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VITAMIN B: Finnish researchers concluded that B12 (found in meat, milk and fortified cereal) may beat the blues. Depressed patients with the highest levels of vitamin B12 in their blood responded best to treatment...
Researchers in Boston found that high blood levels of vitamins B6 and B12, along with folate, are linked to a reduced risk of breast cancer in some women. And another study, at Georgetown, suggested that B12 and B6 may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease by lowering blood levels of the amino acid homocysteine...
Could vitamin B12 help clinically depressed patients beat their blues? A Finnish study monitored levels of the vitamin (found in meat, milk, eggs and fortified cereals) and found that the patients who responded best to treatment were those who had higher concentrations of B12 in their blood...
...Board says that, compared with 20 years ago, pork is on average 31% lower in fat and 29% lower in saturated fat, and has 14% fewer calories and 10% less cholesterol. But the defenders of meat and dairy can also go on the offensive. They mention the need for B12. And then they ratchet up the fear factor. Kurt Graetzer, CEO of the Milk Processor Education Program, scans the drop in milk consumption (not only by vegans but by kids who prefer soda, Snapple and Fruitopia) and declares, "We are virtually developing a generation of osteoporotic children...
Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, sees most of the meat and dairy lobby's arguments as desperate, disingenuous scare stories. "It unmasks the industry's self-interest," he says, "when it voices concern about B12 while hundreds of thousands of people are dying prematurely because of too much saturated fat from meat and dairy products." Indeed, according to David Pimentel, a Cornell ecologist, the average American consumes 112 grams of protein a day, twice the amount recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. "This has implications for cancer risks...