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Vegan wrote:So how are vegans alive if we can't make collagen? You would not be able to heal wounds without collagen so every vegan should be dead or lying in ICU right now.
lionandlamb wrote:I am an ethical vegan of 13 years. Recently diagnosed with PN. Root cause to be determined hopefully soon, pending tests done by a neurologist. I am not diabetic (although my A1C is 5.7 and last glucose was 117) or alcoholic but other things in my medical history could be a factor. Like chemo, for breast cancer in 1998, and Rituxin/Bendamustine treatment for follicular lymphoma last year. Or I'm told, the cancers themselves ... "paraneoplastic". That's a new one to me.
My question is about collagen which currently is only available from animals. There is a regenerative medicine doctor in L.A. who said that collagen is very important for nerve regeneration. He said Type 1 or Type 3 collagen.
I am upset at the thought that use and murder of animals could be good for anything and that there is no vegan alternative for which to help my PN condition.
Any feedback appreciated.
vegman wrote:Vitamin B12 deficiency, which is inevitable in vegans who do not supplement adequately with B12, can cause peripheral neuropathy.
Vegan wrote:@Vegankit
How much are you taking and what form?
Vegan wrote:@Vegankit
How much are you taking and what form?
Vegan wrote:@Vegankit
Wow, I'm impressed that you can tolerate that much methylcobalamin. I have tried methylcobalamin and for some reason I get headache from it. Hydroxocobalamin is the only form that I don't get any adverse effects. I just ordered methylcobalamin again and I'm going to give it one more chance. I have read a lot about B12 and I would like to be able to use methylcobalamin form because I think it's the most likely form to work.
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