Many doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin B12 deficiency.
Now if you do get your homocysteine tested and despite both B12 supplementation and eating beans and greens it’s still too high (meaning double digits), I have a suggestion: Should Vegetarians Take Creatine to Normalize Homocysteine? ([ Ссылка ]) and The Efficacy and Safety of Creatine for High Homocysteine ([ Ссылка ]).
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