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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Great Lakes
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Wisest Elder Ever
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Great Lakes
Posts: 33,508
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Yes, Deepak, your B12 level is low by today's standards.
400pg/ml is now the cut off for beginning supplements.
You can get low, from autoimmune issues, from using certain drugs like stomach acid reducers or metformin, from following a vegan lifestyle, or from inheritance of certain genetic flaws. (MTHFR) which is a failure to methylate B12 and folic acid.
This is why methylcobalamin is best to use, since you do not know if you are one of the 10-30% who have this mutation.
You need to take the B12 on an empty stomach with no food for about an hour after.
Dark urine is a sign of liver problems, so make sure you had liver tests for alcohol damage, and for the major hepatitis viruses.
You are the captain of your own body. Choose to treat it well by stopping smoking and avoiding alcohol and recreational drugs. Feed it healthy whole foods, and get good sleep. That is what it wants.
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