Oh, that sounds like you are doing great. Although 1200 calories is sort of low, losing 1 pound a week is a really healthy rate.
Soy milk and all the other plant milks do not have naturally occurring B12. but many brands fortify the milk with good things. Calcium and Vitamin D cause real milk has those things. B12 cause vegans drink B12.
We have a great thread (or more) on B12. But the best info is from Dr. Gregar's video on B12. Its in one of the treads or just look in youtube. What I learned from that is that our B12 receptor is sort of "narrow" and only some B12 can get thru it at one time. then it takes several hours for it to clear. Before it clears it is only about 1% efficient. Only about 30 - 50% can get thru at once. So taking 33% about three times a day, preferably with food is (IMHO) the best bet. Or 50% twice a day and add a multi which has some more before bed. Most of the plant milks have at least 50%.
Sublingual B12 may be a good workaround. Not sure if there is any research on that. but if you do rely on a pill that you swallow supplement you want one that has 10000%. or you could do some math and get some from food and some from supplements. But there is no downside to taking too much B12 unless you smoke tobacco.
The soy and Breast cancer landscape is complex and confusing. I have not bothered to navigate this country being that I don't personally have a stake in it. And yes some studies have shown a link with soy and breast cancer. But there have been even more studies that show no correlation or even that soy might be a breast cancer fighter. Best bet is to talk to an oncologist. they should be up on the latest research. I'll put a link in the bottom of one of the better, newest, and easiest to understand articles.
Oh! and I would be happy to introduce you to CronOmeter.
Every week someone writes to the forum and has some screwy health problem that they think is diet related. As a rule we always tell them to talk to their doctor. and the next thing is that we refer them to CronOmeter. I'm going to link a little CronOmeter video on the bottom. Its part advertisement and part tutorial. It is only one aspect of CronOmeter. they have other tutorial videos, too. but you will very quickly get the idea.
Oh, no. the little CronOmeter video has been taken down. This may have resulted from the refresh they gave the website and especially the app earlier this year. In looking for it I also discovered they have a lot of new tutorials. (like a lot more). YouTube users have jumped into the fray and created their own introduction videos. But they are all longer than 5 minutes and I didn't watch any of them. So maybe just try the program yourself and if you do run into any problems just find the right tutorial.
One last thing, you don't need the Gold Version. But if you like tracking nutrition on your phone you can get it. The Gold comes with the app and some other features.
I just learned this fun fact: CRON stands for Calorie Restriction (on) Optimal Nutrition
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