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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody, welcome. It is July twenty ninth.

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<v Speaker 2>July is just about had it. School starting soon, and

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<v Speaker 2>let's move into this time of the year thinking more

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<v Speaker 2>about health. And I'm getting ready for a presentation and

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<v Speaker 2>we do in October on longevity and aging. And now

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<v Speaker 2>a new study just came out this morning about a

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<v Speaker 2>specific supplement that can mimic the signs of aging when

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<v Speaker 2>it goes low.

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<v Speaker 1>Wonder what that is.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll take a look at that and discuss the signs

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<v Speaker 2>of aging.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned, hi, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Health Talk with Doctor Lang. Your daily dose.

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<v Speaker 2>The information you hear on the show is informational. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not meant to diagnose or treat any disease. Any kind

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<v Speaker 2>of complete health conditions must be checked out and discussed

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<v Speaker 2>with your primary care physicians. Get ready for the good

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<v Speaker 2>news of the day. God bless you folks. And here

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<v Speaker 2>is doctor Link. Our daily devotional today comes from the

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<v Speaker 2>Book of Hebrews, Chapter six.

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<v Speaker 1>Come to me continually.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm meant to be the center of your consciousness, the

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<v Speaker 2>anchor of your soul.

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<v Speaker 1>Your mind will wander from me. The question is how

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<v Speaker 1>far will you allow it to wander?

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<v Speaker 2>An anchor on a short rope lets a boat drift

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<v Speaker 2>only slightly before the taut line tugs the boat back

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<v Speaker 2>towards the center. Similarly, as you drift away from me,

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<v Speaker 2>my spirit within you gives a tug, prompting you to

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<v Speaker 2>return to me. As you become increasingly attuned to my presence,

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<v Speaker 2>the length of rope on your soul's anchor is shortened.

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<v Speaker 2>You wonder only a short distance before feeling the inner

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<v Speaker 2>tug telling you to return to the true center in me.

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<v Speaker 1>Good things to think about today.

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<v Speaker 3>Stay tuned seven seven, nine, one, six, four to two

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<v Speaker 3>one five to reach me off air.

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<v Speaker 2>Up to one in five older adults may be suffering

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<v Speaker 2>from poor clinical cellular.

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<v Speaker 1>Energy production due to a lack of vitamin B twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're over sixty feeling tired all the time, I

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<v Speaker 2>have tingling in your hands and feet and a cold

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<v Speaker 2>you just can't shake. It's easy to chalk it up

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<v Speaker 2>to be getting older, but there's a good chance to

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<v Speaker 2>real culprit is a vitamin you may not be absorbing.

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<v Speaker 2>Vitamin B twelve deficiency syndromes can mimic signs of normal

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<v Speaker 2>aging and as a result, be easy to miss. New

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<v Speaker 2>preclinical research is now exploring the possible reason why B

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<v Speaker 2>twelve's role in keeping your mitochondria, the energy factory inside

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<v Speaker 2>your cells, running properly. Mitochondria play a major role in

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<v Speaker 2>the body, as the tiny power plants to produce energy

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<v Speaker 2>inside cells. A decline in the mitochondrial function is a

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<v Speaker 2>hallmark of aging, and B twelve plays a direct role

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<v Speaker 2>in both energy production and mitochondrial health. Two recent pre

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<v Speaker 2>clinical studies help explain the connection. In the first study,

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<v Speaker 2>published in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers reduce B twelve

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<v Speaker 2>availability in mice and examined skeletal muscle, which has high

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<v Speaker 2>energy demands. The mitochondria worked less efficiently, produced less energy

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<v Speaker 2>than B twelve is low, and showed sign of damage

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<v Speaker 2>to their DNA. Martha Field, co author of both studies

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<v Speaker 2>associate professor at Cornell's University with a doctoral degree in biochemistry,

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<v Speaker 2>said earlier mouse research had already linked B twelve deficiencies

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<v Speaker 2>to mitochondrial DNA damage and reduced energy production. That letter

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<v Speaker 2>teemed to look more closely at tissues that rely heavily

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<v Speaker 2>on the mitochondria, such as muscle, heart, and brain. The

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<v Speaker 2>muscle connection is especially important for older adults since B

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<v Speaker 2>twelve deficiency becomes more common with aid, partially due to

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<v Speaker 2>reduced absorption at the same time that aging adults faced

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<v Speaker 2>elevated risk of sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass and strength.

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<v Speaker 1>It erodes independence and quality of life. We sort of as.

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<v Speaker 2>A scientific term, shown that B twelve deficiency or insufficiency

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<v Speaker 2>is kind of a second hit on the same time,

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<v Speaker 2>a tissue at the.

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<v Speaker 1>Same time which is vulnerable.

