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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
According to a study in the December online edition of Diabetes Care, the current recommended daily allowance for vitamin B12 is too low for people taking metformin, an oral drug used to treat diabetes.
Using data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2006, researchers from Emory University?s Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) have found that the Institute of Medicine?s (IOM) current recommendation may be too low for those with type 2 diabetes currently being treated with metformin.
The IOM recommends all adults over the age of 50 consume 2.4 ?g of synthetic vitamin B12 daily via supplements or fortified food.
http://shared.web.emory.edu/whsc/ne...-daily-intake-of-vitamin-b12,-study-says.html
Using data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2006, researchers from Emory University?s Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) have found that the Institute of Medicine?s (IOM) current recommendation may be too low for those with type 2 diabetes currently being treated with metformin.
The IOM recommends all adults over the age of 50 consume 2.4 ?g of synthetic vitamin B12 daily via supplements or fortified food.
http://shared.web.emory.edu/whsc/ne...-daily-intake-of-vitamin-b12,-study-says.html