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There have been quite a number of studies that correlate infertility with a vitamin B12 deficiency.  Although a vitamin B12 deficiency is relatively easy to detect and treat, it often goes undetected until after expensive fertility treatments have been tried.  Worse, many multivitamins include folic acid, which can mask the B12 deficiency, but have only […]

There are new studies that show that people with AIDS usually have a vitamin B12 deficiency.  Furthermore, AIDS victims who are B12 deficient suffer more than those who are not B12 deficient. AIDS is the acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.  It weakens the immune system, leaving its victims prone to various infections.  The root of […]

Pernicious Anemia is a genetic condition that causes a vitamin B12 deficiency.  A person with pernicious anemia is missing the stomach cells that produce intrinsic factor, a protein that is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is made in the guts of animals.  We obtain this vitamin from eating meat, chicken, eggs […]

People who undergo gastric bypass surgery are likely to develop a vitamin B12 deficiency.  Vitamin B12 is absorbed in the stomach.  When surgeons cut off a part of the stomach, they prevent the release of enzymes necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is produced in the guts of animals, and is found […]

The medical community has recently recognized that Vitamin B12 helps prevent heart disease.  The reason is that vitamin B12 is involved in the metabolism of homocysteine, a toxic amino acid. When there is too much homocysteine in the bloodstream, the blood vessels become inelastic and are unable to dilate.  Then, fatty deposits stick to the […]