Chronic GI Problems

One of the things I have learned in Veterinary medicine is that animals with chronic GI problems do not absorb Vitamin B12 very well and that until you replace Vitamin B12 nothing else you do treatment wise will help very well. So how do you replace Vitamin B12 if it cannot be absorbed well? It has to be given via injection. A light clicked on for me recently... I have people that I am very close to that have chronic GI problems. Could Vit B12 help them? I urged them to consult with their doctors and they started taking Vit B12 injections once weekly. The results have been dramatic and quick... feeling better and being able to eat things they could not have eaten previously. Since then I have learned that people who are on various medications for gastric reflux, etc. also poorly absorb B12, i.e. the medications impair the absorption of B12. Vitamin B12 is a water soluble vitamin that is vital in many of the physiologic processes of the body. It's amazing that something so cheap and so simple can have such dramatic effects.