The Science of Sublingual B12

The Science of Sublingual B12

IF you've already heard of Sublingual B12 and all the health benefits, you're on the right track to optimal health. Let's delve deeper into exactly what Sublingual B12 is all about.

The word “sublingual” literally means “under the tongue.” It refers to a method of administering substances in the mouth so that they can be rapidly absorbed into the blood vessels. The substance is absorbed through the buccal mucosa and into the sublingual vein where it has direct access to the blood circulation and is then carried throughout the whole body. Medical science has been using this method for years in the administration of cardiovascular drugs, steroids, and some barbiturates. The sublingual method has been life-saving for individuals who have had to rely on its speed and efficiency during times of critical emergency.

Here is why you might not be getting your B-12 with those other vitamins!

When the B-12 vitamin enters your body in the stomach (through food or oral pills), acids in the stomach separate the B-12 from its protein source. It then must combine with intrinsic factor cells in the stomach. This B-12/intrinsic factor complex travels to your intestine, where it is absorbed in the terminal ileum. The absorbed complex is then transported via blood plasma and stored in the liver.

The interruption of any of these steps affects your body’s ability to absorb Vitamin B-12. Here is a list of common interruptions to Vitamin B-12 absorption:

1. As you age (over 45) or become overly reliant on acid suppressing agents like antacids, your ability to produce gastric acids in the stomach decreases, meaning that the B-12 is less likely to be released from its food source.
2. An auto immune or other disease reduces the production or blocks the action of intrinsic factor, resulting in intestinal malabsorption.
3. People with pernicious anemia have decreased production of intrinsic factor.
4. Abdominal surgery reduces Vitamin B-12 absorption.
   • Gastrectomy eliminates the site of intrinsic factor production.
   • Blind loop syndrome results in competition for vitamin B-12 by bacterial overgrowth in the lumen of the small intestine.
   • Surgical resection of the ileum eliminates the site of vitamin B-12 absorption.
5. Pancreatic insufficiency such as fish tapeworm infection and severe Crohn's disease affect absorption.

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