If you all weren't aware, the most bioavailable version of Vitamin B-12 is not the one which you usually take with your multivitamins. That is a different version called cyanocobalamin, which has much more difficulty binding to your red blood cells due to the fact that it has to be detoxified by the liver due to the fact that it has a cyanide molecule attached to it.
The solution here is not straight cobalamin, but methylcobalamin, as the methyl molecule makes it much more bioavailable.
Some benefits of methylcobalamin are repairing nerve tissue, increased mental focus, higher energy levels, and along those lines boosts metabolism of macronutrients.
The catch here is that they rarely (if ever) include it in the formulas for multi-vitamins, because it is quite hard to put it into a solid form that is dissolvable in the stomach. The best way to get methylcobalamin is definitely sublingually (under the tongue), as it goes directly into your bloodstream from your gums.
From my personal experience, B-12 in methylcobalamin form saved me from a mononucleosis induced hell. When I had developed mononucleosis, I began to take 5mg in the morning and lo and behold, I felt fine throughout the first half of the day. If I needed to go to the gym (against the docs wishes), I would just take another one.
Maybe it's because my mono wasn't terrible. Maybe it was because I kept myself relatively healthy. But I do believe, now that I'm not taking it, that it increased my energy levels to a point where I could be a normal human being on mono and have a bit more energy while healthy.
Also, don't buy pills for $50. Solgar sells some for $5 on ebay.
The solution here is not straight cobalamin, but methylcobalamin, as the methyl molecule makes it much more bioavailable.
Some benefits of methylcobalamin are repairing nerve tissue, increased mental focus, higher energy levels, and along those lines boosts metabolism of macronutrients.
The catch here is that they rarely (if ever) include it in the formulas for multi-vitamins, because it is quite hard to put it into a solid form that is dissolvable in the stomach. The best way to get methylcobalamin is definitely sublingually (under the tongue), as it goes directly into your bloodstream from your gums.
From my personal experience, B-12 in methylcobalamin form saved me from a mononucleosis induced hell. When I had developed mononucleosis, I began to take 5mg in the morning and lo and behold, I felt fine throughout the first half of the day. If I needed to go to the gym (against the docs wishes), I would just take another one.
Maybe it's because my mono wasn't terrible. Maybe it was because I kept myself relatively healthy. But I do believe, now that I'm not taking it, that it increased my energy levels to a point where I could be a normal human being on mono and have a bit more energy while healthy.
Also, don't buy pills for $50. Solgar sells some for $5 on ebay.