Conclusion: Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency is 47% in north Indian population. This data shows that Vitamin B12 deficiency is widespread in Indian population (article is wrong about India being largely vegetarian though)
ijem.in/article.asp?is…
ijem.in/article.asp?is…
"Absorption — bioavailability — of B12 can vary, depending on the source. About 50% of B12 from meat and fish is absorbed into the bloodstream. However, only around 9% of B12 in eggs is bioavailable. Milk contains surprisingly little B12". @MariaXCross
medium.com/feed-your-brai…
medium.com/feed-your-brai…
"Several of her customers who drop in for a haircut have complained of excessive hair fall, poor texture and brittle strands...."
“So many of them have returned to tell me they were in fact, severely deficient in B12,” she says.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/hea…
“So many of them have returned to tell me they were in fact, severely deficient in B12,” she says.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/hea…
"Using 200 pg/ml as threshold, 53.6% of total participants had low vitamin B12 concentration (66.6% of female students and 70.6% of female employees), while 16.3% of study population was severely deficient having serum vitamin B12 level below150 pg/ml.
ijnpnd.com/article.asp?is…
ijnpnd.com/article.asp?is…
Apparently healthy Indian lactovegetarians have significantly lower vitamin B12 as compared to non-vegetarians. This is not due to defective absorption but to low dietary intake of this vitamin. karger.com/Article/PDF/20… Study done in 1975!!
Conclusions: Low vitamin B12 concentrations are common in Indian young adult men, particularly in vegetarians. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings in other parts of India. ijmedicine.com/index.php/ijam…
"B12 is the most critical element in the metabolism of every cell in the human body. Deficiency can cause anemia, weakness of limbs and dementia. Pregnant women who lack this vitamin can give birth to brain-damaged babies, which can lead to autism".
downtoearth.org.in/news/food/pres…
downtoearth.org.in/news/food/pres…
Conclusion: Vitamin B12 deficiency increases cognitive decline, accentuates vascular risk factors in neuropsychiatric illnesses, increases homocysteine levels contributing to the vascular comorbidity in cerebro and cardiovascular illnesses.
ijpm.info/article.asp?is…
ijpm.info/article.asp?is…
Conclusion: Clear association of vitamin B12 deficiency with maternal and infant diet and impaired neurodevelopmental status was found which has important implications for millions of children in this country.omicsonline.org/open-access/ep…
The prevalence of deficiencies of Vitamin B12, Vitamin A and Vitamin D also hover between 14% to 31% for pre-school children to adolescents. (Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey, India 2019)
thewire.in/health/governm…
thewire.in/health/governm…
"The prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency was 14% among pre-school children, 17% among school-age children and 31% among adolescents" popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/2…
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