| It's something we read or hear about all the time: | | | | fatigue, hallucinations, balance problems, and vision |
| people, in general, do not eat healthy. The average | | | | disturbances.People who have followed a vegetarian |
| diet contains too much saturated fat and simple | | | | diet most of their life are more at risk of B-12 |
| carbohydrates, elements that can lead to heart | | | | deficiency. Since B-12 can be reabsorbed, people who |
| disease, obesity and other serious conditions. While | | | | become a vegetarian later in life will typically do not |
| not all people who follow a vegetarian diet do so for | | | | display any symptoms of deficiency for as many as |
| health reasons, such a diet is beneficial to the | | | | five years. It is a good idea to prevent deficiency |
| health.There are three main types of vegetarians. | | | | from occurring because it is relatively difficult to |
| Lacto vegetarians do not consume any meat, but | | | | reverse the effects of vitamin B-12 deficiency.Vitamin |
| instead live on fruits, vegetables and dairy. The | | | | B-12 deficiency can also result in increased levels of |
| lacto-ovo vegetarian diet is similar to the lacto | | | | homocysteine in the body. Homocysteine is an |
| vegetarian, with the exception that individuals who | | | | antioxidant that when in high levels can have a toxic |
| follow this diet consume eggs. As the name implies, | | | | effect on the body. This is an important issue |
| fruitarians follow a diet restricted to fruits, but they | | | | because as many as 20% of the people diagnosed |
| may also eat nuts and seeds. Considered the most | | | | with heart disease have elevated levels of |
| strict vegetarian diet, vegans do not eat meat, eggs, | | | | homocysteine in their blood.The recommended |
| or dairy.The only negative aspect of the vegetarian | | | | dosage of vitamin B-12 is 10 micrograms. If you |
| lifestyle is the high probability of vitamin deficiency. | | | | follow a vegetarian lifestyle, it is recommended that |
| Depending on the type of vegetarian diet followed, | | | | you have your blood checked to check for |
| an individual may not obtain the proper nutrients their | | | | deficiency. If your doctor detects that you have a |
| body needs to function properly. One vitamin that is | | | | B-12 deficiency, they will provide additional information |
| absent in most vegetarian diets is B-12. Vitamin B-12, | | | | about the amount of B-12 you should take.Why not |
| which exists in meat, dairy, eggs, and poultry and is | | | | check out our nutrition guide at Gibb is the owner of |
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| symptoms of B-12 deficiency include dementia, | | | | subscribers. |