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Strongly suspect b12 deficiency.how to cure/treat it w/o dr visit?can't afford dr.can i just take certain amt b12 daily?how much?im 38,115 lbs,5'6.
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Don't self-diagnose: If you are a vegetarian, you need to supplement or you are likely to end up with brain damage. Even the vegan leadership acknowledges this. If you have self-diagnosed B12 deficiency from some other cause, then either you are wrong (and you have symptoms from some other cause which must be discovered) or you have pernicious anemia, for which you need injections to avoid brain damage.
Answered 9/7/2014
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Its said multivitamin pill cant replace natural foods. Then how come vegetarians with b12 deficiency for nerve damage are cured? why pill is not that good then! its synthetic? what if I take vitamin c pill everyday rather than eating oranges.its easy
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