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<v Speaker 2>The second study, published in the Geoscience magazine, explored whether

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<v Speaker 2>B twelve supplementation ned reverse the damage. Study author Anna

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<v Speaker 2>Mercer and associate professor in cell developmental integrated biology, supplemented

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<v Speaker 2>older mice of B twelve to see if it could

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<v Speaker 2>restore mitochondrial functioning. We've known the B twelve absorption declines

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<v Speaker 2>with age and mitochondria disfunctioned to homework of aging.

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<v Speaker 1>Our thought is, if there's a.

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<v Speaker 2>Link between B twelve availability in mitochondria and older adults,

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<v Speaker 2>supplementation might reverse the decline.

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<v Speaker 1>We were surprised about how robust a result we observed.

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<v Speaker 4>The exciting finding is that mice in mice improving B

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<v Speaker 4>twelve status was associated with better mitochondrial functioning and muscle

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<v Speaker 4>This suggests that B twelve can play a role in

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<v Speaker 4>not only preventing deficiency disease, but also supporting cellular energy

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<v Speaker 4>systems that help maintain healthy agent.

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<v Speaker 2>Both researchers noted that these studies are in animals and

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<v Speaker 2>not proof of an.

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<v Speaker 1>Effect on humans.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, B twelve are Cobolamine is made by the

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<v Speaker 2>microorganisms of travel at the food chain to us via

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<v Speaker 2>the animals that eat it, meaning the best natural sources

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<v Speaker 2>are meat, eggs, and dairy. Humans do not produce it

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<v Speaker 2>and must get it from food four to five products

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<v Speaker 2>or supplements. B twelve is stored by the liver, which

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<v Speaker 2>can hold a year's worth of our needed supply. This

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<v Speaker 2>is why a deficiency can develop slowly and go unnoticed

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time. That's a critical factor that most

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<v Speaker 2>people don't know. Getting enough is in just about how

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<v Speaker 2>much BE twelves in your back, but also about whether

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<v Speaker 2>you can break it down and absorb it. Our ability

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<v Speaker 2>to absorb nutrients effectively tends to decrease with age, as

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<v Speaker 2>does the amount of stomach acid needed to release BE

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<v Speaker 2>twelve in food so it can be absorbed and used.

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<v Speaker 2>Absorption can also be affected by medications, especially met Foreman

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<v Speaker 2>for type two diabetes. Ppi's proton pump prohibitors used to

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<v Speaker 2>reduce stomach acid also lower B twelve. Both can interfere

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<v Speaker 2>with absorption, and both are widely used among older adults.

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<v Speaker 2>The last one hundred years have seen a move from

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<v Speaker 2>the identification of the nutrient as an essential vitamin that

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<v Speaker 2>prevents a fatal disease to the realization that older people

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<v Speaker 2>at more risk of becoming B twelve efficient. So what

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<v Speaker 2>symptoms should we watch for? B twelve is vital for

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<v Speaker 2>making myelin to protective covering around nerves. We don't get

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<v Speaker 2>enough B twelve milins compromised and the nerve fibers can

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<v Speaker 2>become exposed, leading to numbless and tingling in the hands

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<v Speaker 2>and feet. If it progresses, it can also leave a

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<v Speaker 2>degeneration of the spinal cord, resulting loss of balance or coordination.

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<v Speaker 2>Difficulty walking, and condition called subacute combined degeneration the big

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<v Speaker 2>entiedness are probably the most common symptoms. Brain fog cognitive

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<v Speaker 2>changes are.

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<v Speaker 1>Also quite common.

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<v Speaker 2>Other possible symptoms include tiredness or exhaustion, shortness of breath,

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<v Speaker 2>ballance problems, poor memory, vision problems, and weight loss. B

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<v Speaker 2>twelve status can be checked with a standard blood lab.

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<v Speaker 2>Common tests for B twelve deficiencies aren't very accurate. You

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<v Speaker 2>can send the same blood sample to five different labs

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<v Speaker 2>get five different results. More precise testing, which means looking

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<v Speaker 2>for byproducts that build up in the blood as a

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<v Speaker 2>result of deficiency, exist but remain expensive. Individual responses to

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<v Speaker 2>low B twelve can vary widely. It's likely two people

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<v Speaker 2>at the same level B twelve can result in one

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<v Speaker 2>of them being insufficient the other will suffer from the deficiency.

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<v Speaker 2>If you having symptoms, you assume.

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<v Speaker 1>You're a part of getting older. You may want to

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<v Speaker 1>consider testing for B twelve. There, you got it.

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<v Speaker 2>Get your B twelve checked and go to Nutrition Frontiers

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<v Speaker 2>and check out B twelve in a very easy to

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<v Speaker 2>use once.

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<v Speaker 1>A day supplement. All right, God bless you folks. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what we got for you today. See you back your sin.