Health Tips - Foliate and Vitamin B12

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

As we’ve seen the anemia that results from either foliate deficiency or vitamin B12 deficiency or both look identical. Tests must be done for stores of both health vitamins to determine whether a deficiency is due to one, the other or both.

Because a deficiency of vitamin B12 can cause nerve damage and psychiatric problems as well as anemia, it crucial to determine which vitamin is deficient and begins treatment promptly. If you re given foliate supplements when you need health vitamin B12 supplementation, your anemia with worsen and so will your neuropsychiatry symptoms.

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