OOPS! Re: To nurses who might know

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At 10:07 AM -0400 9/20/01, Beauby1022050943@... wrote:

>I was wondering if you knowlegeable people can tell me what it means when

>your B12 Serum is high. After 3 blood tests mine is high and don't know what

>to do about it. Thanks, Ellen(Pam

I found the reference. http://www.cyberdiet.com/foodfact/vitmins/vitmins.html

I had it backwards:

Folate (Vitamin B9)

Folate (Vitamin B9, also called folic acid or folacin)

is a water

soluble B vitamin. Major dietary sources of folate include green

leafy vegetables, organ meats, meat, poultry, seafood, legumes

(dried beans), seeds, and whole grain breads and cereals. Folate

requirements are increased during pregnancy. Like most water

soluble vitamins, excess intake of folate is excreted

and not stored

in the body. Folate is sensitive to heat, oxygen and

ultraviolet light.

Like other water soluble vitamins, folate leaches into

cooking water.

Major Body Functions:

Important in the synthesis of DNA

Acts with vitamin B12 in the formation of red blood cells

Deficiency Symptoms:

Pernicious anemia (large cell type)

Depression

Excessive Intake and Toxicity Symptoms:

May mask symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a water soluble vitamin.

Major dietary

sources of vitamin B12 include meat, poultry, fish,

milk, eggs, and

cheese. Vitamin B12 is found almost exclusively in animal

products. Unlike other water soluble vitamins, vitamin B12 is

stored in the liver. Vitamin B12 is sensitive to

ultraviolet light.

Major Body Functions:

Aids in energy metabolism

Aids in red blood cell formation

Helps maintain the central nervous system

Necessary for folate activity

Deficiency Symptoms:

Pernicious anemia (large cell type)

Degeneration of peripheral nerves leading to paralysis

Sore tongue and weakness

Excessive Intake and Toxicity Symptoms:

No evidence of Vitamin B12 toxicity has been noted from

oral intake.

--Steve

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