Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) Vitamin B12 is used to: prevent anemia and nerve damage; aid in the utilization of iron, proper digestion; absorption of foods; metabolism of carbohydrates and fats; cellular longevity; memory and learning; promote normal growth; normal development by protecting the fatty sheaths covering the nerve endings. Continued Below

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B-12 is necessary for the manufacture of red blood cells and nerve sheaths, and the maintenance of epithelial cells which line the intestinal tract. Vegetarians often require supplementation of B-12 since there are no dietary plant food sources.

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Deficiencies:  ...abnormal gait, bone loss, chronic fatigue, constipation, depression, digestive disorders, dizziness, drowsiness, enlargement of the liver, eye disorders, hallucinations, headaches, migraines, inflammation of the tongue, memory loss, moodiness, neurological damage, palpitations, pernicious anemia, ringing in the ears, spinal-cord degeneration.

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SOURCES: ...meats, brewer's yeast, dairy products, seafood, liver, mackerel, milk, eggs, herring, kidney, clams, sea vegetables like dulse, kelp, kombu, and nori, soybeans, soy products.

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A natural vegan source of B12 is the Chinese herb Dang Gui (Angelica sinensis)

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Natural food sources of B-12 Vitamin B12 is found in foods that come from animals, including fish, meat, poultry, eggs, milk, and milk products. One half chicken breast, provides some .3 µg per serving or 6.0% of your daily value, (DV) 3 ounces of beef, 2.4 µg, or 40% of your DV, one slice of liver 47.9 µg or 780% of your DV, and 3 ounces of Molluscs 84.1 µg, or 1,400 % of your DV, while one egg provides .6 µg or 10% of your DV.

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Vitamin B12 is used to: ...prevent anemia; aid folic acid in the formation of red blood cells; aid in the utilization of iron, aid proper digestion; absorption of foods; aid metabolism of carbohydrates and fats; aid in cellular longevity; prevent nerve damage; maintain fertility; promote normal growth; promote normal development by protecting the fatty sheaths covering the nerve endings; aid in the production of acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter that assists memory and learning); and enhance sleep patterns.

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For optimal absorption, this product is designed to dissolve slowly in your mouth, preferably under your tongue. Vitamin B-12 is intended to promote healthy nerve function and healthy homocysteine levels. This product also contains methylcobalamin, a preferred form of B-12. Methylcobalamin is thought to be utilized more efficiently by the body than other forms of vitamin B-12. Solaray's Vitamin B-12 Sublingual Lozenges 5000mcg 30Caps   The Best Current Available Price !

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Vitamin B12

From The Article In Wikipedia... Feb 2, 2009

Vitamin B-12 is a water soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood.

It is one of the eight B vitamins.

It is normally involved in the metabolism of every cell of the body, especially affecting DNA synthesis and regulation, but also fatty acid synthesis and energy production.

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Vitamin B-12 is the name for a class of chemically-related compounds, all of which have vitamin activity.

It is structurally the most complicated vitamin.

Biosynthesis of the basic structure of the vitamin can only be accomplished by bacteria, but conversion between different forms of the vitamin can be accomplished in the human body.

A common synthetic form of the vitamin, cyanocobalamin, does not occur in nature, but is used in many pharmaceuticals, supplements and as food additive, due to its stability and lower cost.

In the body it is converted to the physiological forms, methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin, leaving behind the cyanide, albeit in minimal concentration.

More recently, hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin and, adenosylcobalamin can also be found in more expensive pharmacological products and food supplements.

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Historically, vitamin B-12 was discovered from its relationship to the disease pernicious anemia, which was eventually discovered to result from an effective lack of this vitamin due to problems with the mechanisms in the body which normally absorb it.

Many other subtler kinds of vitamin B12 deficiency, and their biochemical effects, have since been elucidated.

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Vitamin B-12 is normally involved in the metabolism of every cell of the body, especially affecting the DNA synthesis and regulation but also fatty acid synthesis and energy production.

However, many (though not all) of the effects of functions of B-12 can be replaced by sufficient quantities of folic acid (another B vitamin), since B-12 is used to regenerate folate in the body.

Most "B-12 deficient symptoms" are actually folate deficient symptoms, since they include all the effects of pernicious anemia and megaloblastosis, which are due to poor synthesis of DNA when the body does not have a proper supply of folic acid for the production of thymine.

When sufficient folic acid is available, all known B-12 related deficiency syndromes normalize, save those narrowly connected with the B-12 dependent enzymes Methylmalonyl Coenzyme A mutase (MUT), and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase (MTR), also known as methionine synthase; and the buildup of their respective substrates (methylmalonic acid, MMA) and homocysteine. *

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Read an article in Wikipedia with references and links Dec 13, 2011

** Vitamin B12. (2011, December 11). In Wikipedia,

The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:44, December 13, 2011, from

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Vitamin_B12&oldid=465272451

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Vitamin B12

Vitamin B-12 is a water soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood.

It is normally involved in the metabolism of every cell of the body, especially affecting DNA synthesis and regulation, but also fatty acid synthesis and energy production.

Vitamin B12 is one of the eight B vitamins.

The Vitamin B Complex

....and as you will find in any nutritional healing book as well as Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis A Balch, the B Vitamins are necessary for the maintenance of certain physiological functions and systems including, the nerves, eyes, hair, skin, mouth, liver, proper brain function and healthy gastrointestinal muscle tone.

The entire complex of B vitamins is necessary for energy production.  They are called coenzymes because they help the chemical reactions of enzymes with many other substances. 

B-complex vitamins are necessary for the relief of anxiety and depression. 

Elderly people need an adequate intake of the B vitamins as well as other vitamins because as we age we do not properly absorb nutrients. 

There have been cases of elderly people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease whose symptoms were relieved with the proper intake of Vitamin B-12 plus the B-Complex to relieve their depletion of these vitamins. 

The B vitamins work properly as a team but one can take more of some than others.

A deficiency in one B vitamin often indicates a deficiency in another. 

Although the B vitamins work in concert with each other, they will be discussed individually.

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