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What do the experts have to say about the importance of B Vitamins?

∞ Dr. John Neustadt, in Bottom Line Women's Health, May 2009, writes about anemia, its symptoms, causes, and treatments.  Women are twice as likely to be affected as men, and "seniors" are hit especially hard by the second most common form of anemia caused by a vitamin B-12 deficiency, resulting in cognitive difficulties and physical impairments.  This is due to the lack of sufficient intrinsic factor (a substance in the digestive tract) needed for B-12 absorption.  Since dietary sources of vitamin B-12 generally cannot correct this type of anemia, doctors often will recommend weekly B-12 injections.  A pain-free alternative is daily sublingual supplements- tablets dissolved under the tongue allowing  the B-12 to be quickly absorbed into the bloodstream.  Dr. Neustadt recommends 2,500 micrograms (mcg) daily. 

∞ In the February 2009 issue of Bottom Line Natural Healing, Dr. Mark Stengler, ND, discussed the association between brain degeneration and Alzheimer's disease.  A five-year study involving 107 men and women, ages 61-87, used blood tests to assess vitamin B-12 levels.  Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans were performed each year during the study.  The findings showed that those who had the highest levels of vitamin B-12 were six times less likely to lose brain volume than those with the lowest B-12 levels.  What's the connection?  Elevated levels of homocysteine, an amino acid, are known to cause brain shrinkage and dementia, as well as vascular damage.  Sufficient vitamin B-12 metabolizes homocysteine, converting it to a beneficial protein before it reaches excessive, damaging levels.  Dr. Stengler recommends that people over 60 take at least 100 micrograms daily of sublingual (under the tongue) vitamin B-12.

∞ In the magazine HealthSmart Today, Phyllis D. Light, RH, gives B vitamins an A+ for their support of a healthy heart.  She explains that when a protein called homocysteine begins to build up in the blood, it may put the heart at risk.  When researchers examined how the body deals with homocysteine, they found that it uses vitamins B-6, B-12, and folate (a member of the B vitamin family, also known as folic acid) to reduce and even eliminate this protein.  Studies have shown that folate can reduce homocysteine by about 25%, while B12 drops it an additional 7%.  As we age, homocysteine can become more of a threat to the cardiovascular system.  With each passing year, the digestive tract becomes less efficient and may absorb less and less vitamin B-12, leaving the door open for more homocysteine to remain in the system.  Experts recommend that everyone over 40 should probably take B-12 supplements.

∞ AARP Bulletin (Jan.-Feb. 2008) featured a small article titled, "B12 Helps Maintain Your Brain".  It quoted a study published in November's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggesting that B-12 deficiency could hasten mental decline.  The 10-year study tracked 1,648 men and women age 65 and older.  Previous research had indicated that B-12 and folic acid- another B vitamin- might help fend off Alzheimer's disease.  This new study found that a lack of B-12 could diminish cognitive function.  The researchers, led by Robert Clarke of Oxford University, suggested that doubling B-12 levels with supplements might slow such a decline by a third.  Myrtle McCulloch, clinical assistant professor of nutrition at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, added the clarification that the B-12 supplements must be easily absorbed.  Older people often have trouble absorbing B-12 from food sources; McCulloch recommends sublingual B-12 supplements, which dissolve under the tongue for better assimilation.

∞ Dr. William Campbell Douglass in his May 2008 newsletter, offered his take on natural means for addressing Parkinson's disease.  He states, "Researchers have found a link between Parkinson's disease and high levels of homocysteine, something that can be easily corrected by supplementing with a simple nutrient."   Folic acid is essential in the conversion of homocysteine to cystathionine, a harmless substance that occurs naturally in the body and can be excreted in the urine.  A lack of folic acid causes a chain reaction in the brain.  Too little folic acid allows homocysteine to build up in the brain.  Too much homocysteine can then damage brain cells, especially those in the area of the brain that produces dopamine.  Dopamine levels are consistently low in Parkinson's patients.  Dr. Douglass further explains that vitamins B-12 and B-6 are also important in the metabolism of homocysteine, so be sure to take these nutrients along with folic acid.  (For more information on relieving Parkinson's symptoms naturally, visit www.ParkinsonsRecovery.com.)

∞ Dr. Jonathan Wright, Director of the Tahoma Clinic, in an interview with Dr. Joseph Mercola, explained the impact that a less-than-efficient digestive tract can have on a person's ability to benefit from food-sourced B vitamins.  Generally, people over 40 experience a decline in the production of enzymes, stomach acid, and intrinsic factor necessary to extract and utilize B vitamins from food sources such as green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, whole wheat bread, poultry, egg yolks, dairy products, meat, oysters and other mollusks.  Acids in the stomach are necessary for separating vitamin B-12 from the protein source, at which point it must combine with intrinsic factor. The vitamin B-12/intrinsic factor complex travels through the intestine and is absorbed in the terminal ileum (a point at the very end of the small intestine) by cells with specific receptors for the complex. The absorbed complex is then transported via plasma and stored in the liver.  If any link in this chain is missing, the process will not complete and a deficiency cycle begins.

∞ Dr. Alfred Libby created and patented* TriVita's Sublingual B-12, B-6, Folic Acid tablets to circumvent the digestive tract and deliver these nutrients directly to the blood stream quickly and efficiently.  This is a wonderful alternative to the inconvenient and painful B-12 injections offered by many doctors.  *Since patents are not easy to get, the product must be truly remarkable and have unexpected benefits.  This sets TriVita's Sublingual B Vitamins apart from other, less effective products on the market.

Susan Summers, Health Educator and Owner of New Leaf Health Source,
Past-President & current member- Puget Sound Wellness Association
TriVita Independent Affiliate Member, Susan Summers, #11299336