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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2672011" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>Most authorities on b12 suggest levels should be at the top of range to be optimal and in many places they treat anything under 500 as deficient. The nhs levels are merely survival levels.</p><p></p><p>Testing b12 once supplements have started simply tests that you have supplements in your system rather than a true reflection of what your body is holding or able to use. It needs 4 months clear of supplements to see what your ”true” levels are. </p><p></p><p>NICE guidelines are about to be updated and state not to test once supplements are started. Serum b12 measures both active (usable) and inactive b12 and doesn’t actually tell you what’s reaching your cells. Active b12 testing is better (holotranscobalamin) but it’s rarely used in the nhs, although that might start to change with the new guidelines that were due in January and now pushed back to march. Testing of homocysteine and MMA are useful to see if there are effects from low b12 - but aren’t exclusively related to b12 issues. Again not so easy to find on the nhs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2672011, member: 480869"] Most authorities on b12 suggest levels should be at the top of range to be optimal and in many places they treat anything under 500 as deficient. The nhs levels are merely survival levels. Testing b12 once supplements have started simply tests that you have supplements in your system rather than a true reflection of what your body is holding or able to use. It needs 4 months clear of supplements to see what your ”true” levels are. NICE guidelines are about to be updated and state not to test once supplements are started. Serum b12 measures both active (usable) and inactive b12 and doesn’t actually tell you what’s reaching your cells. Active b12 testing is better (holotranscobalamin) but it’s rarely used in the nhs, although that might start to change with the new guidelines that were due in January and now pushed back to march. Testing of homocysteine and MMA are useful to see if there are effects from low b12 - but aren’t exclusively related to b12 issues. Again not so easy to find on the nhs. [/QUOTE]
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