Methyl-B12 5000

Methyl B-12 is a form of the vitamin that's already in its active state, which makes it more biologically available to your body. It's important for anyone with a methylation defect to take Methyl B-12 over any of the other forms of the vitamin. Vitamin B-12 can be obtained from your diet as two dietary forms; methylcobalamin and 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin) via synthesis by intestinal flora and stored in the liver. These two forms are the active coenzyme forms used by human metabolism. Because our bodies contain only a very small amount of vitamin B-12 (2-5 mg), reserves can become depleted easily due to malnutrition, lack of intrinsic factor in the gut, or mal-absorption. Synthetic forms of vitamin B-12 are hydroxocobalamin and cyanocobalamin, the latter being the most widely used source in the dietary supplement industry. The liver is able to convert small amounts of cyanocobalamin into methylcobalamin; although methylcobalamin is chosen since it’s the active form and better absorbed.