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Vitamin B12 deficiency risk is real for vegans

If you're thinking about adopting a vegan lifestyle, make sure to do nutritional planning

18-Dec-2019

Key points from article :

Adults need around 1.5 micrograms of B12 a day.

Fruits, vegetables or grains don't contain B12.

Vegans are less likely to be overweight, have type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Recent study suggested an increased risk of haemorrhagic stroke across vegans.

B12 deficiency tends to take three or four years to cause symptoms.

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