Comment on Can we have a healthy life only with fruits or fruits and plants combined alone, and if not why?
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 3 hours ago
You can’t live on fruit alone because you need vitamin B12, which you can only get from animal products or supplements. Fruit is generally low in carbohydrates, fats and proteins, all of which you need to live!
shashi@piefed.social 3 hours ago
Thankss :) though for carbohydrates theres banana, and avocados for fats and proteins, but as you pointed not enough I suppose then. sadly vitamin B12 would still be a problem though :/ how does it end up on animals by the way, do they produce like we (humans) can produce vitamin D?
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 hour ago
Yeah, that’s it: you can get some of that stuff from some fruits, but you’re looking at a lot of avocados!
Bacteria synthesise B12 inside various animals. Even our gut flora synthesise it, but they do it too far down our digestive system to be useful!
shashi@piefed.social 1 hour ago
Thanks :)