Vitamin B12
Okay, so I’ve been reading some message boards and other thoughts about how a vitamin B12 deficiency could cause problems with “healing” and I have to wonder if this is the reason the cuts on my hand and at the corners of my mouth don’t heal…for a LONG time.
Right now I just have a few splits on my fingers, and after a few NuSkin applications I’m managing quite well. The gash on my thumb actually healed quite nicely. Split a few times before finally sealing. I have been sleeping with my gloves and thick cream, but it becomes a bit unproductive when I’m up in the middle of the night several times to change and nurse my son. Don’t want to change the diapers with the sleeping gloves on, so thankfully my husband assists with that. I also can’t feel anything too well through the gloves, so trying to nurse and navigate things like the tv remote are difficult…so I just end up taking them off after a few hours on. Guess it’s not the worst thing in the world, but I’m still hoping for more than one night a week sleeping until at least 6am.
Back to B12. I’m still taking prenatal vitamins, so I’m not sure how extra B12 is going to help. I need to do some reading up on that. I did ask the dermatologist I saw in December about things that would help my skin and although she gave me a prescription for cream that I haven’t found to be terribly better than the Burts Bees products, she didn’t mention taking any supplements.
Although I need to spend more time reading up on B12, I did learn the following thus far:
- B12 is naturally occurring in most animal products (fish, meat, milk products, etc.)
- Man made B12 is something I’d need to look into more as it’s classified as category C and I’m nursing
- The RDA is 1microgram
- Although it’s water soluble, it’s also destroyed by water (huh?)
- As it is water soluble, you can’t overdose
- Sunshine also destroys it
Now I need to go read up on my prenatal vitamin and see how much is in there. I do eat more milk products right now as I’m nursing and don’t want the calcium taken out of my bones. I believe, based on my current diet, that I should be getting enough to meet the RDA.
In the meantime, I keep a bottle of NuSkin by all of my medication. Nightly dose of healing power.