W is not yet fully recovered from her bronchitis leading to pneumonia caused by B12 deficiency. She needs bed rest. She stays home. But still does some remote office work. I researched a little and I found that the best sources of vitamin B12 are raw liver, raw kidneys, raw live clams, raw live oysters.
For the past 2 days W has been trying out the raw beef liver with a ceviche twist. We cube the liver and sprinkle on the calamansi and sprinkle some freshly ground pepper on it. It keeps in the refrigerator. She’s had this stuff for some 2 days now. But she eats something like 1/2 a cup a day only. She’s trying to get over the yuck factor. Tomorrow I’ll probably try to buy larger slices of beef liver and make pan seared steaks with large onion rings. That is a common cooked dish. Maybe the insides will still be rare enough. But ultimately I want her to eat it raw. Will try my best. The raw liver I got 2 days ago was very good. Very young. I ate quite a lot of the pristine yummy raw liver. Hmmmm…..
Also the past 2 days I was successful in feeding W some raw live halaan clams, another B12 champion. My trusted market stall says these came from Cebu. They taste clean and fresh. Yesterday W had 1 big live clam. This evening she had 2 big live clams, the children had 1 live clam each and I had 6 live clams. Pretty good.
From Nutrition data:
1 ounce (28g) of raw beef liver for Vitamin B12 has 16.6 mcg which is 277% of RDA
1 ounce (28g) of raw clam for Vitamin B12 has 13.8 mcg which is 231% of RDA
When I was in the wet market I tasted the raw beef liver in the stall I was buying it from and the senior lady butcher said that raw liver is very good for anemics. So, other people already know about this.
All W needs to do is steadily increase her intake of these food stuffs daily and she should be stuffed full of B12, assuming she can absorb them.
Hey, I remember a time just a few months ago I was gorging on raw oysters, full meals of just oysters, several times a week. Now come to think of it, that was my body’s way of loading up on vitamin B12 and zinc. When I was finally filled up, I stopped. Now I eat oysters not as much and not as often.
I now have to observe W on what she craves for. I did notice she went on a raw fat binge with raw bone marrow 2 days ago. She ate a bowl full!