Re: Re: Breast-feeding by Vegetarians Linked to Health Ills in Babies

[Guest guest]

Kyber: this is assuming that they don't spray with pesticides, of course????

Don't anyone try this at home! If you buy your veggies/fruits from the

market, wash them!!

on 2/1/2003 4:15 PM, Kyberneticist at kyberneticist@... wrote:

> Makes sense to me. After all, isn't that how animals

> aquire b-12, from eating bacteria themselves?

> Getting the b-12 from them seems a rather roundabout

> way to do things.

> I assume my habit of swiping carrots and peas n

> tomatoes straight out of grandparents garden with only

> minimal wiping of the fruit probably took care of *my*

> childhood b-12

[Guest guest]

I don't know about the fresh stuff you get, but here in Texas everything is covered with fine clay dust which is almost impossible to get off, especially greens. B-12 is a lot smaller. Interesting that we have a symbiotic relationship with a gut bacteria.

Regards.

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From: Kyberneticist

Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:15 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Breast-feeding by Vegetarians Linked to Health Ills in Babies

Makes sense to me. After all, isn't that how animalsaquire b-12, from eating bacteria themselves?Getting the b-12 from them seems a rather roundaboutway to do things.I assume my habit of swiping carrots and peas ntomatoes straight out of grandparents garden with onlyminimal wiping of the fruit probably took care of *my*childhood b-12