if i stop taking b12 what would happen?
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Perhaps your body can not absorb it?  THat's why taking supplements will not help? Talk more with your doc about the absorption issue and what to do about it. Perhaps you can get it intravenously??
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you'll lose weight, lose muscle and gain weight all over again cos u cant keep ur weight in check with a bad diet plan for a long time also u lose essential vitamins and ur health is at risk.
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Yes. Due to low body fat, your body will cut down on functions that are not necessary for survival. The body figures why waste the nutrients if no more are coming in.
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If you take too much B12, you will lose what you don't need through urinating.  The only vitamins that can be dangerous to mega-dose on are A, D, E and K.  Those four vitamins are fat soluble, and do not leave your body when you take a mega-dose.  So, you are safe.
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Oral B12 is not as effective.  When B12 is ingested orally, 50% is destroyed.
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Within 4 to 6 days of receiving a B12 injection, most people experience an increase in their energy level or stamina.
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I read your question, and I think it's possible.  B12 is needed for you to be able to absorb iron from your intestine.  As we get older, it's harder to absorb iron.  If your iron level is low, you will have too few red blood cells.  Now a test can show that you have enough red blood cells, but if your B12/iron is low, there may be few but larger red blood cells - they do not work as well as the normal sized RBCs because there is not as much surface area for them to release their oxygen and nutrients.\n\nLow RBCs would cause circulation problems, which tend to happen in our legs, and would cause tingling pain.\n\nWhile you are increasing your B12, try an old fashioned remedy - sit with your feet elevated, so the old blood can flow back into your body and allow room for new.  If you have been active, especially walking, that should tone the muscles in your legs to keep your circulation good.  \n\nFrom a lady of 54 who's had many of the ailments out there and resolved most of them.
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well first of all, your skin will get pale, your hair will be greasy, your finger nails will get yellow, your eyes will be yellow and reddish... you will stop having your period, therefore you will not be able to have kids in the long run. You will get irritable.. depressed... moody headackes often hunger pains, sleep all the time, no engery to do anything, won't be able to hold a relationship, basically everything in the book.
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forgetting to take your vitamin B12 supplement.
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Yes! and there is help and many different reasons why you may be tried.  You need to make an appointment with your doctor and have them run some blood test.  You could be aniemic, or low on B12 or whatever, but let you doctor help decide.
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They change your hormone levels. A doctor told me once that doing this for extended periods of time can lead to  brittle bones in later life. You should get proper medical advice if you are going to  muck around with your hormones. It can make you very sick.
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I have been reading this book called Menopause Without Medicine, \nwanted to share something with you that I read today.\n\nIf you have emotional distress, what are the chances that you are \nmissing a vital vitamin or mineral in your diet? Check whether any of \nthe symptoms listed below are familiar to you:\n\n- Vitamin B-1(thiamine): loss of appetite, depression, irritability,\n  memory loss, sensitivity to noise, inability to concentrate, \n  fatigue, reduced attention span.\n\n- Vitamin B-3 (niacin): insomnia, nervousness, confusion, depression,\n  hallucination, loss of memory\n\n- Vitamin B-6: anxiety, depression, irritability, insomnia\n\n- Pantothenic acid: depression, inability to tolerate stress\n\n- Vitamin B-12 (cobalamine): difficulty concentrating and remembering,\n  stuporous depression, severe agitation, hallucinations, manic\n  behavior\n\n- Folic acid: irritabiity, weakness, apathy, hostility, anemia\n\n- Vitamin C: increased stress and fatigue\n\n_ Vitamin E: depression, lethargy\n\n- Potassium: nervousness, irritability, mental disorientation\n\n- Magnesium: paranoid psychosis\n\n- Calcium: anxiety, neurosis, fatigue, insomnia, tension\n\n- Zinc: anemia, poor mental function\n\n- Iron: depression, lethargy, poor concentration, irritability,\n  decreased attention span, personality changes\n\n- Essential fatty acid: anxiety, irritability, insomnia\n\nThe chemical makeup of the brain requires an ample and constant \nsupply of essential nutrients. Vitamins, amino acids, fatty acids, \nand enyzymes are all interrelated, each dependent on the others for \nabsorption and utilization; moreover, a shortage of one vital element \ncan render all the others less effective. That is why nutritionists \nurge people to eat a variety of nutrient-dense foods.\n\nI do know from past research and personal experience that if you are \nnot taking a good multi-vitamin along with a mineral supplement it is \nmore difficult to get your hormones balanced and keep them there...\n\n\nNeed more info?\nE-mail me!\nBlessings~\nMichelle Jones
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May be given either as IM or SQ.\nThe needles provided with the B12 and the script will decide how it is given. If IM needles are provided it will be IM. If SQ needles are provided it will be SQ.
