Cobalamine, Red Vitamin, Cyanocobalamine

Health Benefits:

• Helps iron to function better in the body and helps deposit vitamin A in the body tissues
• Necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
• Essential for the formation, regeneration and maturation of blood cells.

• Prevent anemia.
• Important for maintaining healthy nervous system.
• Helps relieve nervousness and irritability.
• Helps improve concentration and memory.
• Improves appetite.

Symptoms and Signs of Deficiency: Pernicious anemia (megaloblastic, macrocytic), neurologic degeneration, numbness, tingling, unsteady gait, loss of reflexes, mental illness (apathy, mood swings, poor memory, disturbances in concentration and learning, auditory hallucination, confusion, paranoia, psychoses), shiny red smooth tongue, digestive disturbances, anorexia, falling off of hair, tiredness, nervousness, senile psychosis.

Dosage:

• Recommended Daily Requirement: 5 micrograms (.006 mg.)
• Supplemental Dosage: 100 micrograms daily
• Therapeutic Dosage: Hydroxy cobalamin 1,000 micrograms by subcutaneous injections, once or twice a weeks.

Food Sources: Brewer's yeast, fish, meat, poultry, eggs, cheese, milk, yogurt