VITAMIN B12 & COVID-19
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"Considerable morbidity is attributed to ‘long-COVID’ – an increasingly recognized complication of infection. Its diverse symptoms are reminiscent of vitamin B12 deficiency, a condition in which methylation status is compromised."
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COVID-19 & B12 WHAT THE WHO ARE SAYING
"The link between immunity and nourishment is clearly known and special attention is being given to its role in the COVID-19 disease Vitamin B12 is one of the dietary requirements necessary in the treatment of coronavirus patients"
RESEARCH
The link between inherited Parkinson's disease and vitamin B12
Spanish research carried out by University of the Basque Country shows that Adenosylcobalamin "acts as an inhibitor of the kinase activity of LRRK2", the enzyme known to be affected by gene mutations in the inherited forms of Parkinson's disease.
Nobel Laureates awarded for their work with vitamin B12
The essential role that nutrients play in our everyday lives has been known for centuries, with Nobel prizes in Physiology or Medicine, for their work with vitamins, being awarded in 1934 to George Hoyt Whipple, George Richards Minot and William Parry Murphy, and in 1965 to Robert Burns Woodward, in 1957 to Lord (Alexander R.) Todd, then in 1964 to Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. Yet the realities of B12 deficiencies are still very much misunderstood.
OUR CHARITY'S LETTER TO GOVERNMENTS RE:
Withdrawal of vitamin B12 injections for patients during Covid-19 crisis
Archived Documents & Files
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SCIENCE DIRECT -
"COVID-19...Is vitamin B12 deficiency an accomplice?"
"This review shows that B12 deficiency associates in multiple areas very similar to where COVID-19 exerts its damaging effects..."
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NHS
HEALTH RESEARCH AUTHORITY
"Vitamin D and B12 Levels – a Clue to Severity of Respiratory COVID-19"
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"Our hypothesis is, therefore, that vitamin D and/or B12 levels are associated with more severe COVID-19."
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RESPONSE LETTER TO THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
Retired nurse Hilary Davidson wrote to the BMJ in August 2020 - Read what she says:
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"I am writing to the BMJ because I think there is an important subject ignored by doctors in the treatment of Covid-19. The symptoms of post-covid-19 patients are much the same as that of Vitamin B12 deficiency."