Vitamin B complex supplement

BrianTheElder

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I just had my annual review with the diabetes nurse at my GP practice.
All was fine, my results were spot on apart from my lipids, which are OK with me, but a little high on their guidelines. She asked if I was still taking statins, I said no and she didn't pursue it.
However, she suggested that to lower my LDL, I should eat oats - I didn't comment apart from saying I was on a low carb, high fat diet.
She wasn't perturbed by that, but then said that I could take Vitamin B complex supplements to improve the ratio of HDL and LDL. I have never heard that before, does anyone know anything about that?
 

Metabolism_Boss

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BrianTheElder

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People on metformin are often deficient in vitamin B12. Here is a paper that describes a study on B12 deificiency in type 2 individuals and how it affects lipid profiles.

Vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with adverse lipid profile in Europeans and Indians with type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular Diabetology13(1):129 · September 2014

Here is a link to this paper
https://www.researchgate.net/public...in_Europeans_and_Indians_with_type_2_diabetes.
Thank you @Metabolism_Boss . I will read that with great interest.