Vitamin B12 deficiency affects an estimated three to five percent of the general population, with some experts suggesting the real number could be as high as 10 percent. Among the elderly, at least 20 percent are believed to have dangerously low levels.
Worse still, many of these cases are misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis or mental illness. These misdiagnoses lead to unnecessary suffering and costly, ineffective treatments.
The truth is, vitamin B12 is essential for brain function, nerve health and red blood cell production. Yet doctors frequently fail to test for it. Meanwhile, the rise of veganism, flawed lab standards and pharmaceutical industry influence have turned this easily treatable condition into a public health crisis.
Vitamin B12 deficiency doesn't announce itself with dramatic flair. Instead, it creeps in with fatigue, brain fog and mood swings – symptoms easily dismissed as stress or aging. But left untreated, it can lead to irreversible nerve damage, psychosis and dementia.
Studies show that patients with B12 deficiency often exhibit symptoms identical to Alzheimer's – including memory loss, confusion and personality changes. Shockingly, some experts estimate that half a million people in the United Kingdom alone diagnosed with dementia may actually just need B12 injections.
Yet instead of simple, inexpensive treatment, these patients are funneled into a system that profits from their misdiagnosis. They are prescribed expensive psychiatric drugs or institutionalized in care homes, when a $10 vitamin shot could restore their health...<<<Read More>>>...
