Sublingual
B-12, B-6 and Folic Acid all in one tablet
B
Vitamins Save Lives and significantly reduce toxic
homocysteine - a
deadly
risk factor for Heart Disease. Research recently
reported in the
November
29, 2001 edition of the New England Journal
of Medicine
conclusively
demonstrates that Vitamin B-12, B-6 &
Folic Acid supplements
significantly
lower homocysteine levels. Deadly
homocysteine plays a key role in
artery blockage that causes heart attack and
strokes.
B
Vitamins are
nature’s “feel-good”
nutrients, promoting energy, stamina, mental
clarity and improved mood.
Sublingual B-12, B-6 & Folic Acid
tablets are
designed to dissolve
under the tongue to speed B Vitamins directly to
the bloodstream where
they go to work – without the need for
expensive, often painful, B-12
injections.

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Unlike
caffeine and other
artificial stimulants, B vitamins don’t
give you that artificial jolt
of
energy, followed by an inevitable letdown.
Your body uses B vitamins
the
way nature intended – to give you
sustained stamina and mental clarity
throughout the day, every day.
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Laboratory
tests
show
a
sublingual
delivery
system raised blood levels of vitamin B-12
by
90% One
great-tasting
tablet
melts
quickly under your tongue and is absorbed
directly
into the bloodstream – providing you over
100% of the RDI for B-12, B-6
and Folic Acid Boosts
energy levels, restores mental clarity and
supports emotional
balance
One of the
most
vital functions
of Vitamin B12 relates to its role as a methyl
(CH3) donor in many
chemical
reactions, which means that it is responsible for
delivering one of the
body’s most fundamental molecular units to
facilitate your body’s basic
biochemistry. Vitamin B12 is also essential for
healthy immune system
function,
as well as the synthesis of hemoglobin, which is
required to transport
all oxygen and CO2 in your body.Vitamin
B12 is essential for the synthesis of the genetic
material in all your
cells and is required for normal cell growth and
devel-opment. It is
essential
for energy production, since you cannot metabolize
carbohydrates or
burn
fat without Vitamin B12. It is also an important
part of your body’s
process
for converting homo-cysteine to methionine,
thereby reducing
homocysteine
levels and supporting cardiovascular health. Like
all of the B-Complex
vitamins, Vitamin B12 is easily depleted by stress
and whether from
food
or a supplement, is perhaps the most complex and
difficult to absorb of
all vitamins.
Vegetarians or
individuals
consuming a
primarily plant-based diet may be at higher risk
of Vitamin B12
deficiency
since its best sources are animal products. In
short, all the critical
roles that Vitamin B12 plays in your body,
combined with its difficult
absorption and availability prima-rily from
animal products compels a
careful
review of your diet to determine whether you are
getting adequate
levels.
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These
statements
have not
been evaluated by the FDA.
This
product
is not intended
to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any
diseases.
More
Interesting
Information
about B12:
This
information was taken
from a fact sheet developed by the Clinical
Nutrition Service, Warren
Grant
Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes
of Health (NIH),
Bethesda,
MD, in conjunction with the Office of Dietary
Supplements (ODS) in the
Office of the Director of NIH.
Who may need a
vitamin
B12 supplement?
Individuals with
pernicious anemia
Pernicious anemia is
a form of
anemia
that occurs when there is an absence of
intrinsic factor, a substance
normally
present in the stomach. Vitamin B12 binds with
intrinsic factor before
it is absorbed and used by your body. An absence
of intrinsic factor
prevents
normal absorption of B12 and results in
pernicious anemia.
Individuals with
gastrointestinal disorders
Individuals with
stomach and
small intestinal
disorders may not absorb enough vitamin B12 from
food to maintain
healthy
body stores. Sprue and celiac disease are
intestinal disorders caused
by
intolerance to protein in wheat and wheat
products. Regional enteritis,
localized inflammation of the stomach or small
intestine, also results
in generalized malabsorption of vitamin B12.
Excess bacteria in the
stomach
and small intestine also can decrease vitamin
B12 absorption.
Surgical procedures
of the
gastrointestinal
tract such as surgery to remove all or part of
the stomach often result
in a loss of cells that secrete stomach acid and
intrinsic factor.
Surgical
removal of the distal ileum, a section of the
intestines, also can
result
in the inability to absorb B12. Anyone who has
had either of these
surgeries
usually requires lifelong supplemental B12 to
prevent a deficiency.
