, I can do 50 dips and I have never cared where I get vitamin B12 from:)Three whole years? The body can hold a pretty good stash of B12 but it's not a myth that we should be mindful of intake. Well, almost 3 years I doubt the body can hold a stash of something for 3 years. The pharmaceutical companies dream of such shelf lives for their products . This vitamin is produced by bacteria and I'm sure that nature has provided ways of such bacteria entering the human blood flow (or wherever they are needed).^^^ This kind of mindless new-age pseudo-science is what gives alot of vegans a bad name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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