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Permalink Reply by Brett on November 19, 2007 at 9:09am

From what I've read, you should be more concerned with getting enough B12, rather than too much. I take VegLife's daily multivitamin which has 100mcg of B12. Silk Soymilk is also fortified with B12. Your body does store excess B12 for later use, but I haven't read anything about OD-ing on it.

I found this to be a good source of information:
http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/everyvegan/

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Permalink Reply by Jackie on November 23, 2007 at 8:16am

Thank you, Brett.

I drink Silk, but wasn't sure if it had enough B12 in it. I do have a B12 supplement, but I wasn't sure how often I should be taking it, and if it was safe enough to be taking every day. But I suppose not having enough is pretty dangerous too, from what that site says!

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Permalink Reply by Graham on November 24, 2007 at 12:22pm

Here in the U.K. we have yeast extract, Marmite or the Australian Vegemite, which are just about the best source of B12 outside of an omnivorous diet. Several soya milks & also breakfast cereals are fortified with B12 amongst other things.

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Permalink Reply by Jackie on November 25, 2007 at 3:44pm

Ahhh, I used to live in New Zealand where my mom became a HUGE fan of Vegemite. Myself, not so much, but I'd forgotten that it was such an incredible source of B12. Is it completely vegan, or just vegetarian? If it's vegan, I'll have to figure out where to get some.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Tinney on November 27, 2007 at 5:24pm

It's vegan My girlfriend in Australian and we are big veggimite fans LOL.
Do you know the song? She shared that with me the other night.


Where do you live now?

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Permalink Reply by Jackie on November 29, 2007 at 10:21am

Ha, The one by Men At Work, "Land Down Under"?

Buying bread from a man in Brusselllllllls
He was six foot four and full of muscllllles
I said, "Do you speak-a my languaaaage?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite... sandwich!

If that's not what you meant, I just assaulted you with a big dose of the 80s anyway! Sorry about that!

I just moved from Arizona to a farm on Ohio. Talk about a maaajor change.

Glad to know it's vegan. I think I saw some at Kroger here. That and Nutella... which I'm pretty sure isn't vegan, although it certainly is yummy :o(

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Permalink Reply by Shari Black Velvet (of Black Velvet Zine) on November 28, 2007 at 3:19pm

I've noticed that B12 is in a lot of energy drinks too.

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Permalink Reply by echo on November 30, 2007 at 5:16pm

Most vitamins are water soluble, meaning they can be broken down and used easily with the body's water. The left over is easily gotten rid of via urine, sweat etc..The ones that are fat soluble are the ones you need to be careful taking too much of...these are A, D, E & K...

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Permalink Reply by Yvonne on December 1, 2007 at 8:41am

I just read this great article on B12 today: http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/nov/b12.htm

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Permalink Reply by Jackie on December 2, 2007 at 12:49am

Ah ha! Thank you, echo! I always worry about whether or not a vitamin I'm taking is one that I should be cautious of. So basically, I'll pee out any B12 my body's not going to use?

And thank you, Yvonne! I haven't read the whole thing yet, but wow, this looks awesome. Lots of information here!

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