B12 and the Appendix Connection

By Jordan Miller;

Vitamin B 12 is considered among one of the most important nutrients today. In fact, studies are now showing that B 12 supplementation is critical in everyone’s diet, as nearly all of us are deficient in this vital nutrient. It’s recognition among many health enthusiasts has given vitamin B12 its recent claim to fame. Vitamin B12 has always been an essential nutrient in everyone’s diet. In fact, it is only until now that we are beginning to understand the critical role it plays in the human body. There has been some recent revelations as to the connection of vitamin B12 and the appendix.

The Framingham Study

As discussed in his interview, Dr. Brian Clement explains the Framingham Study was one of the most significant biological tests ever performed on human beings; it helped better understand and quantify the levels of B12 in humans at that time. This study, which took place in Framingham Massachusetts during the late 40′s, performed many biological tests (including identifying levels of B12) of 4th generation inhabitants within the area. Interestingly enough, the Study found that a very significant amount of the population ( well over 1/3) were deficient in B12 even though 99% of the inhabitants consumed meat.

 
Dr. clement explains that vitamin B12 is not a vitamin; rather it “is a soil bacteria which was improperly classified under B vitamins because we did not have a probiotic or a healthy biology department back when B12 was first discovered.”  The way B12 operates (or should be operating) is that it travels into the small intestine (through food), which would then make its way into the large intestine (like any other probiotic would do) where it would cultivate so that there wasn’t a need to take B12 supplementation on a daily basis. Dr. clement explains that B12 has a significant role to play in the human body. B12 is an important factor in the development of neurons and how they interact with the nervous system.

Equipped with this information, Dr. Clement continued to dive further into his research to help him understand the reasons behind such B12 deficiencies outlined in the Framingham Study. He began studying anatomical diagrams from the last 300 years, particularly focusing on the digestive system. Looking through the early diagrams (circa 1700′s), Dr. clement notes that the large intestine looked “radically different” than it does today. He explains that at the end of the digestive system, where the small intestine dumps digested food, there was a pocket that resembled the front of a boot that was historically and consistently there presumably before the 1700′s. Once the 20th century rolled around however, this anatomical structure was nearly absent, and when we entered the 21st century, this boot-like structure was completely shriveled up into what we now know as the appendix (something that modern medicine believes is absolutely irrelevant).

As a result of this change, Dr Clement explains that B12 now has to be consistently consumed by all humans on a daily basis so that we can maintain adequate levels. The reason for this is that the prior boot-like pocket that previously nestled at the end of the large intestine was the “organic garden” where soil based bacteria (B12) from foods (primarily vegetables) would cultivate in this pocket and maintain adequate levels of B12.

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