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Vitamin Mineral Deficiency Symptoms
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- What Is It? & Symptoms
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What Is It?
Vitamin B12 is needed to produce an adequate amount of healthy red blood cells in the bone marrow. Vitamin B12 is available only in animal foods (meat and dairy products) or yeast extracts (such as brewer's yeast). Vitamin B12 deficiency is defined by low levels of stored B12 in the body that can result in anemia, a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can develop for the following reasons:
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Absence of intrinsic factor, also called pernicious ...
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