Friday Favorites: The Symptoms of Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Optimal Dosage for Adults
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2023-08-04

B12 deficiency is known as “The Great Masquerader.” 

This is part of a series on B12.  Check out the rest:
• Healthiest Food Sources of Vitamin B12 (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-healthiest-food-sources-of-vitamin-b12/)
• The Optimal Vitamin B12 Dosage for Kids, Pregnancy, and Seniors (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-optimal-vitamin-b12-dosage-for-kids-pregnancy-and-seniors/)
• The Best Type of Vitamin B12: Cyanocobalamin or Methylcobalamin? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-type-of-vitamin-B12-cyanocobalamin-or-methylcobalamin)

You can find all of these videos in a digital download here (https://drgreger.org/collections/downloads/products/b12-recommendations-digital). Another consequence of B12 deficiency may be an increase in stroke risk:
• Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vitamin B12 & Homocysteine? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/vegetarians-and-stroke-risk-factors-vitamin-b12-homocysteine/)
• How to Test for Functional Vitamin B12 Deficiency (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-test-for-functional-vitamin-b12-deficiency)
• Should Vegetarians Take Creatine to Normalize Homocysteine? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Should-Vegetarians-Take-Creatine-to-Normalize-Homocysteine?)
• The Efficacy and Safety of Creatine for High Homocysteine (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-efficacy-and-safety-of-creatine-for-high-homocysteine)

My new recommendations are updated on my Optimum Nutrition Recommendations (https://nutritionfacts.org/2011/09/12/dr-gregers-2011-optimum-nutrition-recommendations/) page.

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