Tag: Vitamin Deficiency

A study conducted in 11 countries with 11,216 pregnancies has concluded that low levels of vitamin B12 are associated with an increased risk of...

You might not be getting enough vitamin B12 and may, indeed, not even be thinking of it. One reason you aren’t thinking about it...

Cuts and bruises are a painful childhood affair, but they slowly heal with time. Though, for some grown-ups, bruises tend to re-appear every now...

According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 4% of the women between the ages of 40 and 60 suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency....

Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that’s involved with a lot of important processes in the human body. Vitamin B12 is structurally the largest...

Vit B12 deficiency is primarily caused by the inability of the stomach lining to produce the intrisic factor that extracts the vitamin from food, carrying it into the bloodstream. Even after adequate vit B12 consumption, without the intrinsic factor, your body won't be able to use it. This puts everyone at equal risk irrespective of diet type. Fatigue, weakness, forgetfulness, etc. are common symptoms.

Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is an essential vitamin involved in the metabolism of every cell of the body. It has special function...

Not when it is recurrent, periodic and localized or accompanied by pain, numbness, itching and muscle atrophy. Nerve entrapment due to tight shoes and wrong posture is the most common cause. Other causes include Raynaud's disease, low back pain, injuries, gangrene, diabetes, kidney and liver diseases, exposure to toxins and alcohol intake.

Vitamin B12 is extremely essential and a crucial water-soluble vitamin which plays a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous...

If you aren’t getting enough vitamin B12, it is indeed very important – and you may very well not be thinking about it. One...