As your weight management team, our aim is to help you achieve weight loss as quickly and safely as possible in order to arrive at a healthy weight. We want you to embrace those healthy habits that lead to a healthy lifestyle once your goal weight has been reached. A regular regime of B6 and B12 vitamin injections can support you in your pursuit of improved health and wellness.

Vitamin B6

Also known as pyridoxine, Vitamin B6 is an essential nutrient needed by the body to maintain good health. It is the most common vitamin to be lacking in a person’s daily intake of food. Experts estimate that as much as 30-50% of all adults have a mild vitamin B 6 deficiency with more women than men suffering from this deficiency.

Vitamin B6 can be helpful when patients have issue specific challenges such as:

• Problems with water retention, swollen ankles, hands or feet, rings are too tight.
• Feels bloated or puffy
• Experiences night sweats
• Wide variation of mood swings during PMS
• Feeling sad or depressed
• Experiences hunger or cravings
• Retains water during flights

What does Vitamin B6 do for your body?

• Boosts immune system
• Smoothes the process in helping the brain to form serotonin, the feel good hormone
• Promotes a healthy central nervous system
• Maintains the balance of sodium and potassium
• Counteracts the effects of overindulging in wine or alcohol
• Assist in the metabolism of converting food into energy
• Balances the hormonal changes in women
• Contributes to controlling mood
• Works with B 12 to reduce levels of homocysteine, a chemical that causes artery damage
• Maintains blood glucose levels when caloric intake is low
• Aids in the prevention of dandruff, eczema, and psoriasis

Signs that you might not be getting enough Vitamin B6

• Increased nervousness and irritability
• Depression
• Insomnia
• Skin problems
• Sore tongue
• Ridged nails

Vitamin B 12

Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is an essential nutrient needed by the body to maintain good health and is synthesized from animal protein.

Vitamin B12 can be helpful if you have issue-specific challenges such as:

• Lack of sleep
• Frequently tired
• Lack energy
• Habitually stressed
• Heavy menstrual cycles

What does Vitamin B12 do for your body?

• Prevents fatigue
• Stimulates utilization of protein, fat and carbohydrates
• Boosts ability to achieve greater weight loss as an added fat burner
• Mild diuretic effect
• Works with folic acid to produce healthy red blood cells
• Promotes a healthy central nervous system
• Reduces homocysteine levels, a chemical known to cause artery damage
• Increases white cell count and platelets

Studies have shown Vitamin B12 may be helpful in prevention of:

• Breast Cancer
• Heart Disease
• Lower back pain
• Memory loss

Signs that you might not be getting enough Vitamin B12

• Anemia-caused by fewer but larger red blood cells
• Fatigue
• Balance problems
• Confusion-in advanced cases dementia

Why can’t you just get Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12 by eating certain foods?

• Foods just don’t contain the same level of nutrition as they did fifty years ago.
• The soil has been depleted of nutrients
• Extensive shipping over long distances
• Exposure to the sun
• Storage time before being sold
• Preparation of foods can dilute vitamin content
• Vitamin B12 is found only in animal protein
• Vegetarians are often lacking in Vitamin B12
• Certain proteins vary widely in the amount of Vitamin B12 that is easily absorbed by the body

Receiving Vitamins B6 and B12 Injections

• Helps alleviate some issue- specific health challenges you may have
• Supports your overall health
• Contributes towards a healthier and happier you!