Dietary Intake of Vitamin B12 is Better for Restoring a Low B12 Status Than a Daily High-Dose Vitamin Pill: An Experimental Study in Rats

Dietary Intake of Vitamin B12 is Better for Restoring a Low B12 Status Than a Daily High-Dose Vitamin Pill: An Experimental Study in Rats

Vitamin B12 (B12) is present in foods of animal origin, and vegans are encouraged to take supplements with synthetic B12 in order to ensure a sufficient uptake. Recent rat studies suggest that natural (hydroxo-B12, HO-B12) and synthetic (cyano-B12, CN-B12) B12 behave differently in the body. Here, w...

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Main Authors: Eva Greibe, Ole Nymark, Sergey N. Fedosov, Christian W. Heegaard, Ebba Nexo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
dietary vitamin B12
vitamin pills
hydroxocobalamin
cyanocobalamin
tissue distribution
B12-depleted rats
vegan
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/8/1096

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