Monday 12 Aug

Thursday 15 Aug

Saturday 17 Aug

  • Non-vegan LW member is banned from !vegan over comments in the post

Sunday 18 Aug

  • LW Admin unbans non-vegan and restores comments removed by !vegan@LW mods

  • !vegan@LW mods reverse admin actions, ban admin from community

Monday 19 Aug

Wednesday 21 Aug

Edit: I am sorry, about my emotional decision i reinstated @Eevoltic and @naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com as mods After researching myself, many non scientific sites say its not healthy and some say its unethical, one (1) research paper says it is at least NOT unhealthy, but it has few points of data and i didnt found any other scientific paper about this…

Wednesday 28 Aug

updated

Saturday 31 Aug

Sunday 1 Sept

Monday 2 Sept

Friday 6 Sept

Friday 13 Sept

  • New !vegan@LW mod @TheTechnician27 posts and pins Recent happenings in !vegan@LW to clarify that a recent mod removal was over an internal disagreement with @Beaver@Lemmy.ca, and was not initiated by LW admins.

Saturday 14 Sept

  • @Beaver@Lemmy.ca account returns “couldnt_find_person” error
  • Luccus
    62·
    2 months ago

    Nono, I’m refering to the properties of B12 itself.

    Its oral absorption is just very poor. Apparently only ~1%. So the doses must be immense. But humans only need miniscule amounts. The solution I use has 20,000% MRV. And most supplements have insanely high doses to solve this problem.

    On the other hand: B12 is also available through dairy products or in egg-based foods. So it’s usually only a problem if one is completly vegan and, as stated, easily subverted.

    But you have to be aware of it. Because it’s not “always absorbed in tiny amounts” just because you eat something. To quote Wikipedia:

    Vitamin B12 is […] the only vitamin that must be sourced from animal-derived foods or supplements.

    Also, cool hack:
    It’s also bright red and can color drinks. That’s cool.

    • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 months ago

      There’s a lot more to read about it than Wikipedia. The animal sourcing is unreliable too, those farm animals don’t make it, they get it from being outside and eating from the soil and drinking from various natural water sources. That doesn’t apply to most animal-based food products as those come from factory farms, which is why they supplement, usually as multivitamins. Those who aren’t eating a plant-based diet are essentially consuming second-hand supplements, along with second-hand amino-acids, second-hand lipids, second-hand calories. And B12 deficiency is pretty big in many human populations, especially among older adults. Everyone should be supplementing, really. You should stop making it sound like it’s difficult or disgusting, it isn’t.

      • Luccus
        91·
        2 months ago

        I’m really sorry but that’s straight up misinformation.

        B12 is synthesized by certain bacteria. Plants do not create B12. Water does not somehow randomly contain B12. It’s ONLY synthesized by bacteria.

        I’m not even saying it’s disgusting. I say it’s easy to supplement. I’m not sure what’s going on, but there seems to be a wild misunderstanding.

        If Wikipedia is not for you, here’s a random paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29216732 Please. It’s not in water. It’s not in dirt or floats around in outside air. I’m not saying it’s disgusting. Quite the opposite, in fact. I’m just saying it has to be considered and vegans are more at risk in this particular way, that’s easily treatable.

        • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world
          12·
          2 months ago

          Maybe I wasn’t clear, but you certainly have a lot more reading to do. You have a first year student’s understanding of the issue.