B12
 

Just read a few things here and there and are people a little concerned about getting enough B12?

Brewers yeast has tons of B12 in it and it's quite tasty stuff. Put it in a smoothy with milk and yoghurt, with maybe spirulina if you wanna be flash, and basically you're covered.

Brewers yeast is what they take outta beer after brewing so, given the amount of beer in society, it's cheap and plentiful.

Where do you get fresh brewers yeast from though? I suppose you could grow your own.

I buy fresh bread yeast it cost about 20p for 50g , behind the counter at the bakery section of supermarket.

Lewis Laboratories has a brewers yeast made off of sugar beets and it is yummy! Brewers yeast is different from bread yeast.

I just use a b12 spray occasionally. It lets me eat non carb stuff for weight control and convenience. I eat spirulina too as a health thing


Its yukky stuff - powdered pond slime lol. You gotta have tablets so you taste it in limited ways.

this is mine at home.

http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...g/5c882f3c.jpg

I agree lightworker, but if it tastes that bad, it can't be good - and like amy says, take B-complex - that really helps stress, too.

thats good stuff I take that if i am stressed but try to gain B group vitamins through lots of fresh natural foods and just supplement b12 occasionally since your body doesn't need lots of it. I dont like eating meat so I do that. The spray bottle is not disgusting like a steak. I like it much better. :)

I forgot to say, I use a liquid - just 1 or 2 squirts from a dropper into a small glass of water (B-complex).

Yes it seems it just isn't as simple as people think. I remember studying about B12 and what I found was a lot of controversy and some was related to just what you said. how it interacts with other things.
Thanks for sharing from your studies. This is not something to mess with. It can cause havoc.

James

I take a b12 supplement because my levels are low. I take the methylcobalamin form in a sublingual tablet (1mg 2x day). There is another form of b12 that is sold (cyanocobalamin) and it must be converted to methylcobalamin by the body in order for to be any use.

Here is an article showing just how complex the subject is. Very informative and interesting and it shows that taking a pill may not be enough.

http://libaware.economads.com/b12issue.php

Whattya mean Brewers yeast is yucky... but then again I drink cod liver oil straight outta the bottle and love it!

Your body tells you what it needs... just empty your head and the obvious will stand out. I ate a bunch of yoghurt there for a few weeks, couldn't get enough... until I had enough then the yoghurt went off 'cause I was blind to it.

Now I'm eatin' lots of tabouli and hummus on black bread... I have no idea why I eat what I do but it seems to be workin.

My default menu is brown rice with sunflower and pumpkin seeds fried with onions, capsicum,black olives and garlic or meat broth soups with barley and split peas and whatever vege is available and then occasionally I supplement with other stuff that seems obvious. I don't ask why... just eat it.

You can mix fresh yeast with butter, herbs, garlic, chili etc to make a spread, I used to use one in a tube called Tartex, its about £2.30 a tube now, but my concoctions have not turned out as good as that yet, am also wondering if there is a big difference nutritionalwise between bakers and brewers yeast.

Some people like myself are not able to absorb B12 from food or tablets ....... I have quarterly blood levels for B12 checked and my GP gives me quarterly injections. If you think you may be lacking in certain vitamins have your GP run some blood tests, because not having vitamins is just as bad as having too much.

That link that WS posted is worth a read.

My own trouble with B deficiency has lead me to believe that the synthetic type are not so good, I have stopped taking my prescribed ones and take only natural ones now, and have felt miles better...also am sure they can make mistakes regards blood levels of vits etc, as my B12 levels showed OK, but trial and error seems to point to some problem regarding B12 for me.