Vitamin B12

• B12 - Cobalamin

  
  

  • We get B12 from liver, cheese, yeast, fish, eggs etc.
  • We need B12 to help our nervous systems function properly and to make healthy red blood cells.
  • Symptoms of having too little B12 include fatigue, nerve damage and pernicious anaemia.
  • Because vegans don't eat animal products, they're in danger of being B12 deficient.
• functions of vitamin B12?

  makes healthy red blood cells, makes healthy nerve cells
• Main sources of vitamin B12?

  liver, meat, fish, cheese, fortified breakfast cereals, yeast
• what is the deficiency of Vitamin B12?

  pernicious anaemia