When the doctor first told me that I had numerous vitamin and mineral
deficiencies, that I was almost anemic, and my B12 was so low she
wanted to give me an injection immediately, I refused to believe her.
That's poor diet. Vegan or not. B12 is made by bacteria (not animals or plants) and industrial meat is full of it because we feed livestock with putrified waste foods while industrialized vegetables are unnaturally clean with chemicals. Organic vegetables have enough B12.
Also modern diet has anti-nutrients preventing absorption (like coffee and iron.)
The broad generalizations from reactionaries like political vegans and their anti-vegan counterparts disgust me. Both groups are completely uninformed and stubborn. For them it's about confirmation bias and group think.
Actually it's recommended for vegans to take suppliments of B12, you can read more about different aspects of vegan health at http://www.veganhealth.org/
Also modern diet has anti-nutrients preventing absorption (like coffee and iron.)
The broad generalizations from reactionaries like political vegans and their anti-vegan counterparts disgust me. Both groups are completely uninformed and stubborn. For them it's about confirmation bias and group think.