Vitamin B12

General information about this vitamin

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Recent research suggests that older women have lower body content of vitamin B12, and as a result of this they suffer from rapid bone loss. This conclusion was reached based on the latest research, which aimed to clarify the effect of this vitamin on bone health. Vitamin B12, which is found in animal products such as meat, shellfish, milk, cheese and eggs, is essential for the production of red blood cells and proper functioning of the nervous system.

The results of controlled clinical trial comparing the efficacy of oral and parenteral administration of vitamin B12 in hematological and neurological indications were reported in Blood magazine. The study concluded that the effectiveness of both is similar. "Classical" neurological concept parenteral vitamin B12 and was reconciled with the approach hematologists satisfied with oral administration.

B vitamins play an important role in the treatment of depressive illness that is commonly treated with antidepressants. Finnish doctors recently discovered that treatment success is dependent on tablets of vitamin B12 in the patient's body. "Indeed, our study suggests that higher levels of vitamin B12 increases the effect of antidepressants," said lead researcher, Dr. Jukka Hintikka from the University of Kuopio.

Vitamin B12, which is found in foods of animal origin, helps restore nerve cells and formation of DNA. A new study of English experts now demonstrated that its deficiency also accelerates atrophy (shrinkage) of the brain during aging. Researchers from Oxford University followed 107 volunteers aged 61 to 87 years, broken down by injection of vitamin B12 in the diet.

The elderly often occurs vitamin B12 deficiency as a result of its poor absorbency, occurs in persons with nonspecific tiredness or malaise. Usually treated with intramuscular injections of 1 mg vitamin B12 on a monthly basis.

When I was small and ailing, doctors prescribed me, in addition to standard antibiotics penicillin and tetracycline, also vitamins.. Today I am somehow nostalgic about it and thought I came out that this "tradition" somehow disappeared.. Nowadays, there are numerous new types of antibiotics, which may themselves already contain some substances, but maybe not.. Take such a classic course of the disease..

It is believed that vitamin B-12 and folic acid are involved in the pathogenesis of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD), whereas the absence of both of these vitamins may have serious neurological effects, including confusion and memory loss. This review briefly summarizes the main studies on vitamin B12, folic acid and AD in the literature. Studies from various countries show that low levels of vitamin B12, or its absence is more frequently found in patients with AD than in patients without dementia.