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Originally Posted by gustavo
Eat some meat, problem solved.
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Eating meat wouldn't necessarily solve the problem. One vitamin book I have (Earl Mindell's vitamin book) states that B12 is difficult to absorb from protein. Big consumers of protein may also need to take B12 supplements. Most people over age 50 who eat meat require B12 supplementation.
As an example, I picked out a standard diet:
Breakfast: 2 large scrambled eggs = ...................94 mcg. B12
Lunch: 1 serving of cheeseburger = .....................97 mcg B12
Dinner: 1/2 fillet cooked pink salmon =.................4.29 mcg B12
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Total daily micrograms........6.2
That's not a lot and you might not absorb it all. Many are supplementing with 500 micrograms or more. At this point in time, I would prefer 60 to 100 micrograms for myself. As you can see in the example above, relying on animal protein alone, for an elderly person, is not a good idea, in my opinion.