How can doctors detect if you have a vitamin B12 deficiency?
Doctors will recommend a B12 test to evaluate B 12 deficiency
Last updated on 12 Dec 2024
Usually it has been observed that vegetarians and vegans are at a risk of vitamin B12 deficiency. Additionally, it has been reported that 1.5 to 15% people globally have vitamin B12 deficiency.
People with B12 deficiency have diminised energy levels and they also experience dizziness and fatigue.
Vitamin B12 is naturally present in foods of animal origin, including fish, meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. In addition, fortified breakfast cereals and fortified nutritional meals.
Yes, taking vitamin B12 supplements can make you fall asleep and stay asleep due to the production of melatonin.Melatonin is responsible for inducing sleep as it works on the pineal gland.
The deficiency diseases of vitamin B 12 are beri beri, anemia and pellagra. The prominent symptoms are fatigue and lethargy.
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