…the new study was led by Kristen Nowak of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The research included more than 5,400 healthy men, ages 65 and older, who were taking part in a major study of osteoporosis. Their health was followed for a median of just under five years. According to Nowak's team, 100 men developed a condition called hyponatremia, where sodium levels in the blood are below healthy levels.
"This study was the first to demonstrate that lifestyle programs for weight loss have effects beyond the person participating in these programs," said James Hill. He's professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and a spokesman for The Obesity Society.
“We know that B12 deficiency is very bad for the nervous system,” says Dr. Jonathan Woodcock, an associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado. It can cause problems with cognition and memory, as well as peripheral neuropathy, where the nerves going to the arms and legs degenerate, among many other issues. He notes that a B12 deficiency is also associated with depression and anxiety.
