Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D Deficiency – What You Need to Know — Transcript

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1. 0:00Deficiency in vitamin B12 and D
2. 0:04anformational video by safe sharth.
3. 0:10So to start off, what are vitamins?
4. 0:12Vitamins make up a part of our diet
5. 0:15called micronutrients. So our diet is
6. 0:17composed of macro and micronutrients.
7. 0:21Macronutrients include your fats, your
8. 0:24carbs, and your proteins. And then your
9. 0:27micronutrients include your vitamins and
10. 0:30your minerals. So these are things like
11. 0:33um vitamins A, B, C, as well as minerals
12. 0:37such as sodium and magnesium.
13. 0:41So vitamin B12 has quite a few functions
14. 0:43in your body. It can help with your
15. 0:45heart, your nervous system, your brain,
16. 0:48your blood, and it can even help
17. 0:50preventing cancer. Some symptoms of
18. 0:53deficiencies will include headaches,
19. 0:55indigestion, feeling fatigued or tired,
20. 0:59and heart palpitations.
21. 1:02So, there's quite a few reasons as to
22. 1:04why someone might be deficient in B12.
23. 1:07One of the more common causes will be
24. 1:08through diet and this will include such
25. 1:11as following a vegetarian diet or a
26. 1:13vegan diet. And then some of the other
27. 1:15causes include medications such as
28. 1:18metformin
29. 1:20um hormone replacement therapy and then
30. 1:23could also be from surgery which is kind
31. 1:25of any surgery which removes part of the
32. 1:27gut because that is where it's absorbed
33. 1:29and then some medical conditions such as
34. 1:31Crohn's and celiac disease.
35. 1:35So what can we do about vitamin B12
36. 1:37deficiency? So, one of the main things
37. 1:39is to try and improve our diet and have
38. 1:42a more balanced diet. So, this can
39. 1:44include things like having a bit more
40. 1:46meat, a bit more fish, um including a
41. 1:49bit more dairy in your diet as well. But
42. 1:52if you do, if you are found to be
43. 1:55deficient in B12, an alternative could
44. 1:57be supplementation. And this can include
45. 1:59having regular injections
46. 2:01uh of something called hydroxycobalamin,
47. 2:04which is uh essentially just a fancy
48. 2:06word for vitamin B12.
49. 2:08So, moving on to vitamin D. Most people
50. 2:11in the UK will be deficient with vitamin
51. 2:13D. Vitamin D is important for things
52. 2:15like bone health, your heart health, and
53. 2:17it can even help with preventing cancer
54. 2:19and lowering blood pressure. The main
55. 2:22symptoms of deficiencies will include
56. 2:24bone pains, breaking your bones more a
57. 2:26bit more easily, and in children, we
58. 2:29tend to see some uh bone deformities.
59. 2:33So, why would someone be deficient in
60. 2:35vitamin D? One of the more common causes
61. 2:37will be through exposure to sunlight or
62. 2:40lack thereof. And then there could also
63. 2:43be some medical conditions similarly to
64. 2:45vitamin B12 such as Crohn's and celiac
65. 2:47disease. If you do have darker skin,
66. 2:50that could also affect how much sunlight
67. 2:52you absorb and therefore how much
68. 2:54vitamin D your body can make. And then
69. 2:57also through diet. So things like
70. 2:58vegetarian, vegan, um, and also if you
71. 3:01suffer from an eating disorder, this can
72. 3:04lead to a vitamin D deficiency.
73. 3:06So what can we do about vitamin D
74. 3:08deficiency? Now our bodies can make
75. 3:10vitamin D from sunlight. So ensuring
76. 3:13that we get enough exposure to sunlight
77. 3:15will be beneficial in making sure that
78. 3:18we have adequate levels of vitamin D.
79. 3:20Other sources of vitamin D will include
80. 3:22things like oily fish like salmon and
81. 3:24sardines, but also meat and dairy.
82. 3:28I hope this shortformational video was
83. 3:30of benefit to you. If you would like
84. 3:32more information, then you can visit the
85. 3:34NHS website. However, you could also
86. 3:37book an appointment with the GP if you
87. 3:38would like to talk to a healthcare
88. 3:40professional.