Tim called me the other day and asked
if I had read this by Laura Dolson. I said I had and was working on
a blog about it. He asked me how far I had gotten in my writing. I
said I had started and been sidetracked by statins and was still
reading about statins. He asked if he could stop by and I invited
him.
After he arrived, he asked me to open
my file, as he wanted to cover some of the points. After I had it
opened, he asked me to scroll down to see the foods under each
nutrient. Then he asked me to scroll to the bottom and asked my why
vitamin B12 received so little attention. I said this is because
this is for healthy people and not for people with diabetes and other
chronic diseases that require addition of other nutrients.
This caused him to stop and think for
some time. He finally agreed and asked if I was concerned about
this. I said very concerned and had planned to try covering this in
my writing. I don't know if I can make the case strong enough, but I
planned on trying. He asked if I could send him a copy before it was
published. I said yes, if he would send me any information he
located that he felt was important enough. He said he would and he
asked how many blogs I would have on this topic. I said that it
looked like seven or more at present and if he found a lot more, then
it could be even more.
We talked some more and he asked if I
would accept information from others. I said I always have and if it
was important enough, I would blog about it separately or combine it
with other material I had on the topic. He asked if he could see
some of the other topics I was considering writing about and had on
my list. When I showed him, he was surprised and said he agreed, as
there had been many topics of interest recently. I agreed and said it would be
easier if my cataracts were not getting worse. This surprised him
and he asked when this might happen. I said as soon as the eye
surgeon felt comfortable that my eyelid was healed and would not
cause possible infection that could compromise the surgery.
Then I had the thought of pulling some
information from this source and this source plus some from here.
Tim said he would pull together some of the material he was looking
for and would email me copies. I told him not to make
everything important and I would need some limits. He assured me
that he would prioritize what he sent me on each nutrient.
Back to the topic as this is important
for those of us eating low carb high fat. When we change our way of
eating, we should be concerned about the nutrients we might be
missing. Our support group is fortunate that we have two
nutritionists that work with the way of eating we like. They check
our foods and are looking for shortages that we may have. Other
people need to either know nutrition or learn on their own.
As Tim said, vitamin B12 is often not
given the attention it deserves and this is especially important for
people with diabetes (PWD) on metformin and among the elderly. The
elderly and PWD are especially vulnerable because as they age, many
lose the ability to convert vitamin B12 from animal foods. Vitamin
B12 is only found in liver, sardines, salmon, kidney, eggs, beef, and
pork. There are no vegetable sources.
In the next blogs, I will cover Thiamin
(vitamin B1), Folate (vitamin B9), Vitamin C, Magnesium, Iron,
Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Calcium, Choline, Niacin, Vitamin A, and Zinc.
The first five nutrients above are
nutrients to watch when you reduce carbohydrates, and the next three
are ones that many people are often short of in what they eat. The
last four are nutrients that people with chronic diseases are often
short or deficient in their bodies, and vitamin B12 needs special
consideration.
It is worth noting for vegetarians and
vegan low-carbers, they are limiting their diets more and must be
very conscious of the nutrients that may be omitting. This is
especially true for vitamin B12, choline, niacin, vitamin A, and
zinc.
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