Vitamin B-12 Supplements

By admin, on December 27th, 2011

Are you getting enough B-12?

If you have battled with excess weight and low energy for many years and you find you just don’t have the vigor to live your life like you always dreamed you should, then the problem could be that you are simply missing something important. Yes, you may be low on Vitamin B-12 as well as many other Essentials for Health and Wellness. A deficiency of Vitamin B-12 is not an isolated problem, but it does signal a lack of one or more elements of a great life, the physical, emotional and spiritual must-haves on which Shaklee is built.

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As mentioned before, a B-12 deficiency found in most people is often a trigger to other problems down the road, and people start to spiral downward in their self-care and overall wellness. This month we will explore how B-12 is connected with Eating Healthy and Nutritious Meals and Exercise.

Eating Healthy and Nutritious Meals

Ideally, we get our Vitamin B-12 from foods like fish and meat, dairy products, fortified cereals and beans. However, several factors can prevent us from absorbing all the B-12 we need, including age, dietary choices and taking certain medicines.

For example, if you habitually eat the wrong foods like the ones loaded with starch and/or refined sugar, you could gain excess weight and develop diabetes. Then you have to take diabetes medicine to offset your food choices, but most people don’t realize that the diabetes medicine can block the absorption of B-12. There is the spiral, unhealthy choices feeding off each other to make us unwell. Incidentally, being obese is no indicator that someone may be getting enough Vitamin B-12. Some vegetarians, for example, eat a lot of honey or coconut, which can make them fat, but still B-12 deficient.

A healthy diet alone may not give you all the B-12 you need, but it will help fuel your body and mind so that you have the energy to live life to the fullest.

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Exercise

Enjoying physical activity is critical to vibrant health and a great life. But here is how B-12 and Exercise is connected to our well-being. How can you exercise if you do not have the energy? We know that healthy levels of B-12 do so much to give us energy, so we enjoy rejuvenating sleep, drink lots of water and enjoy the benefits of exercise. People with a B-12 deficiency tend not to exercise, but not just because they may be low on energy and motivation. It is more a case of nerves being affected. Here is an example how this might play out:

You might have tingling in your legs because the nerves to your legs have insufficient B-12. That tingling could deter you from getting the exercise your mind and body crave. In another scenario, in some people who get chemotherapy for cancer, the absorption of B-12 can be blocked. One of my family members who had cancer was successfully treated with chemotherapy. However, her physician forgot to tell her to take Vitamin B-12, and she ended up with numbness that would not go away. The nerves were too badly hurt. I recommend that anyone getting chemotherapy ask their specialist about taking B-12 Supplements while undergoing treatment.

Don’t Let Your Health Go Downhill

If we practice good nutrition and exercise, we can do so much to truly experience wellness in all aspects of our lives. Our Shaklee B-12 Supplements are surely a remarkable vitamin you can take to help enrich your journey. B-12 Vitamins are definitely linked with good health and a great life.