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Originally Posted by kwikdriver
If you're doing low carb and, therefore, eating lots of meat and dairy, you should be getting plenty of B12 (and the rest of the B vitamins). If, on the other hand, you're eating lots of "heart healthy whole grains" and avoiding meat and "artery clogging dairy," then you might be in trouble. Guess which diet the ADA has been recommending for years.
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Not always true, unfortunately. Some people are lacking the ability to get B12 from their food. That's why B12 pills are best when used sublingually, then it bypasses the digestive system and is absorbed into your blood directly through the capillaries in your mouth.
Also, realize that being low but in-range for B12 might not be a good thing. I've met people who had issues until they raised their level to quite high. It won't hurt to take B12, you just excrete what you don't need. |