B 12 inyectable, anyone??

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Hi

I`ve been looking for some answers and experiences about this, but some people say it does nothing others say it boost your energy..So what do you think about getting an inyection of vitamin b-12 once per week when doing intervals and hard workouts, does it help for recovery?

Thanks a lot for your answers!

I had mine today, following a 6 monthly blood test on Monday last. Once you start these things you are on them for life, my body won't absorb B12 from my food the way it should any more. Maybe a good multi vitamin is all you need and some more rest.

Once you start these things you are on them for life, my body won't absorb B12 from my food the way it should any more. What do you mean by that?. Does that mean than inyecting b12 makes the body unable to absorb it from the food? explain please.

Thanks

Apparently so. I was on fortnightly injections and still got chronic fatigue.

What do you mean by that?. Does that mean than inyecting b12 makes the body unable to absorb it from the food? explain please.

Thanks
Some people, more so when we age, produce less intrinsic factor in the stomach which is necessary for absorption of B12. Thus, pernicious anemia may result and injections can become necessary. If you want a "boost", try sublingual (under the tongue) B12.

Apparently so. I was on fortnightly injections and still got chronic fatigue.
That's because an excess of one B vitamin, and creating an imbalance/improper-proportion relative to the other B vitamins, will create a defficiency in the other B vitamins.

http://www.nspforum.com/faq/index.cgi?read=901


The B vitamins work together as a complex and are dependent upon each other to perform their individual tasks in the body. The insufficient intake of one B vitamin can create imbalances and deficiencies in others and impair the body's ability to assimilate and metabolize them. If a depletion or excess of one over the other occurs for a period of any duration, there will be a problem in the entire complex. Because of this relationship between the B vitamins, an isolated deficiency of only one B vitamin is rarely seen. This is another good reason for taking the B vitamins as a complex, a whole, and not separately.

no it does not help for recovery:D

Some people, more so when we age, produce less intrinsic factor in the stomach which is necessary for absorption of B12. Thus, pernicious anemia may result and injections can become necessary. If you want a "boost", try sublingual (under the tongue) B12.


What sort of dose? I take 1000mg pills but have never tried the sublingual method. I'll try it now...