(February 5, 2014 at 12:52 pm)jg2014No more Tesco Choco Hoops for me. Time for some bran flakes!
Re B12 from cereals, it depends on what cereals you buy. For example Tesco's Bran flakes contain [url=http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=254852466' Wrote: 100% of our daily requirements of B12 [/url]per 100g portion, and you get the benefits of whole grains too. According to this study the B12 in cereals are absorbed well.

Quote:With Tibet although the high altitudes make farming crops difficult, they also have poor infrastructure that really reduces yields. Regardless, I don't see anything wrong with being a net importer of food, and it makes sense economically to be more specialised in one industry to gain a competitive advantage when trading with another country, rather than trying to do a bit of everything poorly.I can think of at least two problems with this:
1) Tibet is dirt poor. What industry do they have that they can barter fairly for grain/plant-foods?
2) Transportation from anywhere outside Tibet TO Tibet is going to be OMG expensive. It is also going to create such an ungodly amount of pollution in burnt fuel, that any environment-minded vegetarian would probably cringe.