Unfortunately, numerous individuals struggle to obtain sufficient B12 through their diet alone, particularly those adhering to a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle A B12 injection administers a high concentration of the vitamin straight into your bloodstream, circumventing the digestive system for quicker and more effective absorption
It has been used for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a tonic to relieve stress and improve mood.
It plays an important role in detoxing the liver and protecting its sulfur-rich antioxidant pathways [53, 54, 55]
Effects typically develop within 12 to 72 hours
That matters because obesity in midlife is linked with higher dementia risk, likely through these same inflammatory and vascular pathways
If I suspect an autoimmune cause for vitamin B12 deficiency (as covered earlier when discussing pernicious anaemia), I can request anti-intrinsic factor antibodies