Psycho-Babble Social | for general support | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Coral-Anyone Vitamins, how much is too much?

Posted by Noa on November 22, 2000, at 13:56:33

In reply to Re: Coral-Anyone Vitamins, how much is too much?, posted by coral on November 21, 2000, at 8:32:51

I have been reading from a big volume on Nutrition and I wish I could remember the name--oh well. I'll get it to you in a later post.

Anyway, the author (a nutrition doc considered an authority, apparently) says that if you eat any animal products, you are getting plenty of B12. A deficiency apparently takes a few years to develop, because the liver stores it. so, if there is a deficiency, it is either due to a diet deficient in B12 (totally vegan diet) over the course of a few years and going back a few year before symptoms appear) or lack of "intrinsic factor" which helps to absorb the B12, I believe.

Also, he says that some supplements of B12 (including those in breakfast cereals) actually contain a B12 analogue that is unusable by our bodies. AND, that if the B12 is in a supplement in combo with certain minerals and antioxidants (Vitamins A and E ??) these can break the B12 down and make it worthless to us.

One of my sisters, who is a vegan, just got diagnosed with B12 deficiency, causing anemia (an anemia not responsive to iron supplement because iron deficiency is not the cause--the B12 deficency leads to fewer red cells developing). Now she needs a series of B12 shots and daily supplements.

BTW, an interesting site is linked at Dr. Bob's homepage--the food composition site at the USDA--it tells you how much of each nutrient is in any food.

www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Social | Framed

poster:Noa thread:3039
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20001117/msgs/3158.html