If you follow a vegan or vegetarian diet, are over the age of 50 , or live with a digestive condition like Crohns disease or pernicious anaemia, your body might struggle to absorb B12 from your food
see Table 1) ( TABLE 1 Vitamin B12 Adequate Intake [AI] across life course ( Comparable age groupings are proposed in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, though the recommended intake levels differ, beginning at 0.5 g in infancy, increasing to 2.4 g for adults, and rising modestly during pregnancy and lactation (2.6 g and 2.8 g, respectively
While benign, the urinary discolouration may interfere with colorimetric laboratory analyses, and may impede intermittent haemodialysis due to the pigment distribution across the dialysate membrane triggering colorimetric blood leak sensors
Possible side effects Nausea Diarrhea Decreased appetite Vomiting Constipation Dyspepsia (indigestion) Abdominal pain If side effects are severe or persistent, contact your healthcare provider
Supplementing B-12 through injections provides a rapid, bioavailable dose directly into the bloodstream
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