Recently, an eighty-year-old lady went to the hospital for treatment. She had no appetite in her spirit. Later examination revealed that her body lacked vitamin B12, which was caused by a long-term vegetarian diet. Many people think that vegetarians can lose weight, but if they can't eat for a long time, they may not only fail to achieve the goal of losing weight, but also suffer from a variety of discomforts caused by the lack of vitamin B12. According to Liu Yan, chief physician of the Hangzhou Geriatric Hospital, vitamin B12 is widely distributed in animal foods, such as eggs, milk, meat, fish, and animal livers. There is basically no such vitamin in plant foods. The recommended intake of vitamin B12 in our country is 2.4 micrograms per day. 100 grams of beef contained 1.8 micrograms, 100 grams of lamb contained 2.15 micrograms, and 100 grams of liver contained 26 micrograms of vitamin B12. Therefore, if the diet is balanced, it will not lack vitamin B12. However, if it is a long-term vegan diet, it will lead to vitamin B12 deficiency. The lack of vitamin B12 not only affects the appetite, but also brings greater damage through the body's circulatory system. According to statistics, the main function of vitamin B12 is to promote the development and maturation of red blood cells, prevent pernicious anemia, and participate in the formation of a lipoprotein in nerve tissue to prevent the destruction of brain nerves. So, if vitamin B12 is lacking, red blood cells will become fragile, release bilirubin and make the skin yellow, and cause anemia. Further development will destroy the normal morphology and function of nerve cells, causing depression, abnormal feelings, memory loss and other symptoms, which damage the nerve cells is great, and eventually lead to dementia. Although doctors often recommend that the elderly should pay attention to light diets, a light diet does not mean that one must be vegetarian. If the old man blindly walks into this misunderstanding, he must be careful that things must be reversed and that he is at risk of dementia. Therefore, Dr. Liu Yan reminded the elderly to pay attention to the balanced nutrition of the diet and supplement the nutrients needed by the body every day to ensure the normal operation of the body. Weighing Scale,Weighing Inidcator,Weighing Load Cell,Weighing Equipment,Electronic Scale,Weighing Controller Changzhou Satidi Import and Export Co., Ltd. , https://www.guanjiejts.com
Long-term vegetarian susceptibility to vitamin B12 will become severe dementia