Description
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is an especially important vitamin for maintaining healthy nerve cells, and it helps in the production of DNA and RNA, the body’s genetic material. Vitamin B12 works closely with vitamin B9, also called folate or folic acid, to help make red blood cells and to help iron wor
People at risk for B12 deficiency include vegans or vegetarians who also don’t eat dairy or eggs –vitamin B12 is found only in animal products; people with problems absorbing nutrients, due to conditions such as Crohn’s disease, pancreatic disease, and people who have had weight loss surgery.
