How Your Body Handles Vitamin B12 Your body needs to have a properly functioning pancreas, an unharmed stomach and intestines, and adequate levels of intrinsic factor, a protein that binds to vitamin B12 in the stomachonly then will you be able to absorb vitamin B12 as efficiently as possible
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This condition further reduces the stomachs ability to produce intrinsic factor-a protein needed to absorb vitamin B12 in the small intestine
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Most people get enough vitamin B12 in their diet, but a deficiency may occur in certain health conditions (such as poor nutrition, stomach/intestinal problems, infection, cancer)
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