| Your body requires very little vitamin b12 or cobalamin | | | | - Eye problems |
| and most of us get sufficient quantities of it in our | | | | - Headaches |
| normal meals to satisfy our daily requirements. | | | | - Hallucinations |
| Although it's rare to see vitamin b12 deficiency | | | | - Inflamed tongue |
| symptoms it can still be useful to be able to recognise | | | | - Breathing difficulties |
| them just in case. | | | | - Loss of memory |
| You're most vulnerable to vitamin b12 deficiency if | | | | - Palpitations |
| you've vegan and don't use the available dietary | | | | - Neurological damage |
| supplements containing vitamin b12. Infants | | | | - Tinitus or ringing in the ears |
| breast-feeding from vegan mothers can also be at | | | | Vitamin b12 is commonly found in animal products like |
| risk. Vitamin b12 supplements are generally regarded | | | | eggs, dairy, fish, meat and animal organs. B12 is rarely |
| as safe because there are few known adverse | | | | found in vegetables, which is why vegetarians and |
| effects of overdose. | | | | especially vegans who don't eat dairy products or |
| The main symptom that arises from vitamin b12 | | | | meat, are especially at risk. If you fall into this category |
| deficiency is a type of anemia that causes you to feel | | | | then you should consider using vitamin supplements |
| tired, weak and lethargic. You might also feel nauseous, | | | | containing b12. |
| constipated and become very flatulent (gas). You may | | | | It's also important to realise that the operation of |
| also lose your appetite and suffer weight loss. | | | | vitamin b12 is dependent on sufficient quantities of |
| More severe cases can give vitamin b12 deficiency | | | | other vitamins being present in your body so you |
| symptoms, which include: | | | | should take care to get a balanced diet to avoid |
| - Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet | | | | vitamin b12 deficiency symptoms. |
| - Insomnia | | | | Summary: |
| - Loss of memory | | | | Your body requires very little vitamin b12 or cobalamin |
| - Dizziness | | | | and most of us get sufficient quantities of it in our |
| - Lack of balance | | | | normal meals to satisfy our daily requirements. |
| - Depression | | | | Although it's rare to see vitamin b12 deficiency |
| - Digestive problems | | | | symptoms it can still be useful to be able to recognise |
| - Dizziness | | | | them just in case. |
| - Liver enlargement | | | | |