vitamin b 12

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while my wife was putting our little one to sleep, i performed the

search i mentioned

once again: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

this is the National Library of Medicine, in the US

 

in this simple search (vegetarianism AND B 12), 213 citations came up

here is a brief survey, and some are full text:

 

1: Herrmann W, Obeid R, Schorr H, Geisel J.

Functional vitamin B12 deficiency and determination of

holotranscobalamin in

populations at risk.

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2003 Nov;41(11):1478-88.

PMID: 14656029 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

2: Rachmel A, Steinberg T, Ashkenazi S, Sela BA.

Cobalamin deficiency in a breast-fed infant of a vegetarian mother.

Isr Med Assoc J. 2003 Jul;5(7):534-6. No abstract available.

PMID: 12901258 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

3: Dagnelie PC.

[Nutrition and health--potential health benefits and risks of

vegetarianism and

limited consumption of meat in the Netherlands]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2003 Jul 5;147(27):1308-13. Review. Dutch.

PMID: 12868158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

4: Herrmann W, Schorr H, Obeid R, Geisel J.

Vitamin B-12 status, particularly holotranscobalamin II and

methylmalonic acid

concentrations, and hyperhomocysteinemia in vegetarians.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jul;78(1):131-6.

PMID: 12816782 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

5: Antony AC.

Vegetarianism and vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) deficiency.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jul;78(1):3-6. Review. No abstract available.

PMID: 12816765 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

6: Huang YC, Chang SJ, Chiu YT, Chang HH, Cheng CH.

The status of plasma homocysteine and related B-vitamins in healthy

young

vegetarians and nonvegetarians.

Eur J Nutr. 2003 Apr;42(2):84-90.

PMID: 12638029 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

7: Misra UK, Kalita J, Das A.

Vitamin B12 deficiency neurological syndromes: a clinical, MRI and

electrodiagnostic study.

Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol. 2003 Jan-Feb;43(1):57-64.

PMID: 12613142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

8: [No authors listed]

Neurologic impairment in children associated with maternal dietary

deficiency

of cobalamin--Georgia, 2001.

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Jan 31;52(4):61-4.

PMID: 12578322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

9: Plevrakis P.

Iron and vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia in a vegetarian.

Dent Update. 2002 Dec;29(10):515. No abstract available.

PMID: 12572200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

10: Obeid R, Geisel J, Schorr H, Hubner U, Herrmann W.

The impact of vegetarianism on some haematological parameters.

Eur J Haematol. 2002 Nov-Dec;69(5-6):275-9.

PMID: 12460231 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

11: Krajcovicova-Kudlackova M, Blazicek P.

[Nutritional determinants of homocysteinemia]

Cas Lek Cesk. 2002 Jul;141(13):417-20. Slovak.

PMID: 12238029 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

12: Kwok T, Cheng G, Woo J, Lai WK, Pang CP.

Independent effect of vitamin B12 deficiency on hematological status

in older

Chinese vegetarian women.

Am J Hematol. 2002 Jul;70(3):186-90.

PMID: 12111763 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

13: Iamaroon A, Linpisarn S, Kuansuwan C.

Iron and vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia in a vegetarian: a diagnostic

approach

by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and radioimmunoassay.

Dent Update. 2002 Jun;29(5):223-4.

PMID: 12096380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

14: Misra A, Vikram NK, Pandey RM, Dwivedi M, Ahmad FU, Luthra K, Jain

K,

Khanna N, Devi JR, Sharma R, Guleria R.

Hyperhomocysteinemia, and low intakes of folic acid and vitamin B12 in

urban

North India.

Eur J Nutr. 2002 Apr;41(2):68-77.

PMID: 12083316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

15: Cornejo W, Gonzalez F, Toro ME, Cabrera D.

[subacute combined degeneration. A description of the case of a

strictly

vegetarian child]

Rev Neurol. 2001 Dec 16-31;33(12):1154-7. Spanish.

PMID: 11785055 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

16: Fogarasi A, Neuwirth M, Bekesi A, Bocskai E.

[Macrocytic anemia and neurological signs due to vitamin B-12

deficiency in a

breast-fed infant of a strict vegetarian mother]

Orv Hetil. 2001 Nov 18;142(46):2581-5. Hungarian.

PMID: 11770177 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Now, I personally am not worried, if the digestion is good and the

patient eats dairy and eggs

Nonetheless, one study stated the following:

 

"Serum levels of vitamin B12 are significantly reduced in subjects

consuming alternative nutrition with deficiency observed in 67% of

vegans, 32% of vegetarians, 14% of semivegetarians vs. 0% in control

group (Krajcovicova-Kudlackova M, Blazicek P.)

 

call me racist, call me fascist, call me a nazi skin head white

supremacist

call me whatever you want

but in the end, they are hollow assertions perhaps based on nothing

else except impending neurodegeneration

 

anyway, for me, its EOD

its getting too boring

Caldecott

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