Vitamin B Complex — Expert Claims
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29 expert mentions
“some of the most important things I found are B vitamins”
B vitamins are among the most important factors in addressing cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.
“vitamin D Omega-3s B vitamins all these really help”
B vitamins, along with vitamin D and Omega-3s, are key nutrients that help the brain grow, heal, and repair.
“some of the most important things I found are B vitamins”
B vitamins are among the most important factors in addressing cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.
“vitamin D Omega-3s B vitamins all these really help”
B vitamins, along with vitamin D and Omega-3s, are key nutrients that help the brain grow, heal, and repair.
“And the best way to do that is to make sure B12 levels are optimal.”
The best way to keep homocysteine levels down is to ensure B12 levels are optimal.
“one of the first things to worry about if you if you're just focusing on plants only is a deficiency uh in vitamin B12.”
One of the first nutritional concerns for those on a plant-based diet is deficiency in vitamin B12.
“B vitamins, especially if you're on a plant-based diet, but for everybody, don't be deficient in these.”
B vitamins (especially B12, B6, and B3) are important for everyone, but particularly for those on a plant-based diet, who risk deficiency.
“methylation testing for homocysteine methol acid you know the B vitamins we're talking about like folic acid or the you know vitamin D or Omega-3s and you know zinc I the selenium we list goes on and we see iodine the tremendous amount of deficiencies that exist”
B vitamins are among the nutritional markers assessed during functional medicine evaluation, and deficiencies are widely underdiagnosed in the population.
“methylation testing for homocysteine methol acid you know the B vitamins we're talking about like folic acid or the you know vitamin D or Omega-3s and you know zinc I the selenium we list goes on and we see iodine the tremendous amount of deficiencies that exist”
B vitamins are among the nutritional markers assessed during functional medicine evaluation, and deficiencies are widely underdiagnosed in the population.
“studies that have shown accelerate a variety of diseases, heart disease is the major one, but also dementia in the brain. think what's going on is that aging is being accelerated of these B vitamins.”
Low levels of B vitamins are associated with accelerated aging and a variety of diseases, including heart disease and dementia.
“there are a lot of studies that have shown that deficiencies in B12 accelerate a variety of diseases. Heart disease in is the major one, but also dementia in the in the brain.”
Studies have shown that deficiencies in B12 accelerate heart disease and dementia.
“found she had a really high level of something called methon acid and homocysteine which are things that most doctors don't check but reflect your status of B12 which is methanic acid and homocysteine which is the folate and even B6”
High levels of methylmalonic acid and homocysteine reflect poor B12 and folate (and even B6) status, which are linked to depression and cognitive decline.
“you look at methylation which is about B vitamins”
Methylation, which depends on B vitamins, is one of the key variables evaluated in a functional medicine approach to Alzheimer's prevention and treatment.
“Because the B vitamins are the ones that make sure you have the the methyls that are added and subtracted from the DNA that controls the DNA methylation clock.”
B vitamins control DNA methylation by providing the methyl groups added and subtracted from DNA, which regulates the DNA methylation clock.
“found she had a really high level of something called methon acid and homocysteine which are things that most doctors don't check but reflect your status of B12 which is methanic acid and homocysteine which is the folate and even B6”
High levels of methylmalonic acid and homocysteine reflect poor B12 and folate (and even B6) status, which are linked to depression and cognitive decline.
“you look at methylation which is about B vitamins”
Methylation, which depends on B vitamins, is one of the key variables evaluated in a functional medicine approach to Alzheimer's prevention and treatment.
“these minerals and vitamins so you're talking about magnesium zinc calcium B vitamins like these are these are co-actors for these enzymes to make these enzymes run properly and if you have if you don't have you know sufficient levels of those vitamins”
B vitamins act as co-factors for enzymes, and insufficient levels impair proper metabolic and enzymatic function.
“the B vitamins are one are the ones that make sure you have the the methyls that are added and subtracted from the DNA that controls the DNA methylation clock”
B vitamins ensure you have the methyl groups needed for DNA methylation, which controls the DNA methylation clock.
“you need all the methylating B vitamins folate B12 B6 um and you need these are all co-actors that basically power all those detox enzymes that are processing all the toxins”
B vitamins (including folate, B12, and B6) are required co-factors for detoxification enzymes that process toxins in the body.
“these minerals and vitamins so you're talking about magnesium zinc calcium B vitamins like these are these are co-actors for these enzymes to make these enzymes run properly and if you have if you don't have you know sufficient levels of those vitamins”
B vitamins act as co-factors for enzymes, and insufficient levels impair proper metabolic and enzymatic function.
“you need all the methylating B vitamins folate B12 B6 um and you need these are all co-actors that basically power all those detox enzymes that are processing all the toxins”
B vitamins (including folate, B12, and B6) are required co-factors for detoxification enzymes that process toxins in the body.
“And the result of low B vitamins is an elevated level of homocysteines. - Well, that's a markers, yeah, exactly. measures homocysteine levels because it's been shown to go up disease and dementia.”
Low B vitamin levels result in elevated homocysteine levels, which are a marker associated with heart disease and dementia.
“the main reason I think what's going on is that aging is being accelerated when you don't have enough of these B vitamins.”
Sinclair believes that aging is accelerated when you don't have enough B vitamins.
“If you have low levels of B12, it's known that you have deficiency in the ability to methylate DNA, and that will mess up your epigenome and very likely accelerate the clock in a way that causes aging.”
Low levels of B12 are known to cause deficiency in the ability to methylate DNA, which disrupts the epigenome and very likely accelerates the aging clock.
“we fixed his insulin and blood sugar we fixed his gut we fixed his B vitamins we got rid of the Mercury and the guy literally came back like rip and weak from the dead”
Fixing B vitamins, along with addressing insulin, gut issues, and mercury toxicity, was part of a comprehensive treatment that dramatically reversed an Alzheimer's patient's decline.
“I basically gave her B12 shots high doses of methyl folate which is a particular kind saw she had some genes that made her need a special kind of folate and she called me back and was doing amazing and all of her symptoms had gone away”
Hyman gave a patient with MCI B12 shots and high doses of methylfolate (a special form of folate suited to her genetics), which resolved her depression and severe cognitive decline symptoms.
“measure my B vitamins.”
Sinclair personally measures his B vitamin levels.
“we fixed his insulin and blood sugar we fixed his gut we fixed his B vitamins we got rid of the Mercury and the guy literally came back like rip and weak from the dead”
Fixing B vitamins, along with addressing insulin, gut issues, and mercury toxicity, was part of a comprehensive treatment that dramatically reversed an Alzheimer's patient's decline.
“I basically gave her B12 shots high doses of methyl folate which is a particular kind saw she had some genes that made her need a special kind of folate and she called me back and was doing amazing and all of her symptoms had gone away”
Hyman gave a patient with MCI B12 shots and high doses of methylfolate (a special form of folate suited to her genetics), which resolved her depression and severe cognitive decline symptoms.