Hello Everyone,
Hope you are doing well. Enjoying the fall season? ... Brrrrrr....
(Wednesday Reiki sessions and courses at end of this article).
As I was putting together this article on B12, I thought I'd share my motivation – so much lacking in everyone I see for LBA - almost an epidemic... and as more and more young people switch to being vegan - for whatever reason - and often doing it on advise of advertorials in dastardly "health" magazines covertly plugging prodcuts such as soy and spirulina and such. I shudder. And also quite "shuddering " is the misdiagnoses due to masked symptoms from those we trust with outr health! So here are some details just in case it has any bearing on your health today. So pardon me for not minding my own business (a carnivorous trait...)
I always assumed GPs tested for B12 once in a while... lack of it masks many things that get amazing labels in mainstream medicine – depressions, anemia, chronic fatigue, etc.
There are several kinds of B12 and are not all created equal.
Analog B12, the kind that you cannot absorb is removed from the body thru the stool. If they test your stool for B12 then it’s Analog (not human active) that they find and they’ll say it’s fine! You can actually be quite deficient of the real kind in spite of their tests. We get the analog kind mostly from eating plants and it can block the good B12.
Analog is found in spirulina, chlorella, sea vegetables, tempeh, barley, malted syrup, shitake mushrooms, soy beans. It’s presence blocks the absorption of any good B12 - Hydroxocobolomine and Methylcobolomone. These are the two bio-available B12’s which are found mainly in liver, clams-mussels-oysters, top sirloin beef, salmon, trout, haddock, yoghurt, cheese and milk, tuna, eggs. (An example - one egg has the same amount as 1/2 chicken). An omnivore who turns into a vegetarian can become very deficient in as little as 4 months!
B12 deficiency can parade/mimic as many other conditions such as inflammation, indigestion, constipation poor co-ordination, mood swings, depressions, MS, chronic fatigue, adrenal fatigue, Infertility and increases autism symptoms.
Hydroxocobolomine and Methylcobolomone are the good B12’s. When bioavailable (food and supplements), help with improving sleep quality, degenerative neurological diseases, depression, detoxing thru methylation and quite a bit more takes place.
Cyanocobolomine B12 supplements – the kind most often seen on the health store shelves - is ineffective and requires higher dosages for little effect.
B12 is part of a complex dance – the stomach acid hydro-chloric acid and R-protein has to be in good supply in the stomach and these tend to decrease with age when not given attention. The enzyme Pepsin and intrinsic factor in the small intestines has to be in good supply – and can only be so with good healthy vila and no dysbiosis (leaky gut syndrome).
Low hydrochloric acid in the stomach doesn’t control the bacteria there properly and creates more of the analog B12 that blocks the good B12 and this leads to bloating and reduces the intrinsic factor in the intestines. Many people have this low hydrochloric acid – easy to fix.
GP’s can offer tests for good B12 – as long as they are not blood tests as these often deliver false positives and false negatives and also measure the free analog B12 – dumb idea. These standard tests suggest numbers above 550 pg/ml as okay and healthy – as set in Japan as normal (less in North America is deemed okay).
The most useful test is a methyl malonic acid (MMA) urine test (and hopefully it’ll be above .58 to 3.56 MMA ug/mg.)
Your GP will offer B12 shots – a great idea if mercury fillings have been removed from the teeth – otherwise there will be more harm than good to the nerve endings. Eating your way to B12 health is a wonderful alternative option.
So is a live blood analysis sessions to see how you're doing and where you're at.
That’s it from me – talk to you soon,
Merrie
604-261-7742
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This empowering full day Basic REFLEXOLOGY class is comprehensive and encompasses everything you need to know to give a yor family, friends and loved ones a serious session. (There may be some people who wish to work with a reflexology buddy - 10% discount for each of you, if you bring a friend or mate.) Discount for couples and seniors.
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Level One: * how to feel energ * several methods of channelling energy * protection, grounding, centering, entrainment * guided meditations * powerful energy work with the chakras * useful elements from other modalities * energy exercises * the history of Reiki * the uses for Reiki * Reiki principles * Reiki hand positions * treating oneself * treating others * group reiki treatments * Level I Reiki attunements * manual & Reiki I certificate * Reiki Shares. 604-261-7742, info@reflexologyreiki.com, http://www.reflexologyreiki.com/classes.
I feel like a new woman again! That is for sure. I went and purchased all the things you suggested and am taking them diligently. Merrie, keep doing what you are doing 'cause you do it so well and you are so valuable and needed in this world!
Carolyn T
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