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RHR: Why B12 Deficiency Is Significantly Underdiagnosed
Category: Health
Duration: 00:21:10
Publish Date: 2017-05-19 11:44:07
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In this episode we discuss:
  • The problem with conventional B12 serum testing
  • The prevalence of B12 deficiency
  • Why even omnivores may be deficient
  • The serious consequences of B12 deficiency going undiagnosed
  • Lab results: what to look for
  • Nutrients rich in vitamin B12
Show notes: [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehealthyskeptic/RHR_-_Why_B12_Deficiency_Is_Significantly_Underdiagnosed.mp3" title="RHR: Why B12 Deficiency Is Significantly Underdiagnosed " artist="Chris Kresser" ] Chris Kresser: Hey, everybody, Chris Kresser here. Welcome to another episode of Revolution Health Radio. This week, we have a question from Kristin. Let's give it a listen. Kristin: Hey, Chris, my name is Kristin. I have a question for you in regards to vitamin B12 and deficiency in it. I was doing some research on vitamin B12 a while back because I have severe anxiety and panic attacks, and I noticed that sometimes people that have symptoms like that have B12 deficiency. But I also came across some articles in regards to our fingernails and how the half moons will be gone if we have vitamin B12 deficiency. I don't know if that's something that is common in functional medicine to look at, is the fingernails, or stuff like that. But that's really been interesting to me lately and I would just really love to know your opinion on that. Thanks. Chris: That's a great question. I often get questions like this related to the fingernails as markers of nutritional deficiency, and there is some limited data on nutritional deficiency showing up in the fingernails. It can be one of the many diagnostic criteria for nutritional deficiencies, but in some cases, the data is stronger than they are in other cases, and I wouldn't use fingernails as the sole way of diagnosing a nutritional deficiency. I would think about it as one sign that could point us toward doing further diagnostic workup for nutritional deficiencies that would include lab testing, blood testing in most cases, sometimes urine testing.
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