How can vegans maintain vitamin B12?
They should eat fortified foods or take vitamin B12 supplements to maintain good levels of vitamin B12 in the body.
Last updated on 12 Dec 2024
Yes. Coffee can aggravate acidity and stomach acids.
Pernicious anemia is one reason why B12 does not get absorbed in the body. The other reasons are lack of hydrocholoric acid in the stomach which can prevent B12 absorption.
Vitamin B12 is naturally present in foods of animal origin, including fish, meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. In addition, fortified breakfast cereals and fortified nutritional meals.
A vitamin B 12 blood test measures vitamin B12 deficiency in people. Not only this, it also helps in the diagnosis of a genetic disorder known as methylmalonic acedemia.
This is not yet known but vitamin B12 does contain cobalt so it can have slight paramagnetic properties.
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