The Vegan Activist | B12 Explained: Should Vegans Supplement? @TheVeganActivist | Uploaded November 2015 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Vitamin b12 is made by neither animals nor plants, but by microbes. A whole foods plant based diet can help prevent, treat and reverse many of our leading causes of death. But, because of current agricultural practices, it's difficult to obtain vitamin b12 naturally any more. Before we started destroying the soil and washing things, we used to get it from things like unwashed vegetables and well water. Non-human animals still get some from there and some from eating their own faeces. It can also be found in dead animals, because they get some from the soil and farmers inject them with it. However, since B12 can be destroyed by some forms of heating, meat, dairy and eggs aren't necessarily a reliable source. Both Vegans and non-Vegans can become deficient if they don't supplement. But it's fortified into many everyday products like cereals, so most people don't have to think about it. Our bodies can re-absorb it from our intestine, so it can take years for a deficiency to occur. As a Vegan, you can get it from fortified foods like dairy free milks, yeast flakes or marmite. You can also get it from tablets, sprays and injections. Since credible doctors like Michael Greger recommend supplementing b12 as a Vegan, the simplest option is to take a weekly b12 supplement providing at least 2500 micrograms. It's easy to dismiss supplementation as unhealthy and unnatural, but in the world we live in, this kind of purity is illogical and unhealthy in itself. Clothing is a supplement, just as a toothbrush is, but they do us good, so we shouldn't refuse them.
Help support Vegan activism via Patreon: patreon.com/theveganactivist?ty=p
Further reading/watching:
youtube.com/watch?v=AvpePfC9hh8
nutritionfacts.org/video/vegan-epidemic
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10554220
veganhealth.org/articles/vitaminb12
youtube.com/watch?v=wwjoYq6fTdA
HOW TO GO VEGAN OVERNIGHT
STEP 1- Educate yourself:
Gary Yourofsky’s speech: youtube.com/watch?v=U5hGQDLprA8
adaptt.org
Earthlings: youtube.com/watch?v=vrgJXcyYWQE
earthlings.com
Forks Over Knives: http://putlocker.tn/forks-over-knives/
http:/forksoverknives.com
Uprooting the leading causes of death: youtube.com/watch?v=30gEiweaAVQ
nutritionfacts.org
Cowspiracy: http://putlocker.tn/cowspiracy-the-sustainability-secret/
cowspiracy.com/facts
BiteSizeVegan: youtube.com/user/BiteSizeVegan
Farm to Fridge: youtube.com/watch?v=W4J2Q4BhZE8
STEP 2- Eat vegan
Top recipe channels:
Mary's Test Kitchen- youtube.com/user/marystestkitchen
The Vegan Corner- youtube.com/user/thevegancorner
Cooking With Plants- youtube.com/user/cookingwithplants
Sim's Kitchenette- youtube.com/user/simskitchenette
Recipe website: mouthwateringvegan.com
Cronometer for nutrient tracking: cronometer.com
STEP 3- Non-food issues
Animal testing: Cruelty Free International crueltyfreeinternational.org
Ocean Protection: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society seashepherd.org
Hunting: Hunt Saboteurs Association huntsabs.org.uk
STEP 4- Live vegan and connect
Facebook groups: https://www.facebook.com/search/results/…
Twitter: @VeganRevolution
@VeganActivist1
STEP 5- Become an activist
Tips: youtube.com/watch?v=_-IHy2K5Mt0&feature=youtu.be
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Vitamin b12 is made by neither animals nor plants, but by microbes. A whole foods plant based diet can help prevent, treat and reverse many of our leading causes of death. But, because of current agricultural practices, it's difficult to obtain vitamin b12 naturally any more. Before we started destroying the soil and washing things, we used to get it from things like unwashed vegetables and well water. Non-human animals still get some from there and some from eating their own faeces. It can also be found in dead animals, because they get some from the soil and farmers inject them with it. However, since B12 can be destroyed by some forms of heating, meat, dairy and eggs aren't necessarily a reliable source. Both Vegans and non-Vegans can become deficient if they don't supplement. But it's fortified into many everyday products like cereals, so most people don't have to think about it. Our bodies can re-absorb it from our intestine, so it can take years for a deficiency to occur. As a Vegan, you can get it from fortified foods like dairy free milks, yeast flakes or marmite. You can also get it from tablets, sprays and injections. Since credible doctors like Michael Greger recommend supplementing b12 as a Vegan, the simplest option is to take a weekly b12 supplement providing at least 2500 micrograms. It's easy to dismiss supplementation as unhealthy and unnatural, but in the world we live in, this kind of purity is illogical and unhealthy in itself. Clothing is a supplement, just as a toothbrush is, but they do us good, so we shouldn't refuse them.
Help support Vegan activism via Patreon: patreon.com/theveganactivist?ty=p
Further reading/watching:
youtube.com/watch?v=AvpePfC9hh8
nutritionfacts.org/video/vegan-epidemic
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10554220
veganhealth.org/articles/vitaminb12
youtube.com/watch?v=wwjoYq6fTdA
HOW TO GO VEGAN OVERNIGHT
STEP 1- Educate yourself:
Gary Yourofsky’s speech: youtube.com/watch?v=U5hGQDLprA8
adaptt.org
Earthlings: youtube.com/watch?v=vrgJXcyYWQE
earthlings.com
Forks Over Knives: http://putlocker.tn/forks-over-knives/
http:/forksoverknives.com
Uprooting the leading causes of death: youtube.com/watch?v=30gEiweaAVQ
nutritionfacts.org
Cowspiracy: http://putlocker.tn/cowspiracy-the-sustainability-secret/
cowspiracy.com/facts
BiteSizeVegan: youtube.com/user/BiteSizeVegan
Farm to Fridge: youtube.com/watch?v=W4J2Q4BhZE8
STEP 2- Eat vegan
Top recipe channels:
Mary's Test Kitchen- youtube.com/user/marystestkitchen
The Vegan Corner- youtube.com/user/thevegancorner
Cooking With Plants- youtube.com/user/cookingwithplants
Sim's Kitchenette- youtube.com/user/simskitchenette
Recipe website: mouthwateringvegan.com
Cronometer for nutrient tracking: cronometer.com
STEP 3- Non-food issues
Animal testing: Cruelty Free International crueltyfreeinternational.org
Ocean Protection: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society seashepherd.org
Hunting: Hunt Saboteurs Association huntsabs.org.uk
STEP 4- Live vegan and connect
Facebook groups: https://www.facebook.com/search/results/…
Twitter: @VeganRevolution
@VeganActivist1
STEP 5- Become an activist
Tips: youtube.com/watch?v=_-IHy2K5Mt0&feature=youtu.be
Subscribe and follow The Vegan Activist :
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCE0yGL4Bgs2QNomOrslyLtw
Instagram: instagram.com/theveganactivist
Facebook: facebook.com/TheVeganActivist
Twitter: twitter.com/VeganActivist1
Strava: strava.com/athletes/7377522?utm_source=top-nav
Wordpress: becominganactivist.wordpress.com
Email: theveganactivist@hotmail.com
Help us caption & translate this video!
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