Vegan Diet B12 Myth. B12 and the vegan diet. Like with all dietary systems, it is the formulation of the diet that matters.
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You need only a little b12 (1.5 micrograms a day), but that small amount is vital for maintaining healthy nerve cells and other important functions. Now let’s tackle the myth that “vegans don’t get any b12 through their diet”. Therefore these individuals cannot, with any credibility, say that a vegan diet left them b12 deficient.
The vegan diet contains all the necessary ingredients for optimal health when eating a range of pulses, seeds, fruit, veg and fortified foods:
You can’t get vitamin b12 on a vegan diet. Now let’s tackle the myth that “vegans don’t get any b12 through their diet”. The only reliable vegan sources of b12 are foods fortified with b12 (including some plant milks, some soy products and some breakfast cereals) and b12 supplements, such as our very own veg 1. People who believe this myth usually refer to the higher frequency of certain deficiencies among vegans like b12 or calcium deficiencies.
