Wudi@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWoman died after vegan diet made her delusionalwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1113
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up81·2 days agoKilled herself is a little different from “died”. But what they are burying here is B-12 deficiency is not limited to vegans. Anyone can have it. “Gray said Owen “reported to her family that she had bought an organic B12 supplement from Canada” and would take a daily dosage of 1mg.” Yeah, not enough. My doc has me taking 2,500mcg or 2.5mg.
minus-squarerwrwefwef@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoSeems excessive for daily usage, you’re off a few orders of magnitude.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 minutes agoIt’s water-soluble so that’s OK even so. Low risk of OD unless you really go hog-wild.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoNot if you’re deficient. 😉
minus-squarebufalo1973@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-223 hours agoRight. My bad. My keyboard doesn’t have the mu sign.
Killed herself is a little different from “died”.
But what they are burying here is B-12 deficiency is not limited to vegans. Anyone can have it.
“Gray said Owen “reported to her family that she had bought an organic B12 supplement from Canada” and would take a daily dosage of 1mg.”
Yeah, not enough. My doc has me taking 2,500mcg or 2.5mg.
Seems excessive for daily usage, you’re off a few orders of magnitude.
It’s water-soluble so that’s OK even so. Low risk of OD unless you really go hog-wild.
Not if you’re deficient. 😉
2500 ugr (micrograms)
μg
Right. My bad.
My keyboard doesn’t have the mu sign.
2500000ng