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ICmag Vegetarians - convert me!

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Also, for people who think because they eat meat that they are getting sufficient vitamin b12, I'm sorry to tell you this isn't the case because majority of people are low in this even though they eat meat. I think it's because they have a high rate of "bad" bacteria and it's preventing the uptake of this nutrient into the blood because these bacteria are using them.

If you increase your rate of good bacteria such as lactobacillus, I think your chances of being low in b12 is very low because the body doesn't need a lot of b12 and also excess get's stored which is why it takes a long time to see the effects of being deficient in it.

Sun chlorella(www.sunchlorellausa.com) is a good source, and even though people say it isn't used by the body I read from a person who took a test when they were on chlorella and their homocystiene levels(which is an indicator of b12 levels) were back to a normal level even though they didn't eat meat or take supplements.

Also for omega 3, eat hemp and walnuts and a few other nuts(not the ballsack lol). A vegetarian diet can give you what you need plus more IF you know what you're doing.

Vitamin B12 levels low in population:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2000/000802.htm

Oddly, the researchers found no association between plasma B12 levels and meat, poultry, and fish intake, even though these foods supply the bulk of B12 in the diet. “It’s not because people aren’t eating enough meat,” Tucker said. “The vitamin isn’t getting absorbed.”

Vegetable protein lower blood pressure:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060118100742.htm

"Our results are consistent with current recommendations that a diet high in vegetable products be part of a healthy lifestyle for prevention of high blood pressure and related chronic diseases," the authors write. "Definitive ascertainment of a causal relationship between vegetable protein intake and blood pressure awaits further data from randomized controlled trials, especially regarding the effect of constituent amino acids on blood pressure."
 
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