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Table of Contents The critical nutrient Vitamin B12 plays fundamental roles in energy metabolism, neurological function, nerve maintenance, and erythrocyte development, yet its notoriously scarce in diets that exclude animal products

Those most at risk of a Vitamin B12 deficiency include elderly people, those who follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, people who have had intestinal surgery and people with diseases of the gut, such as Crohn's Disease or Celiac Disease

Adequate levels of B12 are required to prevent anemia

You dont want to just be in the reference range, the optimal range for B12 is much higher and ideally, you want to be above 400, and there does not seem to be an upper limit or toxicity from high Vitamin B12 levels