Vitamin B12 and The Secrets of Holistic Health
The holistic approach to health and fitness has us balancing nutrition, exercise, skin therapies and medical management. It’s an undertaking that that in truth will last you a lifetime, so there’s no time to waste, start thinking about ways to up your fitness game with nutrition.
B12 is a very important vitamin, necessary to make new blood cells, such as red blood cells, and for your nervous system to work normally.
Because of your genetics, your diet, medications, or your lifestyle have any actual deficiencies of B12. At Women’s Health Practice we can suggest batteries of testing depending on signs and symptoms. Symptoms of low B12 can be fatigue, numbness, tingling, or mood problems. It is most common for the first signs of B12 deficiency to show up on a basic blood CBC count. The CBC could show anemia, low WBCs or low platelets. Then B12 could be tested itself, or in the red cells. Once you know if you have actual deficiencies this can be helpful in planning diet changes and the need for supplements.
In our country much of our food is supplemented with some vitamins, but most common additives are folate and Vitamin D, not often B12. Women who are deficient in B12 are most likely suffering from a bowel condition which in turn affects B12 absorption, or due to a medication such as metformin. Ozempic and Wegovy may cause abnormal B12 levels due to interfering with intestinal absorption. Compounded semaglutide with B12 should not have that issue. Animal food sources are an excellent place to obtain B12, but if wanting your animal product consumption to decrease, do consider supplements.
Even individuals who aren’t deficient may benefit from a boost of certain trace minerals and B vitamins and B12 has been used for a variety of treatments including for fatigue and lack of recovery from normal fitness and daily activities.
B12, in conjunction with other treatment strategies can be used to enhance therapies for a variety of conditions including cognitive decline, asthma, and urinary incontinence. B12 only comes from animal products: meat and dairy. Vegans are most susceptible to B12 deficiencies and need supplements to avoid the special types of anemia that is due to B12 deficiency. Classically it is thought that most of the deficiency symptoms from B12 are neurological, but there are cases of people going prematurely grey from deficiency as well!
A clinical study from the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University of Naples “Federico II” in Italy, and colleagues report their findings in a study published online in Gut, has discovered that actually treating with B12 helps viral treatments against Hepatitis C. For those with chronic infections of other sorts, including chronic vaginal infections, B12 treatments can help as well. Others are trying these shots to help those suffering from an acute case of herpes, thinking that the same viral boosting fighting power may work for this too. So it’s something that could be tried for cold sores and post laser treatment for those who always break out in a herpes infection after skin therapies.
Planning nutritional strategies be summed up simply, and one that will we should focus on with each aspect of your medical care. Vitamins and our nutrition is one of the most important components of glowing and healthy skin. Your skin treatments will always be more effective if you have proper diet. About 40% of adults over the age of 60 and about 30% of adults under the age of 30 will be deficient in B12. Generally speaking: if you are healthy and eat a varied and balanced diet you will have the nutrients you need. But over time, and with dietary issues, imbalances may occur and you may nee testing to see where your deficiencies really are. At
