Vitamin B12

amop — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:29:58 GMT

Okay, so Iâ€™ve been reading some message boards and other thoughts about how a vitamin B12 deficiency could cause problems with â€œhealingâ€ and I have to wonder if this is the reason the cuts on my hand and at the corners of my mouth donâ€™t healâ€¦for a LONG time.

Right now I just have a few splits on my fingers, and after a few NuSkin applications Iâ€™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 Iâ€™m up in the middle of the night several times to change and nurse my son. Donâ€™t want to change the diapers with the sleeping gloves on, so thankfully my husband assists with that. I also canâ€™t feel anything too well through the gloves, so trying to nurse and navigate things like the tv remote are difficultâ€¦so I just end up taking them off after a few hours on. Guess itâ€™s not the worst thing in the world, but Iâ€™m still hoping for more than one night a week sleeping until at least 6am.

Back to B12. Iâ€™m still taking prenatal vitamins, so Iâ€™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 havenâ€™t found to be terribly better than the Burts Bees products, she didnâ€™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 Iâ€™d need to look into more as itâ€™s classified as category C and Iâ€™m nursing
- The RDA is 1microgram
- Although itâ€™s water soluble, itâ€™s also destroyed by water (huh?)
- As it is water soluble, you canâ€™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 Iâ€™m nursing and donâ€™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.

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Vitamin B12