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Vitamin B12 to Prevent Brain Shrinkage

By ebazaar ⋅ March 4, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

I was browsing around some reading materials when I came across this scary fact - our brain will gradually shrink as we age. Perhaps that is why most old people have the tendency of forgetting things. However, the rate of brain shrinking between a person to another may vary a little to a lot due to some reason, which through researches and studies shows that vitamin B12 have the ability to help keep brain atrophy in check. Brain shrinkage is common for people with Alzheimer’s disease.

That’s one wonderful point that all of us should bear in mind and start getting more B12 in out diet, not just a little but sufficient to high. This is because being a little low on B12 may be bad and won’t help you in lessening the effect of brain shrinkage. The RDA for vitamin B12 is 2.4 mcg/day from age 11 years through adulthood and the excess is stored in the liver in large amount. Nevertheless, for optimum health as well as to reduce brain shrinkage, you should consider taking in 25mcg/day of B12.

So, do you think you have enough doses daily? If not, you should consider taking the supplement. More importantly, so far it is stated that there is no toxic effect due to excessive oral intake of vitamin B12. If you’ve been told by a physician that your body has trouble absorbing B12, take in more - about 400-800 mcg/day to give your body a better chance of absorbing it. There’s nothing to worry since there is no harmful effect on excessive intake of vitamin B12.

So what are the foods that are high in vitamin B12?

Seafood, eggs, meat and dairy products are among the foods that has high content of vitamin B12. Other than that, soy products, seaweed (nori, wakame etc), and algae are considered to contain a fair amount of B12. Here is the estimation of B12 contents of foods listed below:

There are many benefits of Vitamin B12. Controlling heart diseases, strokes, and production of red blood cells are among other crucial benefits to humankind. Pregnant women are advised to eat more foods that’s rich with vitamin B12 due to its function in red blood production.

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Tags: B12 supplement, Benefit of B12, Brain shinkage, health food, Healthy nutritions, Importance of B12, Nutrition tips, Vitamin B12

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One comment for “Vitamin B12 to Prevent Brain Shrinkage”

1. Posted by Swimwear | March 9, 2009, 9:40 pm

   nice post, i have been looking for a good list of b12 rich foods, people should really try and get as much as they can. thanks.

   
   

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