Description:
Vitamin B-12 is a member of the B-complex of vitamins, normally needed in only minute amounts. Vitamin B12 is a general term used to define a group of essential biological compounds known as “cobalamins.” The cobalamins are structurally related to hemoglobin in the blood, and a deficiency of vitamin B12 can produce an anemic state in the body. Conventional doctors’ primary concern with maintaining adequate cobalamin status is to protect against anemia. Over the last ten years, however, a number of central and peripheral neurological disease states have been related to a deficiency of a specific cobalamin.