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Vegans. . . Near vegatarians. . .

What is your source for B12?

Supplement, enriched grain or minimum meat?

Brewers Yeast and a B12 supplement two or three times a week.

I cut back from daily supplementation after my results came back 1936 pg/mL for B12 during a physical.

I do one drop of this B12 solution 1-2 times per week. Sometimes I also consume beverages with B12 added, such as non-dairy milks and energy drinks. I need to look into brewer's yeast, I've never tried that.

I was surprised at how little B12 was needed to maintain healthy levels when I did my research into supplementation after going vegan.

I take a daily multivitamin that has it and hope for the best

I said Brewers Yeast above. I meant Nutritional Yeast.

I didn't know this was a concern but it looks like between eating dairy and a multivitamin I am covered.

@GdP - The body has huge reserves of B12 (only available from animals) so it takes a long time (several years) for it to become a concern. However, once reserves are depleted, it becomes a big/systemic issue (as does any vitamin deficiency).

I'm not vegetarian/vegan, but I take a multivitamin and eat quite a lot of nutritional yeast. Tastes great on air popped popcorn or in a tofu scramble. It is also a good source of protein for vegans.

I follow this, once a week I chew on 2000 mcg of cyanocobalamin.

In addition to the dramatic problems that can arise from severe deficiency, I would argue that subclinical deficiency is bad as well (perhaps insidiously so), as B12 is involved in certain pathways that reduce homocysteine and oxidative stress... things that contribute/associate to the biggest killers.

Not vegan nor nor vegetarian, but I take a 1000 mcg sublingual methylated B12 supplement (methylcobalamin) 1-2 times per week.

yeast flakes are excellent as a spread when mixed with some oil (lineseed would say my gf) and salt.

My main vice is plant milk, which is usually fortified with B12. Some plant milk also has vitamin D and omega-3s as a fun bonus. I drink an average of ~150% the RDI of B12 daily. I think nutritional yeast is the canonical answer to this question, but I can't handle the taste.

Just to be extra sure I don't cause myself permanent nerve damage, I have B12 dissolving tabs I take sometimes. One $14 bottle lasts me about a year.

I try not to take supplements / rely on fortified food unless I know exactly why I'm taking it, how I could get it through diet alone, and have a specific reason for why I am not currently relying on my diet for it. B12 meets all these conditions.