Do You Take Vitamin B12 Supplements or Get it in Your Food?
By Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
United States
July 7, 2008 12:45am CST
I'm not a supplement type of person and don't like to take any pills. I realize that the B12 in my food is added, but to me that's better than taking a pill for it. So I drink soy milk with added B12 and eat other processed foods containing this vitamin.
What do you do for B12?
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6 responses
@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
7 Jul 08
I take a multi vitamin that has it in it.
Well...I do most times. I have a hard time actually taking pills daily. I just get lazy or just don't want to take them. Esp big horse pill sized vitamin LOL.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
7 Jul 08
Me too, I could never remember to take pills daily. Even when I'm sick and I absolutely have to take something, I usually have to put up huge reminders for myself. And I'll take the least amount possible. When I had my wisdom teeth out, I took all of the antibiotics, but none of the pain pills because they weren't absolutely essential.
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@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
7 Jul 08
I am the exact same way. I don't even bother going to the doctor when I'm sick anymore - unless I'm extremely bad - because it's just a waste of time and money. I prefer letting the sickness/cold run its course.
My gastrologist gave me a script to help with my constant nausea but I didn't take it cause it had horrid side effects. When I went back I told her so she changed it to something that is acutally supposed to help my gastritis - which helps with the nausea.
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
8 Jul 08
I go in and then just tell them what I want. Usually, they'll go for it. But now that I have insurance things have changed a bit, for the worse mostly since there is more protocol to follow when "helping" someone who has insurance.
Today I got 2 moles removed though when I went in for one. If I didn't care about the biopsies, I suppose I could have done those myself too. But I'm not that crazy. Well, usually.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
7 Jul 08
When I was a teenager I got anemia. First I was taking Geritol liquid (tastes like a rusty nail LOL) Then I was getting iron shots from the doctor, those hurt like crazy! Then he told me to take B12 which I did for years. As an older adult, the anemia comes once in a blue moon so it isn't that bad 
@youless (112112)
• Guangzhou, China
7 Jul 08
I don't want to take medicines if it's not necessary. So I prefer to get the elements from the food. It's natural and be sure it won't be harmful.
I love China
@rpegan (596)
• United States
7 Jul 08
Once upon a time, when I was a vegetarian, I had to take a supplement. It was a "complete" supplement, but I mostly took it for the B12. Now, I have a diet that provides B12. No more pills.