Older Adults
Vitamin B12 must be
separated
from protein
in food before it can bind with intrinsic factor
and be absorbed by
your
body. Bacterial overgrowth in the stomach and/or
atrophic gastritis, an
inflammation of the stomach, contribute to
vitamin B12 deficiency in
adults
by limiting secretions of stomach acid needed to
separate vitamin B12
from
protein in food. 10 to 30 percent of older
people may be unable to
absorb
vitamin B12 in food.
Vegetarians
Vegetarians who do
not eat
meats, fish,
eggs, milk or milk products, or B12 fortified
foods consume no vitamin
B12 and are at high risk of developing a
deficiency of vitamin B12.
When
adults adopt a vegetarian diet, deficiency
symptoms can be slow to
appear
because it usually takes years to deplete normal
body stores of
B12.
However, severe symptoms of B12 deficiency, most
often featuring poor
neurological
development, can show up quickly in children and
breast-fed infants of
women who follow a strict vegetarian diet.
What is the
relationship
between vitamin
B12, homocysteine, and heart disease?
A deficiency of
vitamin B12,
folate, or
vitamin B6 may increase your blood level of
homocysteine, an amino acid
normally found in your blood. There is evidence
that an elevated blood
level of homocysteine is an independent risk
factor for heart disease
and
stroke. The evidence suggests that high levels
of homocysteine may
damage
coronary arteries or make it easier for blood
clotting cells called
platelets
to clump together and form a clot.
This
information was taken
from a fact sheet developed by the Clinical
Nutrition Service, Warren
Grant
Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes
of Health (NIH),
Bethesda,
MD, in conjunction with the Office of Dietary
Supplements (ODS) in the
Office of the Director of NIH.
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yours today!
B-12,
B-6 and Folic Acid benefits:
Vitamin B12, or
cobalamin,
was
isolated
form
a
liver extract in 1948 and identified as the
nutritional factor
in
liver that prevented pernicious anemia, a deadly
type of anemia
characterized
by large, immature red blood cells. Vitamin B12
is a bright red
crystalline
compound because of its high content of cobalt.
Vitamin B12 works with
folic acid in many body processes, including the
synthesis of DNA, red
blood cells, and the insulation sheath (the
myelin sheath) that
surrounds
nerve cells and speeds the conduction of the
signals along nerve cells.
In order to absorb the small amounts of vitamin
B12 found in food, the
stomach secretes intrinsic factor, a special
digestive secretion that
increases
the absorption of vitamin B12 in the small
intestine.
Vitamin B12
supplementation
could be appropriate
in many conditions, including AIDS, impaired
mental function in the
elderly,
asthma and sulfite sensitivity, depression,
diabetic neuropathy, low
sperm
counts, multiple sclerosis, and tinnitis.
Deficiency Signs and
Symptoms
Unlike other
water-soluble
nutrients, vitamin
B12 is stored in the liver, kidney, and other
body tissues. As a
result,
signs and symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency may
not show themselves
until
5 to 6 years of poor dietary intake. The classic
deficiency symptom of
vitamin B12 deficiency is pernicious anemia.
However, a deficiency of
vitamin
B12 actually affects the brain and nervous
system first.
A vitamin B12
deficiency
results in impaired
nerve function, which can cause numbness,
pins-and-needles sensations,
or a burning feeling. It can also cause impaired
mental function that
in
the elderly mimics Alzheimer’s disease. Vitamin
B12 deficiency is
thought
to be quite common in the elderly and is a major
cause of depression in
this age group.
In addition to
anemia and
nervous system
symptoms, a vitamin B12 deficiency can also
result in a smooth, beefy
red
tongue and diarrhea. This occurs because rapidly
reproducing cells such
as those that line the mouth and entire
gastrointestinal tract cannot
replicate
without vitamin B12.
Several
investigators have
found the level
of vitamin B12 declines with age and that
vitamin B12 deficiency is
found
in 3 to 42 percent of persons aged 65 and
over.
Researchers recently
studied 100 consecutive
geriatric outpatients who were seen in
office-based settings for
various
acute and chronic medical illnesses; none of
these outpatients
presented
symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency-related
diseases like pernicious
anemia.
In this group, 11 patients had serum cobalamin
levels at 148 pmol/L
(picomole
per liter) or below, 30 patients had levels
between 148 and 295 pmol/L,
and 59 patients had levels above 296 pmol/L.
After the initial
cobalamin
determination, the subjects were followed for up
to 3 years. The
patients
with cobalamin levels below 148 pmol/L were
treated and were not
included
in the analysis of declining cobalamin levels.
The average annual serum
cobalamin level decline was 18 pmol/L for
patients who had higher
initial
serum cobalamin levels (actual range, from 224
to 292 pmol/L. For
patients
with lower initial cobalamin levels, the average
annual serum cobalamin
decline was much higher at 28 pmol/L.
