I’m a vegan of one year and a vegetarian of seven. I believe that a human being can sustain himself on a vegan diet without supplements. I am fully convinced that it is the natural and intended diet for human kind, biologically, spiritually, ecologically.
When even the pro vegan nutritionists emphasise the need to supplment B12 in the diet, it seems that the above is not the case. Veganism appears to be forced: an extreme diet only possible with supplemental ingredients. How does that fit in with my surety that veganism is biologically intended?
What do you think?
Except for the B12 question, veganism beats anything else hands down. More than any other diet, it lowers risks for all disease, because it: 1). Minimizes the presence of toxins in the body; and 2). Sustains a healthy immune system. Compared to the reasons no to eat meat and the unnatural diseases that meat eating gives rise to, including milk and eggs, there choice is fairly easy from a practical point of view. It’s the “righteous” factor I’m exploring here.
B12 is created by bacteria. The abundant presence of bacteria (of all kinds, dangerous and friendly) in the degrading flesh and excretion of animals ensures it’s presence. It is in fact manufactured by bacteria in our colon, for instance, and is present in soil.
The soil factor is important. Organic diets, where vegetables can be eaten in their skins without the need for excessive washing, would provide B12 in some amount (it is needed in the smallest quantities of all vitamins, after all). This may prove to mean that veganism is, or rather, was, a perfect diet after all. Today’s unnatural methods of production are to blame for the missing vitamin.
The worst case scenario is of course not bad for veganism at all. B12 is easily manufactured and thus all vegans have easy ways to stay completely healthy.
Myself, I’m so happy be vegan for now regardless of this question. Stubborn as I am, I do not regularly take supplments and as far as I can tell my intake of B12 is insiffucient, though I haben’t had this tested. Perhaps after a couple more years of veganims I will.
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