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Improving insulin sensitivity can also help manage high blood pressure, reducing the risk of heart disease

Additionally, even people who eat adequate B12-containing foods can sometimes have reduced ability to absorb the vitamin through the gut

Importantly, folate deficiency should not be treated in isolation if B12 deficiency is suspected, as this can precipitate neurological complications

When you swallow a B12 pill, several steps have to work for it to be absorbed: stomach acid and the enzyme pepsin must release B12 from food or the supplement, the stomach must secrete a protein called intrinsic factor that binds to B12, and the B12-intrinsic factor complex must reach the ileum (the end of the small intestine) where it is finally absorbed

We can advise you based on your symptoms and health history