I was just googling B-12 as everyone's been saying it's good to take for nerve regeneration after surgery, and I found this website which says some useful stuff about what's the best way to get it into the body. Apparently just taking B-12 tablets isn't the best way as your body doesn't absorb it. Seeing as I'm nowhere near surgery at the moment I didn't read it too closely but will keep it for future reference, but it might be useful to some of you who are approaching or have just had surgery...
http://www.mcvitamins.com/neuropathy.htm
Not sure if that will work as a link but if you put it in your browser it should work :)
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3 years ago
Interesting link! Thanks for sharing it. It must be a vitamin B thing, because for B folate to absorb, you also need to take it in a different form, l-methyl folate.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found it interesting. Yeah I think for a lot of vitamins taking tablets doesn't really help that much because it's hard to absorb. When I get near surgery I'll be stocking up on whatever's the best way to get some B-12 because I want to do as much as possible to avoid numbness.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I just started taking B-12 for my bad neuropathy.
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