Did you know that many of the vitamin B12 supplements contain small amounts of cyanide? Many people assume that the mass market vitamin manufacturers have your best interest in mind when developing and selling products. Roaming the aisles in the store, you will find thousands of “natural” products in this category that you may not think twice about what is in them. However, after taking a closer look, you will find a dark side of this industry, especially supplement companies that are owned by the pharmaceutical giants like Bayer.
How Is Cyanide Found In Vitamin B12?
The form of vitamin b12 used in nearly all mass-market vitamins is called cyanocobalamin. This is a cyanide-based form of b12 and it is the most common form found on the market! Unknown to most consumers, cyanocobalamin is found in a wide range of vitamins and foods as a synthetic additive.
This form of b12 is used because it is so cheap. This form is made via total chemical synthesis, from mammalian tissue, or recovered from activated sewage sludge! Ew- gross! Another reason why it is used is that it is quite stable and won’t easily perish.
How Does Cyanide Affect B12?
However, despite most vitamin manufacturers using this form, it is not the ideal form of vitamin b12. This is because the cyanide must be removed from the cobalamin in order for the cobalamin to perform its biological roles in the body.
People with a higher toxic body burden or higher cyanide exposure are less likely to be able to properly detoxify the additional toxins, such as the cyanide they consume through their supplements. This could be quite dangerous as the body’s toxic burden will eventually hit a threshold where it will no longer be able to handle any more toxins of any kind.
It is quite interesting that cyanocobalamin is listed in the government’s toxicity database as generally known or suspected to cause serious health problems. Cyanocobalamin is also on the list of toxins that the EPA must regulate, set a standard for, and try to reduce or eliminate.
So, what should you do?
There are severe consequences of vitamin b12 deficiency though as well. Luckily there is another form of vitamin b12 and the ideal form for supplementation is methylcobalamin. This form is typically more expensive. However, you are getting a natural, biologically available form of vitamin b12 without any toxins! This form is able to absorb under the tongue and is also a methyl donor.
After much research, we have found this vitamin b12 to be the best on the market! And no, it does NOT contain any cyanide!
Please contact us at Dody Chiropractic Center for Wholeness if you have any questions regarding vitamin b12 supplementation!
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