Could It Be B12?: An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses Paperback – January 26, 2011

I'd heard about B12 shots for weight loss/ energy and was interested in seeing how they would worked for me. I found a Groupon deal for B12 shots through a doctor. She explained that due to genetics or digestive distress, some people require B12 shots and the best way to do them is have two within a few days and then once a week after that. Well, I realized after a month that I was feeling the best I'd ever felt - full of energy and ready to greet the day. After two months I stopped going due to a job loss and moved away. Six months later I found another Groupon through a Weightloss Clinic. I went for 2 months and felt nothing. Getting frustrated I tried several weightloss clinics and still felt nothing and felt my body slowing. My energy was drained as I was slipping into a depression, not wanting to get out of beds on the weekend - and gaining weight. Then I found this book.This book explains the different forms of B12 and how the cheapest forms used in most vitamins cannot be absorbed by most people. And some people get severely deficient and how B12 deficiencies mimic other diseases. If the deficiency is caught in time, how it can be life changing and symptoms are reversed. However if not caught in time, it becomes life threatening.With the knowledge I gained from this book, I now understand the differences between the different types of B12. I then called all of the weightloss clinics I'd been to and found out they were ALL using the least absorbable form of B12 - cyano. The doctor I saw the very first time gave me the most absorbable form - methyl - and that's why hers worked so well form me. I then called around various clinics and found a wellness clinic nearby that had cyano and methyl. I told them I only wanted methyl. After my 2nd shot of methyl, I felt great - my energy was back. I explained to the wellness clinic that if I didn't know the difference, and they had given me cyano, I would not have come back to get another one and I would not be a repeat customer. I then questioned why they would even use cyano. Someone who is suffering from a deficiency that may seek out B12 shots, may not be helped by cyano. It's a lot cheaper - but it's not worth losing a patient who doesn't come back because it didn't help them?The Wellness Clinic agreed and stopped carrying cyano and is now only using methyl. I found that when I don't get the shots once per week, I'm unable to cope with the huge amount of stress I'm faced with. I recluse, I'm not motivated, and I can't focus. With regular shots, my house and all the projects I'm working on get done. I am happier and stressful situations don't bother me as much.I wish more people would read this book and some of the other great books on vitamins. Vitamins are essential and are key components to life. I'm appalled at our medical system. Fixing vitamin deficiencies is a lot easier and a lot less expensive than drugs, extensive tests and medical procedures doctors prescribe. Vitamins can save lives. Unfortunately there is a lot of crappy vitamins out their that are a waste of money.I'm glad I found this book and plan to share it with other family members and friends.

This book is amazing! When everyone finds out about B12 and all the B vitamins, no one will ever have to go to the doctor again that’s why doctors don’t want you to find out about it. That’s why the woman that wrote this book got fired from her nursing job because she’s actually trying to help people in the hospital, you guys have got to read this it’s absolutely amazing. Please read it could change your life.

I've had chronic fatigue for around 25 years and frequent migraines for a bit longer. I've been down just about every road I could find for answers, first taking lots of supplements (which were certainly helpful to one degree or another) then checking out various causes such as mercury poisoning (symptoms of fatigue started around the same time I had a bunch of old fillings with new "silver" ones in the late 1980s), Lyme Disease, anyway, long list.To make a very long story much shorter -- a few weeks ago, probably as a result of some purchase or search I had made, Amazon suggested this book to me. I had already started taking B-12 after reading about the Dr. Martin Pall protocol for CFS which uses high dose hydroxocobalamin B-12 among many other supplements. After just a few days on sublingual hydroxo B-12 (Perque Activated B-12) -- in less than one week -- my migraines just stopped cold (had been getting one or two per week, off and on, for years, and frequency was increasing over time). For me, the hydroxo form seems to be more effective than the methyl form of B-12 (I had been taking sublingual methyl B-12 1000 mcg for years and my serum levels were quite elevated).In large part with the help of this book, I have come to realize that I've probably had a B-12 deficiency most of my life (and I'd say further, in retrospect, that B-12 deficiency probably runs in my mother's side of our family). And perhaps what "put me over the edge" in the late 80s was the increased mercury exposure from filling replacement (mercury binds B-12).In any case, during my entire 25 year odyssey with CFS, not one health professional ever suggested that B-12 could be my primary problem (even though I had some blood test indicators they should have caught). Without books like this it might be very difficult for many people to get to the bottom of the cause of their symptoms and thus have to continue being treated by doctors using drugs to suppress symptoms (or, like me, spending massive amounts of money on supplements that couldn't really solve the problem).Update (12-30-11): Since writing this review almost one year ago, I've made another discovery that's even more basic than the B-12 deficiency. After all, one wonders why there's a deficiency in the first place (since I've been taking at least 1000 mcg sublingual B-12 daily for years). I recently discovered that I have genetic gluten sensitivity (similar to celiac disease). Gluten sensitivity can lead to a long list of problems including gut damage which compromises absorption of nutrients, and I found out that gluten sensitivity runs in my family. Going gluten free (absolutely no wheat, rye, or barley - for me, no grains at all, actually) has made a huge difference. Though I had improved my migraine problem with B-12, they're all but eliminated after going gluten free (though I can still give myself a migraine if I eat a few foods I just don't tolerate). Depression is mostly gone, as is chronic insomnia, and my energy level is much better - almost "normal." Gluten is a big issue for many people, and few know about it. And by the way, I am now using methyl B-12 (5000 mcg x 2 daily) instead of the hydroxo form.

