Oysters are the best source but red meat and poultry are also good sources and you are more likely to eat them regularly, unless you are vegetarian of course.
If I may interject without B12 supplements a vegetable only diet would not contain anything more than trace amounts of B12 without B12 the immune system would become impaired just one effect of B12 deficiency..
However, vegetarians who eat a wide variety of foods including either/or eggs, dairy products etc should not necessarily need any form of supplementation at all. Unless a deficiency has been clearly identified most supplementation is a waste of money and resources.
Yes it’s a lng time ago since you posted this Lisa… but I was going to ask , on a new post nearly 3 years later, if anyone had taken B1/thiamine/ benfotiamine by itself? I am over 4 years into very disabilitating Long Covid and came across research into high dose of B1 etc to limit the impact of postural hypotension, only been taking it 4 days and seem to producing weird ‘symptoms including first time in 4 + years when 3 BP readings in a row were normal readings! Plus I think my BG is different, 2 days in a row I haven’t needed much insulin. I know a few days of such results doesn’t mean it’s a permanent effect, but I was interested to find out more. B1 research for anything save Beri-beri etc seems very limited, as one researcher pointed out as Big Pharma can’t make money from it. Just curious to know if you Lisa, or anyone else, found any interesting results from taking B1, or alternatives?
