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Vitamin Injections Specialists in NYC
- What are Vitamin Injections?
Injections of B12 and Vitamin D treat deficiencies that cause tiredness, weakness, and poor health, improving your overall health and well-being.
- What is a Vitamin B12 Shot?
Vitamin B12 injections are supplementary shots that help treat deficiencies in vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 helps regulate blood flow, keeps the nervous system healthy, and converts food into energy.
The human body doesn’t naturally produce vitamin B12, so if you don’t have it in your diet, you might be at risk of deficiency. This is very common in vegetarians and vegans.
- What is a Vitamin D Shot?
Vitamin D injections are the best way to manage vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is widely considered the most important vitamin you can take for your overall health.
Vitamin B12 Q&A
Vitamin B12 injections are supplementary shots that help treat deficiencies in vitamin B12.
Vitamin B12 is a crucial vitamin that helps with:
- Regulating blood flow through the production of red blood cells
- Keeping the nervous system healthy, preventing nerve pain
- Converting food into energy
The human body doesn’t naturally produce vitamin B12, so if you don’t have it in your diet, you might be at risk of deficiency. This is very common in vegetarians and vegans.
M.I.C. stands for methionine, inositol, and choline. It is used in combination with methyl B12 to support weight management and energy.
Methionine is an essential amino acid that increases metabolism.
Inositol is a vitamin of the “B” family which acts as a lipotropic agent to aid methionine and choline with weight loss by redistribution of body fat.
Choline is a lipotropic nutrient, also part of the vitamin B family, which helps to remove excess fat from the liver and fight fatigue.
Anyone with a vitamin B12 deficiency should consider getting a supplementary shot. Given that B12 is prevalent in meat, fish, and dairy products, people who keep a vegan diet often do not have a natural way to get their daily dose of B12. To see whether your diet includes any vitamin B12-rich foods, read this list. If your diet lacks any of the foods on the list, you might be at risk of being deficient.
Interestingly, though, the absence of B12-rich food in your diet doesn’t automatically imply that you are deficient. So if your diet doesn’t coincide with the foods on the list, you’ve only checked off one of the criteria.
It’s usually impossible to tell a deficiency from diet or physical appearance alone, so for you to be sure whether you truly qualify for a vitamin B12 injection, come in for a blood test to see whether you’re deficient or not.
A blood test should be able to measure vitamin levels in your blood and detect any deficiencies. This way, you aren’t getting any unnecessary supplements.
Vitamin B12 is an extremely important vitamin. The most effective way to treat a deficiency, other than reintegrating B12-rich foods into the diet, is through injection.
Here are the signs of a B12 deficiency:
Extreme tiredness
Lack of energy
Memory, understanding, and judgment issues
Mouth ulcers
Muscle weakness
Psychological problems like depression or confusion
Tongue redness and swelling
The body doesn’t naturally produce vitamin B12, so it’s crucial to treat the deficiency with a B12 shot as soon as possible if your diet doesn’t give you your daily recommended dose.