There is much we don’t understand about the human body. Diabetic with tremors. Every time I take My meds it soon worsen my tremors even if my b12 level is in acceptable ranges. If I raise my levels of b12 and stop my diabetic go to drug my tremors subside. Now I am extremely strict with diet and exercise everyday. Bam 💥 diabetes under best control ever and tremors almost gone. No more comments about shaking/Parkinson’s. I feel so thankful I got this book it made me rethink my situation and resolve it. I fired my doctor whom forbid me to experiment in a controlled way like I did. I don’t recommend doing what I did but the life I knew was slipping away! If you have neurological issues get this book it might help you to. It changed my life. Remember doctors aren’t gods. That’s why they call it “practicing medicine!” Was a great read and leaded to a better life for myself. Enjoy

Ho appena scoperto la mia carenza di vitamina b12 e questo libro mi ha chiarito un'infinità di cose, lo consiglio vivamente a chiunque.

Enlightening read! Would highly recommend that at least one member of each family to read the book. It is an eye opener regarding the malpractices prevalent all across the world especially in India. Doctors are not taught /trained /ignorant /greedy/casual towards B12 deficiency and varied manifestation from cardiovascular to osteoporosis to mental illness and so on. Tests to measure B12 deficiency are inappropriately prescribed and the reference range /levels are obsolete. Strongly recommend to read. Many health issues that doctors won't address, you may get an answer here. I wish all the doctors read this book and inculcate to have best practices in place.

Hay mas epidemias de falta de nutrientes, pero la de la B12 es de las mas comunes. Es una epidemia relativamente facil de resolver, pero los que tienen las herramientas no les interesa. El libro no solo explica muy bien los problemas asociados a su deficiencia y posibles formas de solucionarlo, también la ceguera del sistema sanitario que prefiere no ver lo obvio a costa del sufrimiento de millones de personas.

Dieses Buch und dann noch diese beiden:- ISBN-13: 978-1491243824 (Vitamin D3 High Doses) TOP!- ISBN-13: 978-0345494580 (Magnesium Miracle) TOP!Gibt es vielleicht auch in Deutsch. Habe mir die Originalen angeschafft.Diese 3 gehören einfach mal zusammen gelesen! Danach versteht man auch, weshalb so viele Leute kronisch krank sind... und was man dagegen in einer günstigen Weise tun kann, statt immer wieder vom Arzt duzende Chemie-Produkte verabreicht zu bekommen.Schon seid fast 30 Jahren glaube ich der "klassischen Medizin" nicht mehr und habe mich mehr in die Natur gewendet und viele dazugehörige "holistic" Bücher wie diese hier, gelesen. Denn die "klassische Medizin", die im 1920 Jahrzehnt von den Rockefeller (oder waren es die Rothchilds?) 100% auf CHEMIE umgestellt wurde (Chemie kann man patentieren, die Natur aber nicht!), "managed" nur Symthome, heilt aber nie! Ausgenommen Anti-Biotiker, die tatsächlich Bakterien töten (aber dann auch unsere Darmbakterien ausrotten können), heilt kein Medikament! Sie glauben es nicht? Dann mal nachgucken uns staunen... Vielleicht gibt's da noch eine einsame Ausnahme, irgendwo... Big Pharma hält uns lebenslang krank, nur so kann es überleben und satte Gewinne machen.Ein verwandtes Buch (Dr. Glidden - ISBN-13: 978-1479272440) beschreibt noch mehr Mängel, usw. Dr. Glidden beschreibt sämtliche Situationen und fast überall geht es um korrigierbare Vitamin und/oder Mineralien DEFIZITE/MÄNGEL! Ein gut versorgter Organismus wird nicht so ohne weiteres krank und das stimmt auch. Wenn wir krank werden, weil wir z.B. B12-Vitamin Mangel haben, wieso sollen wir dann von Big Pharma anti-depressive Medikamente bekommen, um vom eigentlichen Problem "wegzuschauen"? Der Mangel wird dann schon aus allen "Schlupflöschern" heraus kommen wollen, bis wir unter 10-20 Sympthommildenden Medikamenten krepieren... Wenn dem Auto-Motor das Öl fehlt, kann man natürlich weghören bis es krepiert, ist doch 100% unlogisch und dumm! Das Weghören bringt wohl auf längerer Tour keine Lösung, eher noch größere Probleme. Und so geht es sehr vielen Leuten...DIeses Buch und die anderen: 100% empfehlenswert!