Posted by banga on March 27, 2005, at 8:34:28
In reply to Re: blood tests for vitamins? » scatterbrained, posted by Larry Hoover on March 26, 2005, at 12:09:08
Lar,
I have wondered about something....I have very high levels of B12, partly due to supplementation, that I started when I finally recognized my bizarre physical symptoms as B12 deficiency.
My question is: if my blood levels (and spinal fluid) were high to begin with, what do you think--might it indicate that my body is unable to maximally utilize B12, thus it builds up in the blood?
My deficiency was largely caused by alcohol consumption, but since B12 is not known to be directly affected by alcohol consumption, I have wondered if the alcohol simply hit me at the weakest point--that I already had subclinical B12 deficiency and the alcohol pushed it over the edge..
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