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Originally Posted by nickynoodles  I'm interested to know your views on getting enough Vitamin B12 in a Vegan or Raw diet. My (possibly naive) understanding is that B12 is important for cell division and blood formation, but the only good quality sources of it for humans are meat, dairy or man-made products. All of the Vegan / Vegetarian sites seem to say that you should either take supliments or eat fortified foods. |
If you have a fully functional intestinal flora, there are bacteria present that build vitamine B12 - as well as many other vitamines.
The problem is that most people don't have a fully functional flora, so there is some danger to it long-term. However, there are ways to rebuild the flora over time, and full vitamine B12 depots in the body usually last for at least some years until you will get a problem.
There is a broad variety of techniques, from fasting to special combinations of food. Here's a
google translated version of a german article about the topic.
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Originally Posted by nickynoodles My wife is veggie and I considered going veggie, but I wanted to see some 'proof' that a vegetarian diet is a natural state for a human. To me, this seems to suggest the opposite and that we're natrually omnivores.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? .... |
Steve already wrote an article on this topic:
Are Humans Carnivores or Herbivores? So I'm not going to repeat it here.
HTH...