Never mind the BBC, vegetarians can get vitamin B12 from eggs


When I read this report on the BBC website about vitamin B12 preventing memory loss, I was horrified to read as a vegetarian that B12 is found in meat, fish and milk. Further down the article, fortified cereals get a brief mention, but alongside liver and shellfish. From my point of view, ugh to all of these.

Keen to stop my brain from shrinking and prevent me ever forgetting my own name, I searched for where vegetarians can get B12, thinking I probably don’t get enough of this vitamin as I only consume a little milk, usually in my coffee and occasionally on cereals. I was profoundly relieved to discover that you can also get B12 from eggs, which I eat a lot of owing to the fact that we have a lot of hens producing them conveniently for our household just a few steps away from our back door.

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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

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