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1 Bad Hair Day?
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2 Cheesy Nutritional Yeast
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3 To B or Not to B: Sources For Vitamin B12
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4 5 Things: Highest Sources of Vitamin B12
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5 What Does Your RDI Look Like: Vitamin B12
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6 What's the Deal With the Vitamin B12 Patch?
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7 Vegan Foods That Are High in Vitamin B12
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8 Losing Your Hair? Eat These 9 Foods
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9 Going Vegan Could Mean Missing These Key Nutrients
Not eating animal products means a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, and although it can also be used to lose weight, it's important not to skip out on valuable nutrients that often come from meat and dairy. Vitamin B12 Most women need 2.4 mcg of this vitamin each day. It's essential for maintaining a healthy nervous system as well as healthy blood cells. Found mostly in poultry, beef, Read more
Right around the time my daughter hit the 6-month mark, I freaked in the shower when clumps of hair came into my hands while shampooing. Then I remembered a mom in my postnatal yoga class complaining about gobs of her hair falling out months after giving birth. Losing hair after pregnancy is pretty crappy common, but if you didn't just have a baby and you're concerned that too many strands are Read more
I'm not a full-fledged vegan by any means, but I'm up for trying a delicious animal-free meal every now and then. But even when going vegan on occasion, I can see how careful you must be when planning what to eat, including thinking carefully about nutrition. Of course, since vegetables are the stars in a vegan diet, there's no lack of options that are chock-full of vitamins — except for ones Read more
Mom's choice of what to eat is important both during pregnancy and after baby has arrived. But while everyone warns her of the perils of drinking or caving into her cravings while pregnant, some moms are surprised to find out just how important their diets are when it's time to breastfeed. A vegan French couple recently found out the sad way. The lack of nutrients in mom's milk meant that their Read more
Vitamin B12 is essential because it helps maintain nerve cells and red blood cells. More importantly though, it's needed to make DNA, the genetic material found in every cell in your body. An adult woman needs 2.4 micrograms (mcg) of B12 a day, and great sources of this vitamin include chicken, beef, fish, eggs, dairy products, and fortified cereals. If you're vegetarian or vegan, or eat a Read more
Vitamin B12 is extremely important for your health because it helps maintain nerve cells and red blood cells. More importantly though, it's needed in order to make DNA, the genetic material found in every cell in your body. An adult woman needs 2.4 micrograms (mcg) of B12 a day. If she's pregnant she needs 2.6 mcg, and if she's breastfeeding, she needs 2.8 mcg. That's a pretty small amount, but Read more
There are a lot of B vitamins, and B12 is an important one. If you're deficient in this vitamin you can wind up feeling fatigued. Vitamin B12 helps maintain a healthy nervous system and your healthy red blood cells. It is involved in the process of making DNA as well as metabolizing protein. B12 helps make white blood cells, which are important for your immune system, and are necessary for Read more
When I was in college, I went through a vegetarian phase and my mom flipped out saying I wasn't going to get enough vitamin B12. While it's true that this vitamin is mostly found in meat and fish, it's also found in dairy products, eggs, and nutritional yeast as well. Why do we need B12? It's necessary to maintain healthy nerves, red blood cells, and to metabolize protein. Your body needs about Read more
You either love it or hate it. Nutritional yeast has a very yellowish color, vegans who often miss the taste of cheese often add it to food. Which is smart since the meatless dairyless vegan diet can be low in B12 and nutritional yeast is a great source for that vitamin. You can find it in most health food stores, sold in shaker containers, or in bulk. Some brands, like Red Star make Read more
Sometimes a bad hair day is inevitable. You woke up late and didn't have time to shower. Or the humid weather is the culprit. Maybe you're just in dire need of a good haircut. A great way to prevent a horrible do is to work from the inside-out. We all know that what we put in our bodies can reflect how we feel and look. If you take a multi-vitamin, then you're already doing your lovely Read more
