Re: Become A fruitarianOn May 22, 4:43 am, crisology <crisol...@aol . com > wrote:
> On May 21, 3:58 pm, TC <tunder...@hotmail . com > wrote:
>
> > On May 21, 2:37 pm, crisology <crisol...@aol . com > wrote:
>
> I've found no reason/evidence that H. Sapiens digestive system> > prevents=
humans from thriving on a similar diet with more fruit
> > > availability today.
>
> > > > Without animal sourced foods you will be malnourished.
>
> > > Name 1 unobtainable nutrient for someone eating mostly fruit/avoiding
> > > animal food.
>
> > It is impossible for vegans
>
> I'm not fruitarian or "vegan". I'm a frugivore (digesting fruit best &
> eating more fruit than other types of food).
>
> >to get the *optimal* amounts of the
> > following:
>
> > vitamin B-12
>
> B12 is a generic term for cobalamin (which you listed as a separate
> "nutrient deficiency for vegans") for a biosynthesized vitamin from
> bacterial enzymes/micro-organisms. Even though "animals can not
> produce B12" animals can synthesize B12 & humans/chimps/some
> herbivores even absorb some synthesized B12. "B vitamins also are
> synthesized by hindgut bacteria, but the extent to which they are
> absorbed from the hindgut is unclear. Wrong et al. concluded that
> there was good evidence that nicotinic acid, riboflavin, pantothenic
> acid, thiamin, biotin, pyridoxine, folic acid, and vitamin B12 are
> synthesized by microbes in the human colon, and all but the first
> three were absorbed to some degree."-Physiol. Rev. 78: 393-427,1998.
> But not mice (obligate omnivores).
>
> Frugivores obtain natural B12 from bacteria on plants & insects in/on
> fruit in nature or through preparation of synthetic &/or natural
> bacteria cultivated on plants for supplement. B12 is cultivated
> organically from bacteria used to produce pills, which are a
> reasonable supplement for the pollution/exploitation that has depleted
> B12 normally found on unwashed fruit. It seems a natural reaction that
> most vegans take B12 supplements considering the alternative can be to
> supplement dairy-filled diets w/decongestant pills & skin-care
> products (as I did).
Can you assure me that vegans, vegetarians, frugivores and fruitarians
are all trained enough to understand all that and that they all get
enough b-12 in their diets. If they need to take supplements then you
admit that the diet is deficient in b-12. It doesn't matter how much
produce they lick to get the feces and bacteria with the b-12, the
diet is deficient in b-12, period.
>
> B12 has been measured in natural drinking water.
> "Vitamin B12 is almost the universal product of bacterial action. So
> it dawned on him that it might have come from natural drinking water -
> which would have had many bacteria in its catchment area. He tested
> the water in the Yarra River near Warburton Adventist Hospital in
> Australia. The river water there is good drinking quality. When he
> tested it, he found one litre (two pints) of the water contained the
> Recommended Daily Allowance of Vitamin B12.'
The RDI's are ridiculously low to accomodate the food industry. Adn
how much can be gotten from drinking water? I don't buy that b-12 in
the water nonsense. For one, hopw much is left pver after the water is
processed, chlorinated, etc.
>
> B12 is found in naturally growing unmanured/control crops. .29 kg dry
> spinach contains 2Mcg. B-12 Data from Mozafar [1994] and Estimated
> Weights of Plant Foods Required to Supply 2 Mcg of B-12.
>
> I had a rash develop (B12 deficiency?) during a slight drought,
> several months before blueberry season/feijoa bloomed. After a few
> visits to undisturbed forest to load up on "low growing shiny
> blueberry" natives (I ate some sand w/these berries), the rash went
> away. I've also eaten the feijoa petals growing above a sandy area of
> my backyard/unfertilized. I don't know if the rash was a result of B12
> deficiency or not. I do know this is the way fruit is supposed to
> taste. On days I have no ripe fruit in yard or cant' make it to the
> forest I drink hemp milk w/B12 & "Vitamin D" in it. I'm in the best
> overall health of my life eating mainly fruit/no animals.
>
> Why do you say it's "impossible for vegans to get the optimal amount
> of B12" at the top of your list of "nutrient deficient diet" for
> "vegans"? After B12 is covered we can go to the next on your list as
> I'll be more likely to take the mineral "malabsorption" warning more
> seriously (among others) if I believe you are also serious because it
> seems like you just put together a list for me to jump through hoops.
> Some of your list was covered/undisputed recently on a different
> thread.
>
> Organically,
> Chris