• mojo_raisin@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Conventionally raised animals get all sorts of drugs, vitamins, etc. I’m sure.

      Cows and other ruminants wouldn’t normally need to be given B12 as it’s created by their gut microbiota and available to their bodies. If they are indeed supplemented with B12 I wonder if it’s because a corn based diet doesn’t support a microbiome that can create B12?

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        7 months ago

        @mojo_raisin It’s because of factory farming which is 97%+ of all production. Factory farmed animals don’t have access to a healthy soil where they would normally get their B12 and other nutrients. That means rising animals for mass consumption is totally wrong.

        Same goes with humans. People today are so separated from the healthy soil, they lack B12.