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RE: UNCOVERING THE VITAMIN B12 MYTHS part 1: Mushrooms: the flesh of the Gods 🍄
There seem to be a lot of factors why someone may not absorb b12 and not be able to store it properly and probably more than what's on this list
Overgrowth of bacteria in part of the small intestine
Impaired absorption (malabsorption disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, or certain pancreatic disorders)
Inflammatory bowel disease
Fish tapeworm infection
AIDs
Surgery that removes the part of the small intestine where vitamin B12 is absorbed
Drugs such as antacids and metformin (used to treat diabetes)
Repeated exposure to nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Lack of intrinsic factor
Decreased stomach acidity (common among older people)
I studied pharmacy and biology (later holistic health and nutrition too) and always have been taught we don't store it. Interesting. Will research it a bit more. Thanks for the tip on this.
Never took much antibiotics in my life. Got so many tests on this vitamin. Since my body stopped absorbing it they injected it straight into my body to bypass the digestive tract. Though they gave me so much every time, after 3 weeks it was all gone. Nothing coming from my liver either.
I wish they did some more research on it. They just said it happens to some people but we don't know why. But all is well now. Got it tested recently and everything is normal. That's the most important thing because b12 deficiency is not fun. I fell asleep everywhere, didn't wanna come out of the house and just felt miserable. Thanks for your lovely comment.
Wow you are very qualified! that's interesting, i think there maybe some conflicting opinions on if we store it or not. but science is always evolving new theories come up. they were the first things on google if you type do we store b12 in the body im not a scientist so i cant do the studies myself but find it weird they would say that actually b12 is the one vitamin we do store heaps of! i think this just shows we don't know enough about what is happening in the human body, even tho we think we do! Glad to hear you are normal now! yep this issue is very important, this is only part 1 of my post so I will take your helpful comments into consideration for part 2. thanks!
My pleasure. Will def research this more. Very interesting and important topic!