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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

complete amino complexes and b12

Tis a question of "how much of it can be absorbed by humans".

For example absorption rate of vitamin A from animal sources is ~90%, but about 10% from veggies (if you use vegetable fat it's a bit higher, animal fat even more higher, cook it, juice it, the absorption rate plateaues at 30%; and technically it's not a vitamin A but something that will become a vitamin A when dissolved in fat) - and the amount of it in veggies is lower compared to animal byproducts.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    Bambara has apparently been a staple in Western Africa for centuries. So if it had any critical nutritional deficiencies I'd imagine a cultural/culinary solution would have presented itself by now. And the B12 in Bambara is uniquely bioavailable; unlike the b12 in most other plants.

    Rentinol (vitamin a) is not an amino acid. It is a fat soluble molecule which is why you get more from fatty sources. It's a logical train of thought but you're comparing apples to oranges.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Isn't vit A the one we produce from carotenes? So technically we don't need to ingest the vitamin itself if we eat enough of the pro-vitamin? Am I confusing it with other vitamin?

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