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Why is vitamin B12 important to our health? Why do vegetarians need to supplement their diet with B12? Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient, required for DNA synthesis (and ultimately cell division), maturation of red blood cells, and the synthesis of myelin sheaths around nerves in the body.
Sources of vitamin B12:
