What are Vitamin Injections?
Vitamin injections are a quick and effective way of introducing vital nutrients directly to your bloodstream via your muscles. Unlike orally taken vitamins, vitamin injections bypass the digestive system and result in a 90-100% vitamin absorption rate. Giving your body exactly what it needs.
A majority of our clients instantly feel the effects of vitamin injections and will continue to feel them throughout the rest of the day. The full effects of the treatment will eventually wear off after a couple of months.
What is Vitamin B12?
Vitamin B12 is the generic name for a group of compounds based on the cobalamin molecule that has cobalt as the trace mineral at its core. Cobalamin is a highly active complex organometallic molecule. It is the largest and most chemically complex of all of the 13 known vitamins and is generally red in colour. Like other B & C vitamins, cobalamin is water-soluble, a characteristic that affects how it is absorbed, excreted and stored in the body. Vitamins A, D, E & K are all fat-soluble.
It is classified as a vitamin as it is an essential nutrient for the human body and is regularly obtained from the food we eat. Like other vitamins, its role is to catalyse or regulate metabolic reactions in the body. Vitamin B12 plays an important role in the body responsible for haematopoiesis (producing all types of blood cells), neural metabolism, DNA & RNA production, and carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. It also helps to improve iron function in the metabolic cycle and assists folic acid in choline synthesis.
Vitamin B12 can only be made by microorganisms, such as bacteria and algae if the cobalt mineral is available in the soil or water. The main source for humans to obtain vitamin B12 is from the consumption of meat and fish. The vitamin is made by microbes in the digestive tract of animals, where it is absorbed and deposited into their tissues. As well as meat and fish, vitamin B12 can also be obtained by the consumption of cheese, milk and eggs. There are no known sources of vitamin B12 in plants, although some species of seaweed have been found to contain it. Therefore, it is quite common to see vegetarians or vegans present with vitamin B12 deficiencies.
After water and oxygen, vitamin B12 is the next essential micronutrient molecule vital for health.
Vitamin B12 deficiency is common and can manifest at any age, and is largely unrecognised.
Vitamin B12 is crucial for many systems of the body to function correctly.
It is believed that vitamin B12 deficiency is not always detectable on blood tests.
Symptoms such as depression, anxiety and psychosis, as well as the early onset of dementia, are common with vitamin B12 deficiency.
Causes of B12 deficiency include genetic disorders, poor diet, gastrointestinal illness or surgery, alcoholism and use of antacids.
Vitamin B12 is non-toxic – even at really high doses
Vitamin B12 is absorbed into our tissues through the digestive tract; however, this process can be disrupted from poor digestion, intestinal disease, or the use of some medications etc. The main causes are due to atrophic gastritis and lack of Intrinsic Factor (IF), a glycoprotein produced by the stomach that is required for the absorption of B12. As well as from poor diet and digestion, vitamin B12 deficiencies can also be affected by a genetic condition such as:
Pernicious anaemia
Crohn’s disease
Treatment with proton-pump inhibitors
Atrophic gastritis
Coeliac disease
Use of antacids (acid is required to release B12 from food)
Gastrointestinal surgery
Use of certain medications
Use of illegal drugs and substances, including nitrous oxide
Illness and conditions linked to B12 deficiency
Neuropsychiatric disorders:
The earliest symptoms of B12 deficiency and include:
Irritability
Mood swings
Confusion
Forgetfulness
Fogginess
Psychosis
Hallucinations or delusion
Depression
Anxiety/Panic attacks
Tension headaches
Onset of dementia
Neurological disorders
Bells palsy
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)
Autoimmune disorders
Autoimmune disorders take many forms; they include overactive immune system disorders when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys its own tissue and underactive system disorders when the body’s defence against disease is reduced. Such disorders are frequent with vitamin B12 deficiency. The list includes:
Addison’s disease
Amyloidosis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Coeliac disease
Crohn’s disease
Dermatomysositis
Graves’ disease
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Multiple sclerosis (MS-like presentation/SACD (subacute combined degeneration))
Myasthenia gravis
Pernicious anaemia/B12 deficiency
Reactive arthritis
Restless leg syndrome (RLS)
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sjogren’s syndrome
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Type 1 diabetes
Ulcerative colitis
Many of the above conditions have overlapping symptoms, for example, fatigue, general ill-feeling, joint pain and rash. Many of these conditions cease to exhibit their symptoms once vitamin B12 balance is restored in the body.
What Are Biotin Injections?
Biotin, also known as vitamin B7, B8 or vitamin H, is essential for life. The major biological function of biotin is to act as a covalently bound cofactor for the biological activities of five mammalian biotin-dependent carboxylases. These biotin-dependent carboxylases play a crucial role in essential biological processes, including fatty acid synthesis, gluconeogenesis, and amino acid metabolism. Biotin helps to trigger the reactions needed to convert food into energy. It also boosts the enzyme production that supports the metabolisation of fat and carbohydrates. Biotin injections support healthy cell growth and the creation of amino acids. Amino acids are essential for creating protein, so they have the ability to repair and maintain skin, hair, and nail health.
The daily recommended amount of biotin is usually satisfied by diet. Humans are unable to produce their own biotin; however, bacteria found in our intestines have the capability to produce biotin. Nutritional deficiency is rare, but consuming raw eggs in products like mayonnaise or Caesar dressing on a regular basis may cause a biotin deficiency. A protein called avidin, present in raw eggs, strongly binds to biotin, making it unavailable for intestinal absorption. Cooking eggs denatures avidin and makes biotin available for absorption.
Like other members of the vitamin B complex, biotin is water-soluble and non-toxic. It is not stored on the body for very long.
Factors that affect biotin production and absorption
Those that have relatively low levels of biotin include:
Alcoholics
Epileptics
Elderly individuals
Athletes
Pregnancy and lactation
Gastroenteritis issues
Smoking
Genetic causes
Long-term dieting
Intravenous feeding
Use of certain medications
Vegetarians
Symptoms of biotin deficiency
Red rashes on the skin
Brittle hair
Insomnia or difficulty sleeping
Depression
Muscle pain
Seizures
Upset stomach
Fatigue
Dry eyes
Dry or scaly skin
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Burning or prickling sensation in the hands or feet
Cracking in the corners of the mouth
Difficulty walking
Benefits of biotin
Hair growth – biotin is associated with healthy hair growth.
Hair loss can be contributed with a biotin deficiency.
Weight loss – biotin is vital for breaking down fatty acids and glucose and can assist in weight loss.
Lowering cholesterol – biotin regulates cholesterol levels in the body.
Cognitive function – biotin is critically involved in the synthesis of myelin, which is a substance that coats and protects the components of your nervous system.
Multiple sclerosis is a condition that destroys the myelin sheaths around your neurons, which leads to nervous system breakdown and severe pain. One study found that biotin administration improved symptoms in 90% of patients with multiple sclerosis.
Anxiety – the right balance of biotin helps soothe anxiety.
Blood pressure – biotin is claimed to regulate blood pressure.
Depression – a chronic deficiency of biotin can be associated with depression.
Aids digestion – the intake of biotin facilitates the digestion of food.
Diabetes – biotin helps to regulate blood sugar levels.
Fertility – adequate levels of biotin boosts fertility.
Prevents grey hair – biotin protects the natural hair pigment and prevents premature greying.
Heart health – the lowering of blood pressure and the reduction of cholesterol levels caused by an increase of biotin are vital for the optimum functioning of the heart.
The reduction of triglycerides in the body prevent heart disease.
Joint pain – biotin reduces inflammation in the joints reducing joint pain.
Menstrual cycle – regulates the menstrual cycle.
Nail growth – the stimulation of protein from the increase of biotin is vital for nail growth and can prevent splitting.
Pregnancy – biotin levels can drop in pregnancy. Adequate biotin levels can reduce and prevent birth defects. It can also reduce the risk of miscarriage and premature birth.
Vitiligo – Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder, and, in some cases, it can be caused by nutrition deficiency such as deficiency of the B complex vitamin like biotin.
Wound healing – biotin accelerates the wound healing process.
What Are Vitamin C Injections?
Vitamin C is an essential dietary nutrient required for the biosynthesis of collagen and a co-factor in the biosynthesis of catecholamine, L-carnitine, cholesterol, amino acids, and some peptide hormones. A lack of vitamin C causes scurvy, a pathological condition that leads to blood vessel fragility and connective tissue damage due to a failure in producing collagen, which leads to death as a result of collapse. Vitamin C is also important in cancer and cardiovascular prevention and has the potential to counteract inflammation and subsequent oxidative damage that play a major role in the initiation and progression of several other chronic and acute diseases.
Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin. It dissolves in water and is delivered to the body’s tissues but is not well stored, so it has to be taken daily through food or supplements. Even before its discovery in 1932, nutrition experts recognised that something in citrus fruits could prevent scurvy, a disease that killed nearly two million sailors between 1500 and 1800.
Vitamin C plays an important role in controlling infections and healing wounds and is a powerful antioxidant that can neutralise harmful free radicals. It is needed to make collagen, a fibrous protein in connective tissue that is weaved throughout various systems in the body: nervous, immune, bone, cartilage and blood. The vitamin helps make several hormones and chemical messengers used in the brain and nerves.
Vitamin C in large doses can cure or treat heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory infections, influenza, and pneumonia. High dose vitamin C reduces or eliminates the need for antibiotics, blood thinners, antivirals, pain killers and blood pressure medications.
Ascorbic acid destroys viruses and bacteria, kills cancer cells, prevents heart disease, reduces blood pressure, decreases the risks of stroke, reduces pain, inhibits HIV replication, reduces blood clots and much more!
Vitamin C and the body
Vitamin C enables the body to efficiently use carbohydrates, fats, and protein. Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant, a nutrient that chemically binds and neutralises the tissue-damaging effects of free-radicals. It is essential for the growth and health of bones, teeth, gums, ligaments, and blood vessels. Vitamin C is also vital in the key role of the formation of collagen and the proper functioning of all internal organs.
Benefits of vitamin C
Heals wounds, burns and bleeding gums
Increase the effectiveness of other medications
Accelerates healing after surgery
It helps to decrease blood cholesterol
Aids in preventing many types of viral and bacterial infections and boosts the immune system.
Protects against many forms of cancer
Acts as a natural laxative
Lowers the risk of blood clots in veins
Treats and prevents colds and flu
Extends life by enabling protein cells to hold together
Increases the absorption of inorganic iron
Reduces the effects of many allergy-producing substances.
It helps to lower high blood pressure
Prevents scurvy
Reduces the risk of stroke
Reduces the onset of ageing skin
What Are Vitamin D Injections?
The human body naturally synthesises vitamin D3 in the skin through exposure to direct sunlight and also obtained through the diet from fish liver oils and saltwater fish. In many developed countries, milk and other foods are fortified with vitamin D.
Vitamin D3 levels also decrease with age because skin synthesis declines. The use of sunscreen, as well as dark skin pigmentation, can also reduce the amount of vitamin D3 the body produces.
Vitamin D affects many organ systems, but it primarily helps to increase calcium and phosphate absorption from the intestines and promotes the formation of mineralisation within the bones.
A deficiency in vitamin D can be the result of the following:
Lack of exposure to sunlight
Reduced intake of vitamin D in the diet
A reduction in the absorption of vitamin D
Vitamin D is unable to be metabolised by the body
The body becomes resistant to the effects of vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency has been found to be more prevalent than previously thought and in pandemic proportions. It is presumed this may explain the rise of chronic fatigue, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, asthma, and other immunologic diseases.
Symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency
Fatigue or tiredness
Bone pain
Joint pain
Muscle pain
Sour mood
Low energy
More frequent illness
Anxiety
Irritability
Weight gain
Hair loss
Sweaty Scalp
Fertility issues
The benefits of Vitamin D
Vitamin D plays an important role in the health of muscles and bones. It helps with the absorption of calcium and phosphorus from the intestines, which has a direct effect on the muscles and bones. An increase in vitamin D can help with aches and pains in the bones and muscles as well as help with chronic fatigue and osteoporosis.
It has a vital role in the normal functioning of the immune system and can prevent and treat immune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, Crohn’s disease and asthma. It can also help to prevent and treat colds, flu and other infections of the body.
Vitamin D controls the growth of normal and cancerous cells. It can act as a prevention and treatment of certain cancers such as colon, pancreas, breast and prostate cancer.
It stimulates the production of insulin by producing cells in the pancreas. It also helps to reduce insulin resistance and can help to prevent type 2 diabetes.
It helps to regulate blood pressure by aiding the production of angiotensin. Vitamin D also helps to prevent hypertension, kidney disease and heart failure.
Reduces the chances of developing coronary heart disease by reducing inflammation in the blood vessel wall.
Helpful in the treatment of skin conditions like psoriasis as it aids in normal skin function.
Beneficial for the health of the teeth and preventing many dental problems.
Boosts the mood and helps to treat depression.
Reduces the risks of neurological disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis (M.S), Parkinson’s disease, Autism and Alzheimer’s by aiding the development and function of the brain.