there's a good chance that you could be suffering from a b12 deficiency and the
reality is is most doctors miss it this is why a b12 deficiency is so common in today's population
hey wellness warrior i'm dr zyrowski and when we look at many of these nutrients that we need in
order to feel good and thrive in life b12 is one of them and so let's first talk about some of the
symptoms that might show up and then we'll talk about why you have a b12 deficiency and why it's
bothering you so first of all lack of energy is a very common one so we all have a lack of
energy at some point in our life maybe you didn't sleep well maybe you are somebody who is you know
stressed out a lot right but let's forget all of those different issues let's say that you
don't have those and yet you're still dealing with chronic fatigue and a lack of energy a b12
deficiency is highly likely next is breathlessness and dizziness so if you ever find yourself
short of breath or even just going through bouts of dizziness b12 could be your answer there too
racing heart is next on our list of a very common symptom it also affects your brain in
your mood so if you're somebody who's suffering from depression anxiety and having a lot of
mental and mood disorders b12 is something that you should certainly consider visual disturbances
so if you get blurriness in your vision think of that swollen tongue which is going to be a
less common symptom of b12 deficiency but yet one that you could still get and then also the feeling
of pins and needles in your hands and this is one that's very common as well okay so some those are
some of the symptoms you could watch out for but then the next question is what is the number one
cause and this b12 deficiency is such an issue because of this problem right here and that is
intestinal disorders so let me be a little bit more specific though now one of the top intestinal
disorders that many people are facing today is gastritis and this is a swollen stomach lining
okay and so when your stomach lining is swollen and inflamed it causes a lot of absorption issues
with b12 and some estimates believe that as many as 50 percent of people are dealing with this
issue of gastritis and others in the public library of science stated that upwards of 78
of people are dealing with gastritis so you can just think 78 of people dealing with this issue
and then we have a problem of not absorbing b12 properly well certainly it could be affecting
you now the next on our list is inflammatory bowel disease and any stomach issue any gastrointestinal
issue like crohn's disease ulcerative colitis celiac disease and pretty much small intestinal
bacterial overgrowth i mean any of these different gastrointestinal issues are leading
to a b12 deficiency and is something that should be addressed okay when we look at gastrointestinal
issues they are on the rise like you wouldn't believe it's estimated to be the number one
cancer that millennials will face gastrointestinal cancer and so we have to of course address
these gastrointestinal issues because here's another major cause of a b12 deficiency and
that's pernicious anemia and that is when your immune system starts to attack the very ways
that b12 is absorbed so you would at this point have an autoimmune disorder but what is so common
to have along with an autoimmune disorder a gastrointestinal disorder and the reason
for this is because most of your immune system is actually located in your gut so therefore if you
have a gastrointestinal issue it opens the door up to have an autoimmune disorder as well so once
again whether you look at the gut issue or you look at the issue of pernicious anemia either way
it really comes back to a gastrointestinal problem so we have to make sure that we're always focused
on improving our gut health gastrointestinal issues is the number one reason that people seek
me out worldwide in order to help them with their health because they've gone to their doctor their
doctor's not helping them with it their doctor's not giving them any answers their doctors are
giving them medication and so then they seek me out because this is something that i've dealt
with myself personally i'm very experienced in and then we help them get better but
it doesn't change the fact that at this point you likely have a b12 deficiency so what can we
do about this right so one of the things that we can do is we can start eating foods that are rich
in b12 some of the top foods on our list and i'm going to tell you these foods but then i'm going
to tell you the whole problem with trying to get b12 this way some of the top foods on our list
is red meat another is fish that's also loaded with b12 poultry eggs are a good source of b12
and then also dairy okay there's a couple problems there first of all you may be
having some sort of sensitivity to eggs many people have gastrointestinal issues can't eat eggs
many people have gastrointestinal issues can't eat dairy many people who have gastrointestinal
issues have a hard time breaking down red meats okay their stomach acid is off
they're not able to actually digest it well another reason you wouldn't be able to get b12
very efficiently from it so on top of fixing our gut health sure we can
increase these foods if we're able to eat many of them but one of the best ways to get b12 if you're
somebody who is suffering with a gastrointestinal issue is going to be taking a b12 supplement and
doing it sublingually and i'll tell you why now the reason that this works so well is because if
you were to take a b12 supplement and you were to swallow it well the problem is you end up in that
same position where you're not actually able to break it down and absorb it well but if you take a
b12 supplement that is sublingual meaning that you take a little tablet you put it under your tongue
and you let it dissolve on your tongue essentially you're bypassing that whole digestive process
and you are helping it circulate directly into the bloodstream through the mucous membranes in your
mouth and so therefore it works out very well much of the research points to taking b12 sublingually
if you are trying to get your levels up regardless of the circumstance of a gastrointestinal issue or
having an autoimmune condition so it works really well i'll put a link in the description below to
the one that i like to use personally because this is actually something i have used i have dealt
with gut issues i have dealt with b12 deficiencies i have dealt with having the lack of energy in
many of the symptoms that we talked about so therefore work on fixing the gut issue increase
the foods that have b12 if you can tolerate them well and then other than that we should focus on
taking b12 some bling willy and this will be the best way to get our b12 levels up so that we don't
deal with all the different symptoms that actually can be quite devastating in nature and if your b12
deficiency goes on for too long it can actually affect your dna and we don't want that to happen
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