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Does vitamin b9 /folic acid/ needs gastric intrinsic factor to be absorbed like the b12 vitamin ?

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No: It's absorbed readily as long as the small intestine is basically intact. Here's a recent scientific review. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc3573592/.

Dr Machanic and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 4/16/2014

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