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   When you are learning about the vitamin’s your body needs to survive, you may notice that there are a number of vitamin’s listed. However, each is important in specific ways. Vitamin B12 is another part of the Vitamin B complex, and without it our metabolism would be affected. Vitamin B12 is also important in helping to form red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body, and in maintaining the nervous systems, which send massages to and from the brain to tell us that things are hot, painful, itchy, moving and so forth.

   Vitamins fall into two general categories. The first are called fat-soluble vitamins and include vitamin E and K, among others. These vitamins can be stored in the body and in some cases, produced by the body, so deficiency is very rare. However, vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin. While it can stored, in some cases, it cannot be used properly. Therefore, eating is every day is very important to our bodies. If we do not, our bodies cannot function properly. If you believe that you are not getting enough vitamin B12, you should talk to a doctor he or she can help you find the rigth vitamin supplements to take so this will not be a problem.

   Of course, your diet is the best way to get vitamin B12 into your body. If you eat a healthy, balanced diet, you should not have to worry about not have to worry about have lower or higher than normal levels of vitamin B12 in the body. However if you have special dietary needs or medical condition’s, vitamin supplements may be needed. You can find fairly high levels of vitamin B12 in eggs, poultry, beef, pork, shellfish, and dairy products, especailly milk.

   Because vitaminB12 is one of the few vitamin’s that can be stored in the body, extreme deficiency is very rare. However if your body cannot use vitamin B12 properly or absorbed it from foods in the intestin al tract, you may need vitamin supplement to help your body. Vegans are especially prone to this and should take vitamin supplements, since most of the Vitamin B12 we get in  our diets is found in meat. If you don’t get enough vitamins B12 you develop a condition known as pernicious anemia. Symptom’s include numbness and tingling in your arms and legs, weakness, low of balances, and other neurological symptom’s. If you are worried about developing pernicious anemia, you should talk to your doctor about beginning to take vitamin B12 supplements today.