Low B12?

katetots
katetots Posts: 35 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Talking with a friend the other day about a few complaints, as we girls do!! And she suggested I get my B12 checked.
Iv been a veggie for 25 years now and never thought about my B12 at all.
Any suggestions on how I can increase it in my diet? Oh I do like marmite

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Supplement?
  • littlechiaseed
    littlechiaseed Posts: 489 Member
    Just take a sublingual supplement.
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    Milk, yogurt and cheese, along with eggs, are the only vegetarian food items that naturally contain significant levels of vitamin B12. Plant foods may be fortified with B12. These include rice and soy beverages, plant- derived meat analogs, ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, and nutritional yeast.
  • _piaffe
    _piaffe Posts: 163 Member
    littlechiaseed wrote: »
    Just take a sublingual supplement.

    I do this. I swear, I have noticed a huge difference.

  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    Get it checked before you do anything. It's available in lots of OTC forms, but most people don't actually need it. The B-complex vitamins are added to most grain based foods in the U.S because we take them out when we bleach our wheat and rice.
  • katetots
    katetots Posts: 35 Member
    Your right, I should get it checked out. Thanks for all the helpful advice though everyone
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    _piaffe wrote: »
    littlechiaseed wrote: »
    Just take a sublingual supplement.

    I do this. I swear, I have noticed a huge difference.

    I had mine checked and started taking B12 in a pill form, it did nothing for my levels, so I did shots. This did the trick, but I was not good about going to get the shots regularly. Someone told me to try the sublingual and it has be back to a healthy range.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited August 2016
    Remember, some people don't take the right form of B12 so they don't take enough. All studies show 14 - 64 yrs needs 2.4 µg (mcg) a day which needs to come from cyanocobalamin when in pill form. I started taking 1000 mcg a week and will see how that does.
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