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Vitamin B12
B12 is an essential nutrient plays a crucial role in maintaining healthy nerve cells, supporting red blood cell production, and aiding in DNA synthesis. Deficiency in B12 can lead to fatigue, nerve damage, and anemia, while adequate levels are important for overall health and well-being.
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B12 is an essential nutrient plays a crucial role in maintaining healthy nerve cells, supporting red blood cell production, and aiding in DNA synthesis. Deficiency in B12 can lead to fatigue, nerve damage, and anemia, while adequate levels are important for overall health and well-being.
Benefits of the vitamin B12 test
- Results within 3 working days
- Find out if you have sufficient vitamin B12 levels
- It is essential for the body, it is not formed in the body and needs to be taken from the diet
- Vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to fatigue, nerve damage and anaemia
- One blood test is all it takes
- It is part of a vitamin test or vitamin and mineral test
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How is vitamin B12 deficiency manifested?
Lack of B12 can lead to insufficient production of red blood cells, which reduces oxygen transfer. Insufficient oxygen is manifested by muscle weakness, numbness, nausea, weight loss, irritability, fatigue and increased heart rate.
EN: What is the function of vitamin B12?
The B12 vitamin complex plays, for example, an important role in hematopoiesis (involved in the production of red blood cells), is essential for the development of the central nervous system in childhood, participates in the production of nucleic acids and acts anabolics.
How to supplement vitamin B12 quickly?
The body cannot produce vitamin B12, so you must supplement it with food or supplementation. The richest sources of vitamin B12 are offal (liver and kidney), sardines, beef, tuna, yeast, salmon, cow's milk, dairy products and eggs. In case of suspicion of vitamin B12 absorption disorder, consultation with a doctor is necessary.
Which foods contain vitamin B12?
The richest sources of B12 are offal (liver and kidneys), sardines, beef, tuna, yeast, salmon, eggs and cow's milk. Because reliable plant sources of B12 are limited, vegans are more likely to be advised to take B12 supplements or consume fortified foods.
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