Cambridgeshire area coroner Elizabeth Gray said Owen's family noted in August 2019 she had not been taking her supplements for at least six months.
Gray said Owen "reported to her family that she had bought an organic B12 supplement from Canada" and would take a daily dosage of 1mg.
Dear God, why did she stop??? My B12 supplement is this tiny little dissolvable that tastes like cherries. It is not only incredibly easy to take, but actively enjoyable. I usually pop it below my tongue for maximum absorption but it works pretty well as a chewable too. And I get even more from my nighttime multivitamin, and then further eat plenty of foods which are fortified with B12.
Why get a B12 supplement from Canada specifically if you're in Britain? Is it harder to find there? Are there fewer fortified foods? Clearly she must have been made aware of how important it was, so why just stop? Was there some other issue at play that led to her discontinuing it? Did she think she was getting it from another source but it didn't have enough?
What an awful tragedy. I can't wrap my head around it. What her family and friends must be going through right now...my heart really goes out to them.
Take your B12, friends. Don't trust it to naturally occur in mushrooms or fermented foods, that is just not a reliable source.