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Vitamin B6 and Anemia, vitamin B12 deficiency

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 16:10

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Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health The vitamin B-complex are essential water-soluble vitamins, including vitamin B1(thiamine), vitamin B2 (riboflavin ), vitamin B3 (niacin), vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), biotin, folic acid and vitamin B12 (cobalamins).
Folic acid (Vitamin B9) is a water-soluble vitamin and a member of vitamin B complex, found abundantly in romaine lettuce, spinach, asparagus, turnip greens, mustard greens, calf’s liver, parsley, collard greens, broccoli, etc.. It plays an important role to synthesize DNA, repair DNA, methylate DNA, as well as to act as a cofactor in certain biological reactions(a) and enhance cell division and growth, etc.
Vitamin B6 and Anemia, vitamin B12 deficiency
According to the study of Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, there is a risk that if folic acid is given to people who have undiagnosed deficiency of vitamin B12 it may lead to neurological damage. Vitamin B12 deficiency produces both an anaemia identical to that of folate deficiency but also causes irreversible damage to the central and peripheral nervous systems. Folic acid will correct the anaemia of vitamin B12 deficiency and so delay diagnosis but will not prevent progression to neurological damage(A).