If a paleo person has had a terminal ileum resection--the
site where B12 is absorbed--or is deficient or lacking in
intrinsic factor secretion from gastric cells because of
some other health condition, it seems quite possible for
them to be B12 deficient.  It just doesn't seem like it
would be all that common, as it is in veganism.

Lois


> Date:    Tue, 1 Aug 2000 00:09:35 -0400
> From:    Don Wiss
> Subject: Re: B12 deficiency
>
> Beth Bess wrote:
>
> >I had a disagreement with a vegan about the likelihood of a paleo-eater
> >getting a B12 deficiency. Have any of you ever heard of such happening?
>
> This makes no sense. B12 is in animal foods. How could a paleo-eater be
> deficient? Or is this a typo and you've asking about a B12 overdose?
>
> Don.
>
>