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Vitamin B12 · What it helps
Memory, mood and clear thinking
SAM, the methyl donor B12 keeps flowing, is needed to make and recycle serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline, and to maintain the sheaths in the brain and cord. A long shortage can read as low mood, slow thinking, confusion or unsteadiness, and in older people it is often mistaken for ageing itself. Caught early these lift. Caught very late, some of it stays, which is the argument for not waiting.
Sources
Read the original sources
- NIH: Vitamin B12 fact sheet (NIH Office of Dietary Supplements · Official nutrient fact sheet · checked 2026-10-08)
- Clinical practice: vitamin B12 deficiency (Summary · checked 2026-10-13)