Synthetic vs Natural Vitamin B12
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 5 March 2020
⏱️ 5 minutes
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This podcast is in response to a question relating to the difference between synthetic and natural vitamin B12.
The synthetic version of vitamin B12 is called cyanocobalamin. The natural version of vitamin B12 is called methylcobalamin.
The main reason why people get synthetic vitamin B12 is that it’s cheaper. In many cases, on the label of synthetic vitamin B12, it will say something like 5000%. But, more is not always better. The reason why it’s 5000% is that it takes so much of it to be absorbed.
Cyanocobalamin (synthetic vitamin B12):
• Is not easily absorbed
• Splits of into cyanide
Methylcobalamin (natural vitamin B12):
• Bonds to protein (needs stomach acid to break it down)
• You also need the intrinsic factor
* I recommend methylcobalamin (natural vitamin B12). Most animal products are also filled with vitamin B12.
You might have a problem absorbing vitamin B12 if you:
• Have low stomach acid
• Have atrophic gastritis (take Zypan)
• Had stomach surgery
• Take metformin
• Are a vegan (you can get B12 from wheatgrass juice powder)
Side effects of a vitamin B12 deficiency:
• Diarrhea
• Nausea
• Upset stomach
• Rash
• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Joint pain
• Fatigue
B12 is involved in:
1. The production of red blood cells
2. Brain function/nerve function
3. The creation of DNA
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting, |
| 0:04.4 | whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product. |
| 0:10.5 | Call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 5405.7. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and natural B12. The synthetic version of B12 is called cyanocobolamine and the natural |
| 0:57.1 | version is methyl-cobolamine. Now the main reason why people get this |
| 1:01.5 | version is it's incredibly cheap and on the label sometimes it'll say I don't know 5,000% of normal and people think more is better. |
| 1:17.0 | Well the reason why it's 5,000% is that it takes so much of it to be absorbed. It takes four steps for it to convert into this version to then be absorbed. So number one, it's not absorbed easily. |
| 1:26.5 | But number two, this splits off into cyanide. And you heard me correctly, I said cyanide. Now, I don't know about you, maybe it's just me, but I don't want cyanide in my body. |
| 1:39.7 | And of course they'll say it's non-toxic in small amounts, |
| 1:43.6 | unless you're a smoker, okay, because there's |
| 1:46.6 | cyanide in certain brands of cigarettes. |
| 1:49.6 | Or your profession is involved in mining, where there could potentially be more cyanide or pest control. |
| 1:55.6 | But for the normal person that's healthy, they say that cyanide is not toxic in small dosages. |
| 2:06.8 | I don't know, I'm just going to avoid it in my body because I don't want poison in my body. They said that trans fats weren't bad and then they found that it was bad. |
| 2:12.1 | They said that phyllidomide wasn't bad and then they found that it was bad. They said that Philidomide wasn't bad and then they found it was bad. They even said that smoking wasn't bad until they found it causes cancer. |
| 2:20.0 | The last thing I want to do is have them find out that, oh, we just found out cyanitis, |
| 2:23.7 | poisonous and small dosages, I don't want that to happen. |
| 2:27.4 | If you're going to take B12, methyl-cubulamine is the version that I would recommend. |
| 2:32.4 | It's bound to a protein so it takes acid in your |
| 2:35.9 | stomach to break it down. If you don't have enough stomach acid it's going to be difficult |
| 2:41.6 | to absorb this or extract it from the food that you're eating. |
| 2:45.0 | Most animal products like meat and even liver are filled with B12, |
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