XPost: alt.food.vegan.science, alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian   
      
   > If it was/is in plants it is because it was in contact with manure   
   > or soil or both and some was by physical means assimilated into the   
   > plant quite by accident.   
      
           "ALL minerals, proteins, fats, enzymes, co-factors, and CHO's   
   are IN the plant because the plant absorbed certain chemicals and then   
   synthesized said nutrients."   
      
   Good you did not mention vitamins, now why would that be?  But not vit   
   b12, plants do not synthesis it and any they might contain is from   
   contact from animal feces or other soil sources.  Washing plants can   
   remove it.  Here is a vegan web page with good advice for getting enough   
   of it:   
      
   Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It? : Sources of B12 for Vegans   
      
   http://www.veganhealth.org/b12/vegansources   
      
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