Testing for vitamin B12 deficiency in the elderly is an increasingly common practice.

Tele o tagata ma siama autoimmune must have more than one blood test per year, in order to monitor vitamin B12 levels, among other things.

Check with your doctor.

• Fai se meaʻai taumafa sufficient vitamin B12. The vegan can find vitamin B12 in fefete fortified with B12 (Red Star, Lyfe), fortified soy beverages, fortified rice beverages and imitation meats (often based on soy protein).
• The best sources of vitamin B12:

  – offal (beef, pork, veal, poultry liver, kidneys, brain, etc.);

  – meat, poultry, fish and seafood;

  – eggs and dairy products.

• Consult our Vitamin B12 sheet to see the list of foods that contain the most. See also the advice of nutritionist Hélène Baribeau for vegans: Vegetalism.