| When you start researching the different types of | | | | vitamins. This is the category that B12 falls into. |
| vitamins in your diet and what your body needs to | | | | Although the vitamin can be stored, it can't always |
| survive, you start to find there are lot of different | | | | be used properly. Therefore, eating a healthy diet |
| kinds. Each one of those vitamins helps your body in | | | | every day with foods containing adequate amounts |
| a slightly different way, which is why a good balance | | | | of vitamin B12 is very important. If we don't do this, |
| of vitamins is crucial for good health. Vitamin B12 is a | | | | our bodies are not going to function properly. If you |
| part of the vitamin B family and our metabolism | | | | don't think you are getting enough of this vitamin, a |
| would be affected without it. It's also very important | | | | talk with your doctor or nutritionist can suggest |
| to making red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout | | | | which supplements to take or foods to eat more of. |
| the body. Without that, our nervous system would | | | | Sources of B12 |
| also be adversely affected to the point where you | | | | Diet will always be the best way to obtain the right |
| couldn't tell which was cold, hot, itchy or painful. | | | | amount of B12 your body needs. If you eat a |
| Types of vitamins | | | | healthy and balanced diet, then getting the right |
| When you get down to it, there are only two major | | | | amount of B12 should not be a worry for you and |
| categories of vitamins. The first category is for | | | | vitamin supplements would be unnecessary. Good |
| vitamins that are fat-soluble. Examples of these are | | | | sources of vitamin B12 include eggs, chicken, pork, |
| vitamins K and E. Because they are fat-soluble, these | | | | beef, shellfish and dairy products like milk. However, if |
| vitamins can be stored in the body and even | | | | you have certain dietary restrictions, allergies or other |
| produced by the body. Therefore, a deficiency in | | | | medical conditions, a good B12 supplement may be |
| these vitamins is usually rare. | | | | required. |
| The other category of vitamins is the water soluble | | | | |