Elaine Feuer
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 FDA agents seized a vitamin b12 complex manufactured in Germany, which Dr. Wright used to treat patients with allergies—the German form of vitamin b12 is the only injectable vitamin that does not contain preservatives or additives. |
Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD and Michael Smith, BPharm, MRPharmS, ND
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 In addition, feverfew has been reported to inhibit release of serotonin by platelets and vitamin b12 binding protein from polymorphonuclear leucocytes.19 Feverfew extract has also been shown to protect rabbit aortas against perfusion injury.24
Feverfew extracts also appear to inhibit the release of enzymes from polymorphonuclear leucocytes. This action appears more pronounced than that seen with conventional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as indomethacin. |
Michael Lerner
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 On the other hand, vitamin b12 can also serve as a powerful tumor promoter. One researcher fed rats carcinogenic DAB (3,3' = diaminobenzidine) and then divided them into two groups, one of which received a vitamin b12 supplement while the other was on a diet that excluded the vitamin. The supplemented rats had a 78% incidence of liver tumors, while the unsupplemented rats had a 17% incidence. When methionine was added to the diets of both groups, the tumor incidence dropped to 33% and 11%, respectively. |
Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
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 Vegans need to include a source of vitamin b12 in their diets—for example, cereal or soy milk fortified with vitamin b12. In addition, if their exposure to sunshine is limited, a vitamin D supplement may also be needed.
When You're Sick
Whether it's a cold or a serious illness, a person with diabetes needs to take special measures when sick. Start by working with your health care team to develop a sick-day plan. That plan should serve as your guide for helping you get well and also include specific information about when to call the doctor. |
| Possible negative effects of higher than recommended intake: Can mask symptoms of vitamin b12 deficiency and pernicious anemia.
Vitamin B12—another cell builder. Essential to the maintenance and replacement of cells and the nervous system, B12 supports the overall good health of diabetics, who are at greater risk for nerve damage. B12 plays a role in the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats, and the synthesis of proteins and certain amino acids. |
Paula Begoun
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 B12 and gelatin, but neither of these can stop or correct hair breakage. The tiny amounts included in this product make them barely effective water-binding agents. This standard shampoo is similar to the European Revitalizing Colour Care Shampoo above, and the same comments apply.
© European Vitamin E Moisture Rich Shampoo ($4.49 for 32 ounces) contains sodium lauryl sulfate as its main detergent cleansing agent, and that makes it too drying for the hair and too drying and irritating to the scalp.
© European Natural Conditioner ($3. |
Dianne Onstad
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 It is also one of the few vegetable sources rich in vitamin b12. Bee pollen also contains the bioflavonoid rutin, which increases capillary strength. The sugars in bee pollen are predigested, and they convert easily to glycogen in the bloodstream, providing the necessary sugar to feed the muscles quickly. Bee pollen contains a gonadatropic hormone, similar to the pituitary hormone, gonadotropin, which functions as a sex-gland stimulant. Research was conducted at the University of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, with a group of impotent men treated with bee pollen. |
| With more protein in its leaf structure than any other known member of the vegetable kingdom, it is also the only land plant discovered so far that contains traces of vitamin b12. Comfrey is an excellent detoxicant, especially effective on liver and lung tissues, creating richer, cleaner blood cells that are capable of carrying greater amounts of oxygen and nourishment. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 Fot those who cannot afford SAMe, supplementation with 500 mg of trimethylglycine (TMG, also known as glycine betaine), 800 micrograms of folic acid, and 500 micrograms of vitamin b12, taken twice a day, could help the liver to synthesize S-adenosylmethionine.
OTHER TREATMENTS Probiotics
One of the reasons that 30% of alcoholics develop cirrhosis may be a leaky gastrointestinal system. According to research (Keshavarzian 1999), anothet factor might be a gut-derived endotoxin. |
| Trimethylglycine, TMG, 500 mg daily
• Folic acid, 800 meg daily
• Vitamin Bi j, 500 meg twice daily
V PRODUCT AVAILABILITY
The Anti-Alcohol Antioxidant formula, GastroPro, Kyolic Garlic Formula 105, S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe), TMG, folic acid, vitamin b12, Silibinin Plus, Life Flora (probiotic), Nutra Flora, and magnesium can be obtained from the Life Extension Buyers' Club by calling (800) 544-4440 or by ordering on line at www.lef.org. The Foundation can also refer you to suppliers of offshore medications such as Picamilon and Pyritinol. |
Walter Last
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 Spirulina provides a link between animal and vegetable protein, and it is high enough in vitamin b12 that vegans (vegetarians who do not ingest any animal products) can live on it.
