If left untreated, it can get worse
These cells are like tiny delivery trucks carrying oxygen throughout your body
Bacteria-derived hydroxocobalamin (OHCbl) and CNCbl are converted in humans to useful coenzyme forms to support metabolic processes such as mitochondrial methylmalonylcoenzyme A mutase conversion of methylmalonic acid (MMA) to succinate to link lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, and activation of methionine synthase, the rate limiting step in the synthesis of methionine
Foxx understands why patients default to this verbiage: B12 deficiency symptoms, as it turns out, are considered non-specific, meaning theyre quite subjective and not exactly measurable, he says
These reactions can be life-threatening and require immediate medical attention
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