These results
indicate that
in the elderly
the following screen tests for vitamin B12 have
a high cost-to-benefit
ratio.
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Level
of vitamin B12
in the blood (serum cobalamin)
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Level of
homocysteine
Correction of an
underlying
vitamin B12
deficiency improves mental function and quality
of life in these
patients
quite significantly.
Vitamin B6,
also
known as pyridoxine
is part of the B group vitamins and is
water-soluble and is required
for
both mental and physical health.
Vitamin B6 -
pyridoxine -
has been shown
effective for the balancing of hormonal changes
in women as well as
assisting
the immune system and the growth of new cells.
It is also used in the
processing
and metabolism of proteins, fats and
carbohydrates, while assisting
with
controlling mood as well as behavior. Pyridoxine
might also be of
benefit
for children with learning difficulties, as well
as assisting in the
prevention
of dandruff, eczema and psoriasis.
It assists in the
balancing
of sodium and
potassium as well as promotes red blood cell
production. It is
further
involved in the nucleic acids RNA as well as
DNA. It is further linked
to cancer immunity and fights the formation of
the toxic chemical
homocysteine,
which is detrimental to the heart muscle.
Women in particular
may
suffer from pre-menstrual
fluid retention, severe period pains, emotional
PMS symptoms,
premenstrual
acne and nausea in early pregnancy. Mood swings,
depression, as well as
loss of sexual drive is sometimes noted when
pyridoxine is in short
supply
and the person is on hormone replacement therapy
or on birth control
pills.
Deficiency of
vitamin B6
Irritability,
nervousness
and insomnia
as well as general weakness, skin changes such
as dermatitis and acne
as
well asthma and allergies might develop when
pyridoxine is in short
supply.
Symptoms may include nails that are ridged, an
inflamed tongue as well
as changes to your bones - which can include
osteoporosis and
arthritis.
Kidney stones may also appear.
Vitamin B6 is needed
by the
body to manufacture
its own B3 vitamin.
Should you be
taking
antidepressants,
contraceptive pills or be on hormone replacement
therapy you may need
more
of this vitamin. As this vitamin is readily lost
in the urine, it must
be taken regularly to ensure an adequate amount
in the body.
Anybody on a very
high
protein diet, using
alcohol, or allergic to MSG (mono sodium
glutamate) and/or tartrazine
may
also consider increasing their vitamin B6
intake.
Folic acid,
also
known as Vitamin
B9, is also referred to as folacin or folate and
its chemical name is
pteroylglutamic
acid.
Vitamin B9 - folic
acid -
is required for
Folic acid is
required for
DNA synthesis
and cell growth and is important for red blood
cell formation, energy
production
as well as the forming of amino acids. Folic
acid is essential for
creating
heme, the iron containing substance in
hemoglobin, crucial for oxygen
transport.
It is important for
healthy
cell division
and replication, since its involvement as
coenzyme for RNA and DNA
synthesis.
It is also required for protein metabolism and
in treating folic acid
anemia.
Folic acid also assists in digestion, and the
nervous system, and works
at improving mental as well as emotional health.
This nutrient may be
effective
in treating depression and anxiety.
Shortage of folic
acid may
be indicated
with diarrhea, heartburn and constipation.
Folic acid is very
important in the development
of the nervous system of a developing fetus.
Deficiency of
Folic Acid
-vitamin B9
A deficiency of
folic acid
on an unborn
baby may increase the risk of the baby being
born with spina bifida and
other serious defects of the nervous system.
When deficient of
folic
acid, you might
suffer from fatigue, acne, a sore tongue,
cracking at the corners of
your
mouth (same as deficiency of vitamin B2, vitamin
B6 as well as iron).
Long
term deficiency may result in anemia and later
in osteoporosis, as well
as cancer of the bowel and cervix.
Best used with
Folic acid is more
effective when taken
with vitamin B12 and vitamin B6. Vitamin C is
also good to have around
folic acid.
Pregnant women are
sometimes advised to
take a small supplement of folic acid to help
prevent spina bifida and
other congenial nervous disorders, and may also
assist to reduce the
risk
of toxemia in pregnancy, premature labor and
hemorrhaging. It is also
thought
to enhance the production of milk after
delivery.
Sufferers of
psoriasis may
consider taking
folic acid, people under stress or anyone
consuming alcohol.
Women on birth
control
pills or busy with
hormone replacement therapy may benefit from
folic acid.
Localized
deficiencies of
folic acid may
exist for smokers, as low levels have been
detected in the lungs of
smokers.
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been evaluated by the FDA.
This
product
is not intended
to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any
diseases.
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