Did you know that your brain shrinks as you age? Vitamin B12 is believed to help protect the brain against this age-related atrophy. It also plays an important role in maintaining healthy functions of the brain and nervous system. Vitamin B12 is needed for the formation of new blood cells.
Vitamin B12 deficiencies have been linked to brain atrophy and impaired cognitive brain functions. B12 is found in meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk and milk products in good concentrations. Fortified breakfast cereals can also be a good source for B12. Those on purely vegetarian and vegan diets and the elderly are more susceptible to vitamin B12 deficiencies.
The elderly should supplement their diet with vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is absorbed poorly in the elderly. That's why so many elderly revert to getting b12 shots, at least until a different delivery system was created by Dr. Alfred Libby.
Dr. Alfred Libby, M.D., a renowned authority on therapeutic nutrition and longtime associate of Nobel Prize Laureate, Dr. Linus Pauling, began to explore an alternative delivery system for Vitamin B-12. The goal was to bypass the stomach where this essential nutrient is not easily absorbed.
In early spring of 1980, Dr. Libby approached his colleagues with his new theory that B-12 could be delivered to the bloodstream sublingually (under the tongue). Biochemists and his medical colleagues were quick to dismiss the idea. However, he was persistent and they eventually decided to give his theory a try, although they were convinced it would fail.
Six weeks later the first clinical trial was underway. Shortly after, Dr. Libby's Sublingual B-12 invention was deemed a complete success - blood levels of B-12 increased from 1.2% to over 90%! In fact, Dr. Libby's patented sublingual delivery method is able to deliver up to 98% absorption where oral tablets have as little as 2%.
Dr. Libby closely followed B vitamin research throughout his lifetime-with special attention to the work of Dr. Kilmer McCully, who pioneered a B Vitamin/Homocysteine theory in the 1960s. Dr. McCully theorized and later proved, that homocysteine, a toxic amino acid, was the culprit in a large percentage of heart disease cases.
Both Dr. McCully and Dr. Libby knew that B Vitamins-specifically B-12, B-6, and folic acid-detoxified homocysteine and helped prevent heart disease. By the 1990s researchers began to uncover homocysteine's link to other killers-stroke, diabetes and Alzheimer's, among others.
As a result of this research, Dr. Libby took a new look at his patented Sublingual B-12, and added the perfect homocysteine-fighting proportions of B-6 and folic acid. The final result of 20 years of dedicated research and testing is TriVita's unique, patented Sublingual B-12, B-6 & Folic Acid-doctor-formulated for maximum absorption every day.
Whether you're young, middle-age, or one of the elderly, taking vitamin b-12 on a daily basis has benefits that will last a lifetime. The benefits far outweigh any side affects that may be related to the use of this all important vitamin.
To learn more about TriVita's Sublingual Vitamin B-12, click on the previous link.
Jeffrey Sloe
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jeff@internetmarketingadvisors.net
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