Re: Ideal B-12 level? White blood cells low?

What you can do right now is to start supplementing with a good methylcobalamine supplement - which is the best form of the stuff to take. Jarrow makes a great one, it's sublingual.

Pam

March 5, 2010

Actually BEFORE taking any B12 I would strongly suggest testing Parietal Cell

Abs,Intrinsic Factor Abs, Urinary MMA, Homocysteine, RBC Folate, CBC & ESR.

I'm certain the folks on the forum you linked to will tell you the same thing.

In fact the Author of the book " Could it be B12? " used to regularly post on

there. Not sure if she still does.

I think you need B12 injections with that level. You also need to establish WHY

levels are so low.

As well as investigating possible Pernicious Anemia, Coeliac should be ruled out

too.

When you start B12 make sure you also take active Folate NOT Folic Acid. What

you need is Folinic Acid and/or 5-MTHF (5-Methyltetrahydrofolate).

I get both from iHerb Thorne Research Folacal & 5-MTHF.

Lethal Lee

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> Hi Alixe,

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> What you can do right now is to start supplementing with a good

methylcobalamine supplement - which is the best form of the stuff to take.

Jarrow makes a great one, it's sublingual.

>

> Pam

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March 5, 2010

Hi All: Regarding b12, for me it has to be sublingual or I don't absorb it at

all. I might as well throw the b12 pills in the garbage as swallow them, for

all the good they'd do me. I HAVE to dissolve them under my tongue to get the

benefit of them. Just my two cents on the best way to get those pesky b12

levels up.

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> Hi Alixe,

>

> What you can do right now is to start supplementing with a good

methylcobalamine supplement - which is the best form of the stuff to take.

Jarrow makes a great one, it's sublingual.

>

> Pam

>

March 5, 2010

Actually very little of any B12 swallowed tab gets absorbed irrespective of

whether the B12 is a good form or not. And irrespective of whether you have good

stomach acid, digestion or health.

Sublingual B12 is much better absorbed by everyone.

Lethal Lee

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> > Hi Alixe,

> >

> > What you can do right now is to start supplementing with a good

methylcobalamine supplement - which is the best form of the stuff to take.

Jarrow makes a great one, it's sublingual.

> >

> > Pam

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March 5, 2010

Thanks much, Lee. From what I was reading on the B12 group - I had seen the

postings from that author in 2007 (early postings), who had suggested getting

MMA and homocysteine tested BEFORE starting on B12, so I planned to wait to

start B12 in order to figure out if I needed other tests first. I tried posting

Q's to the group - such as what tests to get - but my second post wouldn't go

through, saying I need administrator approval.

So....I'm left waiting and I really want to connect back with my doc on this

today - before the weekend - so I can get bloodwork ordered ASAP.

Can you private message me, briefly explaining what each of the below labs

represent/indicate? I do have a CBC lab done, which showed low white blood cell

count; I got this done at the same time as the B12. The only test on the CBC

that came up low was the white blood cell count. It was below range. Regarding

Celiac testing - I'd had an endoscopy 8 years ago, along with bloodwork, that

showed negative. I did have an IgG prior to that that showed I was sensitive

to wheat, however, and I have avoided gluten for 8 years as I do not feel well

consuming it. So, I am gluten-intolerant but not Celiac as far as those tests

go.

Any help today is so appreciated!

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> > Hi Alixe,

> >

> > What you can do right now is to start supplementing with a good

methylcobalamine supplement - which is the best form of the stuff to take.

Jarrow makes a great one, it's sublingual.

> >

> > Pam

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March 5, 2010