The protein in this combination (bee pollen, spirulina, and linseed) is uncooked, so it is easily digested and good as replacement for a part of the usually eaten animal protein. Another advantage is a favorable calcium-to-phosphorus ratio and a high mineral content, making it alkalizing rather than acid-forming in the body. |
| Researchers have found that folic acid lowers homocysteine levels, especially in combination with vitamin B12; high iron levels have been strongly linked to free-radical damage in the arteries and subsequent plaque formation.
Chronic inflammation has been shown to be strongly involved with the development of arterial plaques. Often this inflammation is due to chronic bacterial infections. |
Bill Gottlieb
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 B VITAMINS: Overcoming Deficiencies
Deficiencies of folic acid and vitamin b12 may cause some cases of recurrent canker sores, says Flora Parsa Stay, D.D.S., a dentist in Oxnard, California. If you have recurrent sores, she recommends taking 400 micrograms of folic acid and 200 micrograms of vitamin b12 daily.
ZINC: To Speed Healing
A canker sore is a wound, and zinc helps wounds heal faster, says Beverly Yates, N.D., a naturopathic physician and director of the Natural Health Care Group in Seattle. |
Michael Lerner
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| One researcher fed rats carcinogenic DAB (3,3' = diaminobenzidine) and then divided them into two groups, one of which received a vitamin b12 supplement while the other was on a diet that excluded the vitamin. The supplemented rats had a 78% incidence of liver tumors, while the unsupplemented rats had a 17% incidence. When methionine was added to the diets of both groups, the tumor incidence dropped to 33% and 11%, respectively. A control group that received vitamin b12 but was not exposed to the carcinogen developed no tumors. |
Walter Last
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| Water-Soluble Vitamins: These vitamins easily dissolve in water; with this they are easily absorbed, but also easily lost in cooking and, except vitamin b12, not stored in the body. Most of the B-group vitamins are essential components of enzyme systems.
Vitamin Bt: The chemical name is thiamine. The RDA is 1.5/1.1 mg; the therapeutic dose is 50-3000 mg. It is destroyed or used up by heat, sugar, alcohol, and smoking. Despite vitamin B: supplements, deficiency can arise from a lack of gastric acid. |
| However, recent studies show that the best absorption takes place by putting vitamin b12 into the nostrils as drops, cream, or a crushed tablet combined with a little water to make a paste.
Deficiency Symptoms: Pernicious anemia, chronic fatigue, debility, poor circulation, numbness and stiffness, a very red and sore tongue, emotional disturbances, mental illness, cancer, liver and nervous system diseases, nerve inflammations, and paralysis.
Best Sources: Liver, kidney, fish, egg yolk, and spirulina. |
| Many supplements such as royal jelly, vitamin b12, and the freeze-dried animal glands are much more effective if partly absorbed under the tongue, chewed lightly, and kept in the mouth for as long as possible.
Lecithin is beneficial for most individuals, and you can mix a teaspoonful with meals or with ground linseed (flaxseed). Omega-3 essential fatty acids are universally indicated for which linseed oil or cod-liver oil and other fish oils can be taken; if malabsorption is a problem, the oil can be rubbed into the skin. These oils help to reduce inflammation, pain, and allergic swellings. |
| In most conditions involving lack of energy, debility, anemia, low blood pressure, and chronic degenerative diseases, initial injections and later mouth-absorbed tablets of vitamin b12 (1000 meg daily) are very helpful.
The acid form of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) can be taken with protein meals, especially if your system is too alkaline or lacking in gastric acid. |
Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D.
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 Vegetarians who exclude all animal protein and dairy can become deficient in vitamin b12. The bacteria in naturally fermented miso have been found to manufacture vitamin b12, making miso paste an important vegetarian food. Japanese monks, who are well known for their vitality and long life and eat no animal products, regularly consume miso. Individuals with a more alkaline blood are generally regarded as healthier. Most of the foods many consider treats, such as sugar, meat, alcohol, and coffee, weaken the body's overall health and resistance and are acid forming. |
Ralph Moss, PhD
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 In fact, higher blood levels of vitamin C were associated with a small increase in vitamin b12. (409)
Despite such factual refutations, one still hears the same erroneous charges about vitamin C depleting vitamin b12 at scientific meetings and in public forums. Old rumors die hard.
Pro-Oxidant?
Another health scare came from England in 1998 and was widely publicized in the New York Times. This study claimed that while vitamin C was an effective antioxidant at lower doses, at high doses (which were defined as 500 milligrams per day), it could cause cellular damage. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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| Methyltetrahydrofolate and vitamin b12 appeat to be required for the biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin. Patients with senile dementia could possibly be benefited by the administration of 5-methyltetrahy-drofolate (Hamon et al. 1986).
