Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 is part of the group of B VitaminsIt 'a water soluble vitamin, in its center there is a cobalt atom. its for the cobalt atom that is also called Cobalomina.It is produced either by the animals or plants but microorganisms.The animals feed on plants contaminated with these microorganisms.Carnivorous animals eat instead of herbivorous animals that have assimilated these microorganisms eating contaminated plants.It is then synthesized by the human body and must therefore be introduced through food animals, mainly sheep liver.Vitamin B12 is important for the synthesis of hemoglobin.Its deficiency leads to the pernicious anemia or deficiency of red blood cells in the bone marrow.It needs, however, about 20 years because they generate a pathological condition in a healthy individual who does not assimilate this vitamin. That's why those who decide to become a vegetarian in adulthood apparently does not seem to suffer the consequences.Involved in the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, helping to convert food into energy.The vitamin B12 deficiency can be diagnosed easily because it creates depression, fatigue, weakness, pain in arms and legs (it is also called "Vitamin energizing"), dizziness, palpitations and stammer.Those who have high levels of this vitamin runs less risk of memory loss with aging because the nervous system is protected from the risk of degeneration of cells of the nervous system.Vitamin B12 is very useful for the hair, makes it possible to keep them strong and healthy because it regenerates the cells of the hair bulb and scalp.It also helps to transform beta carotene into Vitamin A.You may suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency by following a balanced diet, this due to the absence of a substance called "external factor" that helps to assimilate.The absence of this "factor" makes useless any attempts at assimilation of the vitamin by the body.