Bible and B-12

[Guest guest]

From ABC News:

>Bible-Based Diets Becoming Popular

>There are plenty of examples of religions dictating what people

>should eat - Jewish dietary laws are well-known. Recently, though, a

>number of authors in America have been promoting " biblical " diets

>which they say offer a godly way to lose weight and stay healthy.

>

>ABC News reports:

>

> " The Lord gave us everything we need in the Garden of Eden: fruits,

>vegetables, nuts and seeds, " the preacher-turned-diet adviser [Rev.

> Malkmus] said in an interview at Hallelujah Acres, his North

>Carolina headquarters. " That's why we call the way we eat the

>'Hallelujah Diet.' We celebrate its true creator. " ... Malkmus's

>diet which draws, he says, from Genesis 1:29 bans all animal

>products except for honey and promotes an 80 percent raw diet. ...

>Malkmus, who said he is not currently affiliated with a specific

>church, has no formal scientific training. But he does employ a

>researcher who determined that the Hallelujah diet was deficient in

>vitamin B-12. " This shocked me, that God's perfect eating plan could

>have a flaw, " Malkmus said. " But we realized that fruits and

>vegetables back then were more nutritious because of the topsoil. "

>

>Malkmus isn't the only one cited in the story - a biblical diet

>doesn't appear to need to have any connection to science,

>nutritional research, or even common sense. All that is needed is a

>copy of the Bible and a self-righteous conviction that you know

>exactly how to read that text and discern what God's will for our

>food intake must be.

>

>Sounds like a lot of alleged religious solutions to various modern

>problems, doesn't it

My question: Do I have this screwed up or is it true that a healthy

gut with full bio-life in it should be capable of producing its own

B12 (via the biota)? OR - in the state of nature, the diet above

would not be B12 defecient.

Or do I have this screwed up? -Allan