[julleri]

Originally Posted by Beachbum65

Got my B12 back today it was 883 , high range on the normal scale she said it only went to 931. So my GP took me off entirely ,on the phone the nurse said if my neurologist wanted me to have it then its up to him. So I'm taking your advise and going to start the B12 methyl 5 mg. a day on empty stomach. My neurologist told me to stay on the injections so I will see. So tired of inept GPs.

I don't understand the fear/panic that doctors have with regards to B12.

I frankly don't understand doctors in general.

[mrsD]

Originally Posted by julleri

I don't understand the fear/panic that doctors have with regards to B12.

I frankly don't understand doctors in general.

You are not alone in this. They are married to the lab ranges.
They have no idea about how B12 works, only if it shows up in
the ranges... That is why it is almost criminal that doctors accept those low ranges as "normal"... really it demonstrates the nearsightedness of how medicine can be! sigh!

[en bloc]

I don't know if this has already been added somewhere in the B12 thread, but I found it to be interesting. The last thing we need is less usable B12.



"Microwave ovens convert Vitamin B12 to an inactive form unusable by humans. From a practical standpoint, this means typically around 30-40% of the Vitamin B12 in microwaved foods gets converted during the time it spends being heated or re-heated in a microwave oven.

On the flip-side, spinach loses about 77% of its Vitamin B9 when cooked in a normal stove, but retains nearly all of it when cooked in a microwave. In the same way, steamed vegetables, as a rule, tend to retain more of their nutrients in a microwave than when cooked in a traditional oven."

Read more at http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....t7zp1RGG3V4.99


The reference:

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf970670x