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Genuine q- can you explain what you mean by- "It's produced by bacteria in the soil and since we're usually sterilizing our food, it's not usually found on our produce anymore. "

What if we didn't sterilize? Would the bacteria then produce it in our stomach? Once I "get " those bacteria in, do I have to replenish?

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I am not suggesting you ingest the soil bacteria, for it to produce the B12 inside your body. If you were to ingest small amounts of soil (on fruit or in water) it should already contain B12. I don't know why anybody would do that, if they could just take dirt (hehe) cheap supplements instead though.

OK, got you. Thanks. Follow up q- in that case what's wrong with sterilization? The dirt should still have b12 I think?

What about the bacteria though? Not a good idea?

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