Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!beth From: beth@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.veg Subject: B-12 deficiency Message-ID: <4943@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 12:35:55 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.4943 Posted: Wed Feb 1 12:35:55 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 10:11:05 EST Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 19 Last night I was reading a book titled something like "Eating for the 80's" in which the authors (I can't remember names or qualifications) discussed the one real objection to a vegan (no animal product) diet -- lack of B-12. Apparently your body can store it for quite a while, and you can live on your reserves. They suggest taking a supplement made of non-animal products for it if you could find it. That is difficult, but they said that some health food stores may have enriched yeast (Brewer's, I assume) that has B-12 added to it somehow although the yeast does not produce it. I'm one of those people who has cut back on my meat eating to try a variety of foods. I still eat meat, but I'm fascinated by the variety of foods my mother never fed me. Experimenting with food is fun. Besides, I seem to feel fuller while eating fewer calories when I don't eat meat. But I also take a multi-vitamin with iron every day to fill in the gaps I may have missed. -- Beth Katz, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Computer Science Dept. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!beth ARPA: beth@maryland CSNET: beth@umcp-cs