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Young are at risk for Vitamin B12 Deficiency as Well
Generally it's the older adults who tend to be more prone to a deficiency of B-12. However, there is evidence that younger people don't get enough B-12 either!
According to the National Institutes of Health, one study suggests that B-12 deficiency affects a much broader age range than might have been thought. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, pointed to three different age groups found to have about the same deficiency in blood levels of B-12:
THAT'S RIGHT - people as young as 26 turned out to be as deficient in Vitamin B-12 as some people over age 65!
The study of B-12 deficiency across three age groups turned up another important finding: "those who did not take a supplement containing Vitamin B-12 were twice as likely to be Vitamin B-12 deficient as supplement users, regardless of age group".
What this study is showing us is that we need to be wiser and more aware of our environment and how it affects us. The foods we eat today are not as nutritionally dense as it has been in the past.
