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B-12 and Folic Acid in Vegans, Vegetarians and Omnivores.

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

People on vegetarian or vegan diets have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a higher risk of nutritional deficiencies than omnivores. Vitamin B-12 is found naturally in animal products and in artificially fortified foods (breakfast cereals, plant-based milks, soy products and yeast extracts). Vitamin B-12 deficiency is defined as a blood level below 118 […]

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Conditions: Anemia, Cardiovascular disease, Nutritional deficiencies, Pernicious anemia, Spinal cord injury

Supplements: Folic acid (folate), Vitamin B-12

Foods: Soybeans

Miscellaneous: Homocysteine, Omnivore, Ovolacto-vegetarian diet, Vegan, Vegetarian

Lithium and CNS Neuroprotection.

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dr. Gary Pack

Lithium, FDA-approved to treat bipolar disorder (BD), has been USED for 60 years. However, lithium protects and benefits the central nervous system, and there are even indications that lithium can treat other neurodegenerative diseases. Patients with BD who take lithium may experience a reduction of grey matter loss usually seen with that disease. Lithium, also, […]

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