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15 Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Status

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Why Do I Need Vitamin B12?

Vitamin B12, biochemical name cobalamin, is an essential B-vitamin that helps to convert the carbs you eat into fuel. In fact, b-vitamins work as a team and also help to metabolize proteins and fats (to a lesser degree). Vitamin B12 is particularly important for your nervous system, producing RNA and DNA (your genetic building blocks) for growth and repair, methylation pathways, red blood cell production (which carries oxygen to all of your cells so you can perform and thrive), and much more. It also teams up with folate (i.e. vitamin B9) and vitamin B6 to metabolize homocysteine in the body, where high levels are associated with inflammation and increased risk of heart disease. B12 also plays a role in melatonin production, the circadian hormone that helps to initiate sleep so you can recover effectively.
As I mentioned at the start of this article, common symptoms of low B12 include fatigue, shortness of breath, weakness, as well as anxiousness, poor sleep, inability to concentrate, subpar memory, loose stools, numbness and tingling sensations in your toes and fingers. These are all quite general symptoms and common in a variety of possible conditions. Let's take a look at who might be at risk of low vitamin B12 levels. 

Who Is At Risk of Low B12?

A dietary insufficiency reflects a level too low to best support your daily demands, while a frank deficiency is a lack of minimal intake required to sustain health (that will eventually lead to adverse symptoms) It can take some time for symptoms to present and it's actually quite difficult to assess how much of the population is truly vitamin B12 deficient, but the research suggests your risk of deficiency increases with age. All of that said, who is most likely at risk of low B12? Let's do a quick rundown...
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