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How do people in India get their daily recommendation of Vitamin B12?
There is a lot of discussion and research on the 'net about vitamin B12 deficiency in Vegans. By far the majority of people in India are vegetarians. How are they able to get enough B12 in their diet?
July 15th, 2010 - 07:22
B12 is found in all meat products including dairy & eggs. Indians eat a lot of dairy in the form of milk & yogurt & so will be able to get Vit. B12 from that. Also, the human body recycles it’s Vit. B12 & so if you got absolutely no Vit. B12 in your diet, it would take about 12 years to get a Vit. B12 deficiency.
July 15th, 2010 - 07:22
Being a Vegan and being a Vegitarian are different things, Vegans can’t eat any animal products and Vegitarians just don’t eat meat.
They do sell Vitamin B12 supplments in stores
July 15th, 2010 - 07:22
Wouldn’t chick peas or lentils have enough B12 in it> maybe it’s not a vitamin deficiency, maybe the reality is part of the population is starving! Suppose you can say they are b12 deficient