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<blockquote data-quote="Winnie53" data-source="post: 2038416" data-attributes="member: 160246"><p>Apologies, I see that I'm late to this conversation.</p><p></p><p>Testing for B vitamin deficiencies is prohibitively expensive for most of us, but an elevated homocysteine level can indicate a deficiency. There's some thought that all diabetics should take a B-complex.</p><p></p><p>I've taken a B-complex off and on for most of my adult life. More recently, I stopped taking the B-complex thinking the multi-vitamin would meet my B-vitamin needs. Hadn't had any lab work done in 2 years, so made my bucket list of lab tests to check in February, and at the last minute decided to check my homocysteine level for the first time. It was in the high range of normal, definitely not optimal. I did some reading and discovered that perhaps 40% of the population have methylation problems and have to supplement their B vitamins.</p><p></p><p>I restarted my B-complex and two months later had my homocysteine level checked again. It's not in the optimal range yet, but dropped significantly.</p><p></p><p>So why is this possibly relevant to you [USER=391386]@Loukay1[/USER]? Because diabetics with peripheral neuropathy often benefit from taking a B-complex, 600 mg alpha lipoic acid, and magnesium. It's worth a try. And if you haven't had your vitamin D level checked, please do so. It's important too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Winnie53, post: 2038416, member: 160246"] Apologies, I see that I'm late to this conversation. Testing for B vitamin deficiencies is prohibitively expensive for most of us, but an elevated homocysteine level can indicate a deficiency. There's some thought that all diabetics should take a B-complex. I've taken a B-complex off and on for most of my adult life. More recently, I stopped taking the B-complex thinking the multi-vitamin would meet my B-vitamin needs. Hadn't had any lab work done in 2 years, so made my bucket list of lab tests to check in February, and at the last minute decided to check my homocysteine level for the first time. It was in the high range of normal, definitely not optimal. I did some reading and discovered that perhaps 40% of the population have methylation problems and have to supplement their B vitamins. I restarted my B-complex and two months later had my homocysteine level checked again. It's not in the optimal range yet, but dropped significantly. So why is this possibly relevant to you [USER=391386]@Loukay1[/USER]? Because diabetics with peripheral neuropathy often benefit from taking a B-complex, 600 mg alpha lipoic acid, and magnesium. It's worth a try. And if you haven't had your vitamin D level checked, please do so. It's important too. :) [/QUOTE]
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