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What's the doctor's recommendation to increase my b12 levels?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Vitamin B12: Vitamin B 12 levels can be increased through injection, oral supplementation or eating foods such as Beef, Cheddar Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Eggs, Catfish, Caviar, Cod, Herring, Perch, Pollock, Salmon Sardines, Tuna, Lamb, Pork, Veal , Yogurt, Hamburger Beef Sausage, Hot Dog (Beef) or Ground Chicken.

Answered 10/24/2015

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