Vitamin Deficiency

Our fully equipped medical clinic is equipped with an on-site comprehensive laboratory to test for vitamin deficiencies, perform comprehensive blood work, and optimize and replace all deficiencies. Contact us at 800.217.1968 to schedule your appointment.

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You can also request to meet with one of our physicians and go over your medical history and symptoms and concerns that you may be having.

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Vitamin Deficiencies

When you don’t get enough of a certain nutrient, you can become deficient in that nutrient. Depending on what the nutrient is, a deficiency can affect your body in several different ways, up to and including by causing death. Deficiencies can be caused by a poor diet, illnesses, malabsorption, not obtaining enough of the nutrient or vitamin, or our lifestyle. Alcohol use in addition to certain medications, drugs, and activities can deplete you of certain vitamins and nutrients.

 

What are two common vitamins that people are deficient in?

Two examples of vitamins which your body needs and may become deficient in are vitamin B12 and vitamin D. Vitamin B12 helps with the proper functioning of the blood cells, energy, immune system, metabolism, brain, and nerves, while vitamin D plays an important role in energy, metabolism, turning food into fuel, weight loss and a healthy skeletal system.

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If a person is suffering from a vitamin B12 deficiency, or shows signs of vitamin D deficiency and displays low vitamin D symptoms, those nutrients should be replenished as quickly as possible. The fastest and most effective way to replenish those vitamins is through an IV drip or injections, like the kind offered by IV Vitamin Therapy.

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Why do people get vitamin d deficiency?

Most of us do not spend the required time obtaining the needed daily sunlight to absorb the amount of vitamin D our bodies need. Once levels become low it is oftentimes difficult to have them return to optimal levels without prescription vitamin d replacement or IV vitamin D or injection therapy.

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Why do people get vitamin b12 deficiency?

As we get older our bodies do not absorb vitamin b12 as they did before. Some people have malabsorption issues that cause them not to absorb vitamin b12 well in the first place. Lifestyle and activities can also deplete stores of vitamin b12.

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Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Vitamin B12 helps the brain, nerve, and blood cell function, but the body doesn’t actually produce vitamin B12. The only B12 that the body gets is from external sources like animal-based food and B12 supplements. This means that vegans are at especially high risk for vitamin B12 deficiency. Some symptoms of a vitamin B12 deficiency include weakness or lightheadedness, heart palpitations with short breath, constipation or diarrhea, numbness in parts of the body, trouble walking, loss of vision, sudden mood changes, and memory loss.

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Vitamin Deficiencies

When you don’t get enough of a certain nutrient, you can become deficient in that nutrient. Depending on what the nutrient is, a deficiency can affect your body in several different ways, up to and including by causing death. Deficiencies can be caused by a poor diet, illnesses, malabsorption, not obtaining enough of the nutrient or vitamin, or our lifestyle. Alcohol use in addition to certain medications, drugs, and activities can deplete you of certain vitamins and nutrients.

​

What are two common vitamins that people are deficient in?

Two examples of vitamins which your body needs and may become deficient in are vitamin B12 and vitamin D. Vitamin B12 helps with the proper functioning of the blood cells, energy, immune system, metabolism, brain, and nerves, while vitamin D plays an important role in energy, metabolism, turning food into fuel, weight loss and a healthy skeletal system.

If a person is suffering from a vitamin B12 deficiency, or shows signs of vitamin D deficiency and displays low vitamin D symptoms, those nutrients should be replenished as quickly as possible. The fastest and most effective way to replenish those vitamins is through an IV drip or injections, like the kind offered by IV Vitamin Therapy.

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Why do people get vitamin d deficiency?

Most of us do not spend the required time obtaining the needed daily sunlight to absorb the amount of vitamin D our bodies need. Once levels become low it is oftentimes difficult to have them return to optimal levels without prescription vitamin d replacement or IV vitamin D or injection therapy.

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Why do people get vitamin b12 deficiency?

As we get older our bodies do not absorb vitamin b12 as they did before. Some people have malabsorption issues that cause them not to absorb vitamin b12 well in the first place. Lifestyle and activities can also deplete stores of vitamin b12.

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Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Vitamin B12 helps the brain, nerve, and blood cell function, but the body doesn’t actually produce vitamin B12. The only B12 that the body gets is from external sources like animal-based food and B12 supplements. This means that vegans are at especially high risk for vitamin B12 deficiency. Some symptoms of a vitamin B12 deficiency include weakness or lightheadedness, heart palpitations with short breath, constipation or diarrhea, numbness in parts of the body, trouble walking, loss of vision, sudden mood changes, and memory loss.