Originally studied in the 1990s for healing stomach ulcers, researchers discovered it also promotes recovery in other areas of the body
Since Ruminiclostridium 6 was only observed in the LD control group, it was unsurprising that its relative abundance was significantly greater in this group compared to all other experimental groups (Supplementary Fig
Mainly given when the vitamin B12 deficiency cannot be corrected through diet
A 2019 study found that older adults supplementing high doses of vitamin B12 were at an increased risk of colon cancer
Cause of Low B12 levels Pernicious anaemia vegan diet malabsorption syndromes coeliac sprue Crohn's ulcerative colitis (UC) "food-bound cobalamin malabsorption syndrome" predisposing factors include atrophic gastritis, long term proton pump inhibitor or H2 antagnoist use, chronic alcoholism, gastrectomy/gastric bypass surgery, pancreatic exocrine failure, AIDS myeloma (paraprotein related assay interference) pregnancy combined oral contraceptive pill/HRT pancreatric insufficiency metformin, acute phase situations