Vitamin B12 deficiency is not even recognized as being associated with multiple sclerosis. There is no mention of vitamin B12 in the index of textbooks devoted to multiple sclerosis. The obvious question, of course, is whether treatment with vitamin B12 helps MS patients. Only two of Dr. Reynolds patients have been followed for more than a year while receiving vitamin B12, and their conditions have not deteriorated - a positive sign in a disease that almost always gets worse. In addition, sublingual B12 tablets, which dissolve under the tongue, are better absorbed than conventional tablets.
Capillaries located under the tongue permit the vitamin to directly enter the bloodstream.
In addition, and the hydoxycobalamin form of the vitamin appears to be better absorbed than the cyanocobalamin form. Since Henzi's death in 1991, his co-researcher, Dr. R. U. Schwyzer of Switzerland, has continued to investigate the causes and treatments of the disease. Schwyzer contends that it's the consequence of two events. First, a person must have a high intake of dietary methanol via pectin-rich fruits. All ripe fruits contain some pectin, but it is most abundant in apples, plums, red currants, gooseberries, and cranberries.