A vitamin B12 shortage can cause a variety of health issues, ranging from exhaustion to permanent neurological abnormalities
Metformin, commonly prescribed for diabetes, and proton pump inhibitors used for acid reflux can both reduce B12 absorption over time
If vitamin B12 is ingested in its free (or nonprotein bound form), it will bind to a carrier protein known as R-binders or transcobalamin I that is secreted by both the salivary glands in the oropharynx and the gastric mucosal cells within the stomach.1,2,8 The free vitamin B12 ingested by mouth will remain in the bound form with an R-binder until it reaches the second segment of the duodenum in the small intestine
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The methylcobalamin does not influence this effect