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    Is chronic fatigue the bane of your existence?  Learn how vitamin B12, the energy vitamin, can help you beat the midday slump.  Here are twelve excellent tips for boosting energy in the afternoon and preventing fatigue. Are you chronically fatigued? Chronic fatigue is more than just being tired.  With chronic fatigue, you wake […]

    We know that vitamin B12 helps to protect your nerve cells from harm by sustaining the myelin sheath; with vitamin B12 deficiency, you begin to experience symptoms of severe nerve cell damage, such as painful tingling or numbness in your hands and feet.  Is it too late to repair nerve damage, once the […]

    Don’t panic, but if you have pernicious anemia from vitamin B12 deficiency, then you might also suffer hair loss.  And it’s not just a “guy thing”- even women may experience hair loss or whitening when pernicious anemia (or iron deficiency anemia) is present.  Here’s what you need to know about pernicious anemia, vitamin […]

    Vitamin B12 deficiency is often undetected, despite that fact that it’s one of the leading, fastest growing vitamin deficiencies affecting adults across all age groups.  So, why is vitamin B12 deficiency, including pernicious anemia, so often misdiagnosed or completely ignored? Undetected Vitamin B12 deficiency An estimated 40% of people between the ages of […]

    Managing fibromyalgia symptoms means treating yourself to lots of TLC, and that includes getting mega doses of vitamin B12 supplements.  Fibromyalgia has a high correlation with vitamin B12 deficiency, due to gastric atrophy caused by fibromyalgia symptoms.  Unfortunately, unless your doctor screens for low vitamin B12 (cobalamin) levels, you could have B12 deficiency […]

    Vitamin B12 deficiency damages the nervous system, causing chronic pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and feet.  Did you know that many psychological problems like depression and anxiety also point to pernicious anemia from vitamin B12 deficiency?  Understanding the many roles that vitamin B12 (cobalamin) plays in your body, as a whole, […]

    Certain symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency are hard to miss-overwhelming fatigue, painful numbness, brain fog.  But vitamin B12 deficiency causes a wide range of physical and mental disorders, so many that it’s easy to confuse them for other health problems, such as thyroiditis, diabetes, or clinical depression.  To understand the impact that vitamin […]

    If you’ve been diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency, you’re probably wondering, “How did this happen?”  Unless you’re a vegan or a gastric bypass patient, it’s possible that vitamin B12 deficiency resulted from an autoimmune disorder that causes pernicious anemia. Vitamin B12 deficiency- what are the symptoms? Vitamin B12 is essential for maintaining your […]

    Part I of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Do’s and Don’ts covered bad eating habits and lifestyle choices that cause IBS; now, learn how testing for vitamin B12 deficiency or other illnesses, along with eating healthy digestion-friendly foods, can help to promote intestinal health where IBS occurs. Recap: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a […]

    Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a digestive disorder that causes stomachache, heartburn, and nausea.  Sometimes, IBS causes vitamin B12 deficiency; other times, IBS happens because of other comorbid conditions or bad eating habits.  In part one of Top 20 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Do’s and Don’ts, learn how to treat IBS symptoms by changing […]