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Topic: B12 deficiency

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  B12    Magnesium deficiency  
  Iron deficiency    Potassium deficiency  
  Deficiency iron tibc    Vitamin B12 deficiency  
  Iron deficiency anemia    Vitamin B12  
  Calcium deficiency    Vitamin A deficiency  

 
 
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People talk about their ..:Positive outlook
Appearance:Beautiful
Personality:Nervous
Favorite body part(s):Skin,  Heart,  Hair
Favorite food(s):Vegetarian,  Cornflakes
Favorite animal(s):Lizard
Favorite sport(s):Bodybuilding
Ultimate fantasy(s):Having severe anorexia
Medical note(s):Uses laxatives,  Undergoing therapy,  Taking weight loss pills
Favorite drink(s):Milk,  Orange Juice,  Lemonade
Favorite quote(s):"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"There is no sincerer love than the love of food." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
"How can men use sex to get what they want? Sex IS what they want." (Frasier Crane on FRASIER)
 
 
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Among older women who are physically disabled, the risk of severe depression is twice as great in those who have vitamin B12 deficiency as in those who do not, according to data reported in the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
It is also interesting to note that participants in the study with both B12 and folate deficiencies were depressed, had anorexia, and addiction to alcohol.
If B12 intake is low during pregnancy, the foetus will not have adequate stores of the vitamin and this may lead to a deficiency sometime after birth - even though the mother herself may have no clinical symptoms.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

However, a deficiency of methionine (the source of which is meat, fish and eggs), vitamin B6, Vitamin B12 or Folic Acid can result in diminished SAMe synthesis.
Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

Deficiency: Vitamin B12 deficiency can produce the following symptoms: anemia, menstrual problems, mental problems, tiredness, and trembling.
Neurological symptoms characteristic of vitamin B12 deficiency range from numbness and tingling sensations in the hands and legs, to memory loss and dementia.
Vitamin B12 is used to eliminate systems of depression, fatigue to prevent dietary deficiency Needed.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

It could be mentioned that both folic acid and B12 deficiencies may be implicated in pernicious anemia, that the bacteria which produce B12 can exist in the human digestive system, that B12 producing bacteria are plants and that commercial production of B12 utilizes fermented vegetable matter rich in cyanocobalamin producing yeasts.
A deficiency in cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), whatever its cause, leads to mental illness as well as to such physical manifestations as anemia.
David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

Topically, a vitamin B12 nasal gel is applied for pernicious anemia and preventing and treating vitamin B12 deficiency.
Untreated vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to irreversible neurological disorders.
The news recently was dominated by the story of a couple who tragically felt they were obeying God when they let their baby die of vitamin B12 deficiency.
 
 
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