Vitamin B12 is in most unprocessed fruits and ground vegetables - Vitamin B12 doesn’t come from animal meat or their muscle tissue, it comes from the bacteria in their body. The meat isn’t the source, it’s the carrier. B12 used to be found in very mineral rich soil (which we have sadly depleted through animal farming and chemical sprays) and it is believed our very first ancestors who were plant eaters and foragers never washed their greens (quite logical) and that is how they got their B12. Some animals have trace amounts of B12 in their flesh because they eat food from the ground that has dirt on it or because their feed has been supplemented with it. However, eating lots of meat - which contains cholesterol and saturated fat - for trace amounts of B12, is inefficient and carries the risk of degenerative disease such a heart disease, strokes, cancer etc. Also, B12 is destroyed by light and excessive amounts of heat as in cooking, which may explain why 1 in 4 Americans have suboptimal levels of vitamin B12.. and they are certainly not all vegan. A RAW vegan never suffers from vit B12 deficiency.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:33:08 +0000
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