The algae are natural, except they are modified so you can actually absorb the B12 vitamin from them. B12 pills are less appealing within a soup than an algae.
Also, you absorb the vitamins in a natural way, instead of all at once. So it is better for your health.
Supplements are the option you choose only when you have no other, and there is research showing how it is bad for your health.
I’m guessing easier to produce than vitamin pills as well.
If you don’t like pills, there’s also powder, drops etc. that you can take instead and which you can also add to your food or drinks. There’s also vegan milk alternatives and convenience food that already has B12 included.
If I wanted to supply my needs with algae only, I’d probably also want them in a powdered form or similar as fresh algae - even if refrigerated - turn bad pretty quickly.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy if they invented another vegan source for B12, I just don’t see the huge difference or advantage compared to status quo.
The main argument that vegans can’t survive on just a vegan diet, is now moot. Though with the caveat that this is technologically intensive. Also, vegans could technically survive with certain plants like Chlorella.
From my perspective that argument is pretty stupid in the first place and just a smokescreen to object a vegan diet. Those people will either not listen to facts at all or find new reasons to justify an omnivore diet.
I agree, but I don’t understand how this contradicts my comment. People who insist that ‘veganism is unnatural because you should supplement B12’ never did the slightest research.
B12 is mostly produced by bacteria, mostly living on and around the roots of trees and smaller plants.
It is naturally contained in animal products if the animals are free roaming in the nature and eating these roots and the dirt with the bacteria and B12 that sticks to these roots.
Animals in the food industry mostly do not have the opportunity to eat wild plants and roots and thus would have a B12 deficiency just like vegan humans.
To address this issue the livestock is fed with B12 supplements.
Only because of these supplements, industrial animal products contain significant levels of B12.
So omnivores add the supplements to their food just like vegans do. It’s just as ‘unnatural’.
Furthermore, also many omnivores have a B12 deficiency and would benefit from supplementation.
There’s absolutely no issue to supplement nutrients as long as it’s a reasonable dose corresponding to your needs.
Thank you for communicating, I appreciate the creative wordplay in your username!
For all eternity, I believe, we can very well aim towards fueling our metabolisms (popularly referred to as eating) kindly, thus; ethically, and completely vegan.
While indeed presently beginning wherever, and with whatever we can.
All the best! • ♡ ☻ ❂
Anyways, chlorella (to my knowledge) does naturally contain vitamin B12 produced by bacteria in chlorella’s habitats. So even seems completely natural to me.
The algae are natural, except they are modified so you can actually absorb the B12 vitamin from them. B12 pills are less appealing within a soup than an algae.
Also, you absorb the vitamins in a natural way, instead of all at once. So it is better for your health.
Supplements are the option you choose only when you have no other, and there is research showing how it is bad for your health.
I’m guessing easier to produce than vitamin pills as well.
If you don’t like pills, there’s also powder, drops etc. that you can take instead and which you can also add to your food or drinks. There’s also vegan milk alternatives and convenience food that already has B12 included.
If I wanted to supply my needs with algae only, I’d probably also want them in a powdered form or similar as fresh algae - even if refrigerated - turn bad pretty quickly.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy if they invented another vegan source for B12, I just don’t see the huge difference or advantage compared to status quo.
The main argument that vegans can’t survive on just a vegan diet, is now moot. Though with the caveat that this is technologically intensive. Also, vegans could technically survive with certain plants like Chlorella.
From my perspective that argument is pretty stupid in the first place and just a smokescreen to object a vegan diet. Those people will either not listen to facts at all or find new reasons to justify an omnivore diet.
A 100% vegan diet shouldn’t be the goal.
Converting 10 people to a 90% vegan diet is more achievable than making 9 people 100% vegan.
I agree, but I don’t understand how this contradicts my comment. People who insist that ‘veganism is unnatural because you should supplement B12’ never did the slightest research.
There’s absolutely no issue to supplement nutrients as long as it’s a reasonable dose corresponding to your needs.
Wasn’t trying to prove you wrong. I was trying to say that Vegan + a bit of cheese (b12) is perfectly fine for the “can’t do vegan” people.
Similarly, people who can’t live without their steak/burger/bacon. Fine. Only have it once a week, or once a month.
Thank you for communicating, I appreciate the creative wordplay in your username!
For all eternity, I believe, we can very well aim towards fueling our metabolisms (popularly referred to as eating) kindly, thus; ethically, and completely vegan.
While indeed presently beginning wherever, and with whatever we can. All the best! • ♡ ☻ ❂
Perfect is the enemy of good.
Personally we can aim for 100% but we are more likely to influence someone from carnivore -> 90% vegan than carnivore -> 100% vegan.
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you already answered so well, I could’ve saved some time had I noticed it before :)
Anyways, chlorella (to my knowledge) does naturally contain vitamin B12 produced by bacteria in chlorella’s habitats. So even seems completely natural to me.