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Raw food has it's own risks...  using the link below, you can determine which foods and how they are prepared, are highest in B-12\n\nVitamin B12 is an important vitamin for maintaining healthy nerve cells and it aids in the production of DNA and RNA, the body's genetic material. It also works closely with vitamin B9 (folate) to regulate the formation of red blood cells and to help iron function properly in the body. Furthermore, vitamin B12 is needed for Calcium absorption. Deficiencies of vitamin B12 are usually caused by a lack of intrinsic factor, a substance that allows the body to absorb vitamin B12 from the digestive system. Such a deficiency can cause a range of symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, diarrhea, nervousness, numbness or tingling sensation in the fingers and toes. People with the blood disorder pernicious anemia do not produce sufficient intrinsic factor and must take high doses of vitamin B12 to maintain their health. Others at risk for B12 deficiency include vegetarians who follow a strict vegan or macrobiotic diet.
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B12 is the one vitamin that is unavilable to a vegan diet. And those who are vegan, must eat B12 supplemented food. But since you are vegetarian, dairy products will give you enough B12!
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If you are taking a B vitamin suppliment or multi vitamin yes, if not drink more water.
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Vitamin B12\n\nThe term vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is used in a couple different ways. Vitamin B12, a member of the B-vitamin family, is a term used collectively to represent a group of cobalt-containing compounds known as corrinoids. The principal cobalamins are cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, and the two coenzyme forms of vitamin B12, methylcobalamin, and 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin (adenosylcobalamin). However, the term vitamin B12 is usually used to refer to only one of these forms, cyanocobalamin, which is used to fortify foods and nutritional supplements.\n\nSimilar to all B-complex vitamins, vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin required for normal cell activity, DNA replication, and the synthesis of the mood-influencing substance SAMe. In combination with folic acid and vitamin B6 vitamin B12 serves to control homocysteine levels. Excessive amounts of homocysteine may increase the risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease.\n\nVitamin B12 deficiency may result negative in hematological, neurological, and gastrointestinal conditions. The hematological systems and signs of B12 deficiency include a decrease in red blood cell count, skin discolorations, decreased energy, fatigue, shortness of breath, and palpitations. Severe B12 deficiency can also result in anemia.\n\nEven in the absence of anemia, the neurological effects of vitamin B12 deficiency can still occur. This is especially true for the elderly. In theses cases, vitamin B12 deficiency can affect the peripheral nerves, and in later stages, even the spinal cord itself. Signs of neurological conditions caused by B12 deficiency include tingling and numbness in the extremities, loss of sensation, spacticity, Babinski's responses, visual impairment, bowel control issues, insomnia, impotence, irritability, depression, memory loss, and dementia.\n\nGastrointestinal effects of B12 deficiency may include diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, excessive flatulence, and a burning sensation on the tongue.\n\nAdditional conditions that have been associated with vitamin B12 deficiency include anorexia, weight loss, age-related hearing loss, Alzheimer's disease, and pernicious anemia.\n\nDosage Recommendations\n\nThe majority of us do not need to take vitamin B12 supplements. However, as indicated above, vitamin B12 can and should be taken in connection with deficiency related conditions. Recommended doses include:\n\n    * For vegans take 2 to 3 mcg of supplemental B12 per day.\n    * For pernicious anemia take 1,000 mcg (orally) per day.\n    * Absorption of vitamin B12 is reduced as you get older. Some research suggests that elderly people may benefit from 10 to 25 mcg per day of vitamin B12. \n\nWhen used for therapeutic purposes not related to correcting a deficiency, vitamin B12 injections may be necessary to achieve desired results.