Recently, I sent a couple of my family members to get tested for a gene called Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor. Reason being is the fact I was diagnosed with it myself and learned that it also may be genetic. My doctor wasn’t able to tell me that much about this gene due to the fact that ...
About 1.5 to 15 percent of Americans are deficient in vitamin B12 according to the National Institutes of Health. B12 deficiency leads to anemia, neurological disorders, and increases your cardiovascular disease risk. Vitamin B12 is required for red blood cell formation, nerve cell function, and DNA synthesis. It is a necessary cofactor in the conversion ...
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) recommends all gastric bypass patients use a vitamin B12 supplement since they will no longer absorb B12 normally from their diet. Vitamin B12 supplements come in several forms, all of which will work equally well for most patients. While some patients may have special needs that ...
Memory loss does not have to be an inevitable part of aging. Making sure you eat enough vitamin B12 may help you keep your memory as you enter your twilight years, suggests a 2011 study by Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center and another 2011 study done in various Australian universities. Vitamin B12 deficiency seems to ...
Can you overdose on vitamin B-12? Not really, but you can experience side effects from having far too much of it. You will probably not die from side effects of too much vitamin B-12, but it can give some seriously annoying symptoms. But in a controversial report published in the New York Times back in ...
