How much vitamin B12 is needed daily for vegans?

Answer 1

One brand of nutritional yeast, Red Star T-6635+ (Vegetarian Support Formula) , is a reliable source of vitamin B12.

Most soy milks and soy products have vitamin B12 added.

Also there are B complex vitamin supplements available. The B vitamins need each other to work effectively.

Berocca contains 10 mcg of vitamin B12.

B-Fresh also makes gum and mints that contain vitamin B12.

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Answer 2

There are no natural sources of B-12 for a vegan unless you are willing to eat dirt, which isn't really a good idea. B-12 is produced by bacteria which thrive in the soil. Although animal products contain B-12, no animals produce their own. Carnivores have B-12 because they eat herbivores, and herbivores have B-12 because they eat unwashed plant matter, along with dirt, etc. that contain the bacteria that produce it. There are people who claim mushrooms, dietary yeast, and so on have enough B-12 to survive, but unfortunately those are the people who end up very ill and make the rest of us vegans look loony. I take Solaray brand B-12 which contains methylcobalamin as well as cyanocobalamin. They are very tasty (much like a sweet tart candy) and dissolve under the tongue. I take one about three times a week, and my B-12 levels, checked only 2 weeks ago in fact, are actually in the upper range of the normal scale, nearly 4 times higher than they were when I was eating a regular meat diet.

Answer 3

One micro gram. (1 / 1000,000th of a gram).

Answer 4

B12 is almost exclusively found (in significant enoug values) in animal products, so the safest get ule be a supplement or found in a multivitamin.

Answer 5

In most natural health food stores.