Does anyone else have a vitamin B-12 deficiency?

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Permalink Reply by Mellifera on February 24, 2008 at 9:01pm

Are you already taking a supplement? It's certainly less drastic than eating cooked.

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Permalink Reply by Rae on February 24, 2008 at 9:46pm

No but I have a teaspoon of spirulina everyday and on the bottle it says it has b-12 but I'm not sure. I also heard that if I started eating eggs it would help but then again I don't want to eat anything cooked. I looked into some B-12 supplements a while back, I guess I should have bought some :(

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Permalink Reply by sheri on February 24, 2008 at 9:54pm

Is it a good idea to take supplements when you're eating raw? I never did when I was just a vegetarian, but since I'm fairly new to raw long term, I thought I should ask this question. I guess since I'm not having any weird symptoms, I'm ok. I'm sort of one of those types of people who doesn't like to do a lot of additives that aren't just food in it's natural state. But I'm so open to suggestions!

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Permalink Reply by barbie on February 24, 2008 at 10:56pm

I would suggest to you to take 1/8 of cayenne pepper that will stimulate the circulation in your hands and feet. I would suggest to you that you read "Cures From The Last Chance Clinic". it will tell you the health benefits of incorporating cayenne pepper in your diet. Also body brushing will help to stimulate your circulation too.

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Permalink Reply by Jef on February 24, 2008 at 11:03pm

Hi. You can access an article by Dr. Gabriel Cousens here: http://www.rawbc.org/articles/b12.html

This should help clarify some things.

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Permalink Reply by Rae on February 24, 2008 at 11:51pm

Thanks guys! I think I'm going to try a little bit of every thing and see what helps! keep you posted <3

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Permalink Reply by Francis on March 30, 2008 at 2:41pm

I have serious concerns about this article by Dr. Cousens.

In the first sentence, it claims that a picogram is the same as a microgram.

Actually, there are a MILLION picograms in a microgram.

Did Dr. Cousens really write this article?

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Permalink Reply by Jef on March 30, 2008 at 3:11pm

Hi. I found this article on the internet by googling. You can also find article on B12 from his website.
I don't know about Picograms vs micrograms, so I wouldn't have caught that. It makes me wonder too if he wrote it.

Sorry I referenced an article that may be skewed. However, from everything I know he's written and everything I've heard from him in person, I will just ignore this article and continue to supplement b12 anyway.

thanks for pointing that out.

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Permalink Reply by Francis on March 30, 2008 at 3:23pm

I totally agree that B12 supplementation is critical. It's just frustrating, when trying to defend raw foodism to outsiders, when even the leaders of the movement make such obvious mistakes in their writings.

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Permalink Reply by Jef on March 30, 2008 at 3:34pm

I'm just hoping he didn't write that.

Maybe "big pharma" messed with his article and then put it back on the internet to discredit him>??

:) :) I'm all about the conspiracy.......

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Permalink Reply by Rae on February 25, 2008 at 3:59am

I am definitely going to stick with raw the positives out weighthe negatives for sure. I had only been raw for a few months (3 1/2) when i noticed the cold hands and feet and light headed feelings especially when I would stand up after sitting. I thought this was odd and my doctor suggested that I had a possible B-12 definiciency .. but I don't always trust doctors too much and usually go on what I feel. I had my fingers crossed that this would hopefully just be detox .. I hope it goes away soon! Thanks for the advice!

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Permalink Reply by Jef on February 25, 2008 at 7:46am

I thought maybe you were going to suggest a test to see. Isn't there a test you can have done to see if you are actually low, before worrrying about it? I wondered that too when I first read the question, how she knew she was low.

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