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Hello Paul, welcome to the forum.

One reason I'm not mad about using multivitamins all the time is that there is some evidence suggesting that they sometimes do more harm than good (e.g....

Bowie, I'm no expert but I don't see why you really need a multivitamin as you're taking vitamin B12 and vitamin D? A good mixed diet of veg, fruit, grains and so on is probably a better way to get...

I think there is some evidence that vitamin D supplementation may be beneficial for other groups. For example, vitamin D seems to be necessariy for calcium absorption so if they don't get enough...

As well as vitamin B12 I think there is a good case for vitamin D supplementation, at least in the winter months and for those that have dark skin and/or don't spend much time outside - there is some...

I find the Veg-1 tastes OK-ish - I seem to remember reading that there was a batch that was particularly nasty-tasting, so perhaps you got those witchy - or perhaps my tastebuds are knackered, more...

I have heard the sublingual format (i.e. ones that dissolve under your tongue) is slightly better for b12 absorption, but I don't know how much difference it really makes. The Veg-1 ones the vegan...

I take the Vegan Society's supplement, or another B12 supplement, every day or so. And a tsp of flax oil or hemp oil most days.

Stoopid, isn't it? On the plus side, some people may manage to read past the rubbish and work out that it would make more sense to go veggie than buy the pills...

Hope the "disease" is better!

Tigerlily, if you think it will help, you could tell your mom that the latest thinking suggests that it's not only vegans that can benefit from taking B12 supplements, but ovo-lacto-vegetarians as...

A glass of orange juice with a tsp (or more if you can stomach it) of blackstrap molasses stirred in is meant to be a good vegan "iron tonic". The vitamin C in the orange juice helps uptake of the...

I have a tsp of flax oil on my morning toast and I take sublingual vitamin B12 tablets when I remember - usually a couple of tablets once a week though a small bit daily would probably be better. I...

I take them sometimes (when I remember) as well as consuming fortified foods such as soy milk and yeast extract. I thought I was getting enough from the fortified foods but having read Stephen...