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Farmer-Rick

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33. Yes this, a B12 deficiency can kill you

Fri Dec 8, 2023, 02:08 PM

Dec 2023

And it takes special digestive requirements for your body to process B12. It has to be exposed to saliva and you have to have a high acid stomach. Your liver stores it but can easily deplete those stores in 3 to 4 years.

If you are noticing a lot of canker sores inside your mouth, it may be due to a B12 deficiency.

I was getting them regularly. I would stop using mouthwash when I got one or two, wait for them to heal then start up my mouthwash again. But it was becoming so frequent that it was months since I could use mouthwash without it hurting those sores. I would get a lump on the roof of my mouth or on the side of my cheek, and I knew a sore would follow.

So, I started taking B12, sucking on the vitamin and letting it dissolve in my mouth with my coffee in the morning. It helped a lot.

Now I just take a B12 when I notice a lump in my mouth starting to form. I haven't had a full blown canker sore since I figured out how to take B12.

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