THE TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VITAMIN B12

1. Vitamin B12 is found in animal foods, including meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk and milk products.
2. Pernicious anemia is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B12.
3. It can take up to 5 years to discover you have a vitamin B12 deficiency.
4. Vitamin B12 is important to the maintenance of healthy red blood cells and nerve cells.
5. DNA cannot be made without vitamin B12.
6. A prolonged lack of vitamin B12 is suspected in Alzheimer’s and other forms of neurological damage.
7. Some people are unable to absorb vitamin B12 and must have regular B12 shots.
8. The human body excretes the vitamin B12 it has used, and then reabsorbs it.
9. Symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency can include chronic anemia, fatigue, or weakness, numbness and/or tingling of hands or feet, sore tongue or mouth, diarrhea, loss of appetite, paleness, shortness of breath, or in severe cases, confusion.
10. The best source of Vitamin B12 is beef liver, with 3 ounces providing 1,000% of daily requirements.

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