Nutrition
Cobalamin (vitamin Bjj) deficiency is common in the elderly. Some authors propose that cobalamin deficiency is a tisk factor for Alzheimer's disease (Regland et al. 1999).
A Japanese study of 64 patients with Alzheimer's disease and 80 age-matched healthy adults found that the dietary behaviors of Alzheimer's disease patients were markedly different. |
Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis
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 Note: Brewer's yeast, baker's yeast, and live yeast are not the same as fortified nutritional yeast and do not supply ample amounts of vitamin b12.)
?Adding seaweeds, such as dulse, kelp, and spirulina (a freshwater relative), to your meals. These are prime vegetable sources of vitamin b12, as well as other nutrients, and can be prepared in a variety of ways. unsafe at any meal
CAUTION Spirulina has a high phenylalanine content, and is contraindi-cated during pregnancy and for anyone with PKU or skin cancer.
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Tanya Harter Pierce
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 In terms of other supplements that may or may not be used in conjunction with this treatment, it is merely suggested that people using 714X stay away from supplementation of the following: vitamin E, vitamin b12, and all antiangiogenic herbs or drugs (e.g., bindweed, shark or bovine cartilage, or thalidomide). The amount of vitamin E or B12 ingested from a normal diet, however, is fine.
Gaston Naessens is considered by many to be a great contributor to the field of microbiology, and his work impacts the treatment of not only cancer, but other terrible diseases including HIV/AIDS as well. |
Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon
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 Researchers in Sweden have ob-
Potentially Dangerous Nutrient/Nutrient Interactions
Potassium and Vitamin B12
Relatively few doctors or patients are aware that prescription potassium supplements such as K-Dur, K-Tab, Micro-K, and Slow-K can interfere with the absorption of vitamin b12 This vitamin is stored in the body and does not become depleted quickly, so a short course of potassium therapy poses little cause for concern. |
| Vitamin Bi2 Folic Acid
Ulcer Medicines Prilosec Tagamet Zantac
These acid-suppressing drugs, and possibly others including Axid and Pepcid, can reduce the absorption of vitamin b12 that is chemically bound to protein. The effect may depend upon dose and seems to disappear after the drug is discontinued. Ask your doctor about supplementation. vitamin B12
Tagamet Zantac
A controversial theory suggests that reducing acid as effectively as these medications do could allow bacteria to survive in the stomach. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
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| If you have had colon cancer or are at a high risk for colon cancer, you can take an additional 400 meg of folic acid daily as a preventive measure, as well as 1,000 meg daily of sublingual or intranasal vitamin b12, which works hand in hand with folic acid. You can find both vitamins at your health food store.
PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS FOR THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
H2 Blockers
Cimetidine (Tagamet) Famotidine (Pepcid) Nizatidine (Axid) Ranitidine (Zantac)
What Do They Do in the Body?
H2 blockers block acid production in the stomach. |
| At the very least, take sublingual vitamin b12 and folic acid supplements. Be aware that the folic acid may hide evidence of anemia, a side effect of the drugs.
Other Tips on These Drugs
They affect many blood and urine tests.
Clonidine
Clonidine (Catapres)
What Does It Do in the Body?
It has many effects on the body, including lowering blood pressure; reducing renin, aldosterone, and catecholamines (all important to normal bodily function); and stimulating growth hormone.
What Is It Prescribed For? |
| Supplements important for healthy, "slippery" blood (follow dosage recommendations for daily vitamins in this book) include magnesium, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin E, selenium, N-acetyl cysteine, lysine, and garlic.
If you have high levels of vitamin C, your risk of dying from a stroke may be half that of those with lower levels. This is according to a major study published in the British Medical Journal that tracked 730 elderly men and women for 20 years. Low levels of vitamin C were a strong predictor of death from stroke. |
| Both excess potassium (such as is caused by ACE inhibitors) and cimetidine (Tagamet) and proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole can interfere with the absorption of vitamin b12. A deficiency of BI2 can cause symptoms of senility. How many older people have been put into nursing homes because they were taking cimetidine long term, which blocked B12 absorption? |
| Calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium levels are affected. vitamin b12 isn't absorbed well by people using H2 blockers. If you have an allergy to one of the H2 blockers, you shouldn't use any of them. If you are using H2 blockers over-the-counter, don't use the maximum dose for more than two weeks at a time without consulting with your physician. If you have symptoms such as difficulty swallowing or persistent abdominal pain, you should think twice about using H2 blockers sold over the counter.
Any acid-blocking medication interacts with the food you eat. |
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