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Well, another year is upon us, and what better way to ring in the second decade of the 21st century than to make a firm commitment to live healthier, happier and wiser (once the confetti has settled and the bubbly champagne has fizzed out, that is). Next on the agenda: take a bath.  A recent […]

Today’s health food stores stock a wide variety of goods to meet the needs of every diet known to mankind- low fat, low sugar, processed-free, nondairy, low carb, high protein…but what gives with gluten-free? Gluten is a protein found in grain products such as wheat, spelt and barley, among others.  Patients of celiac disease, a […]

A study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that regular intake of vitamin B12, vitamin B6 and B9 (folate) can prevent premature death of heart disease and stroke. The Japanese study proves that women who eat foods enriched vitamin B12, vitamin B6, and folate are less likely to suffer heart attack […]

A new study released by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) warns diabetics who take metformin to get their blood checked regularly for vitamin deficiencies, particularly B12. Sold under the brand name of Glucophage, metformin is often prescribed to patients who suffer from type 2 diabetes.  Metformin increases the body’s receptiveness to insulin while, at the […]

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 […]

There are children who are brain-damaged as a result of a vitamin B12 deficiency.  Some of these children are born with an inability to properly metabolize B12, and this condition was not detected at birth.  In other cases, they were born to mothers who are overly concerned with their health, who exclude animal proteins from […]