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A Healthy Way to Power Up? B12 Power Shot

The new "energy drinks" are loaded with caffeine and sugar and can cause a variety of negative effects.

If you are looking to boost your energy and stamina, here's a healthy and effective alternative: a vitamin B12 shot. Anyone and everyone can benefit from B12 injections: busy parents, seniors, athletes, vegetarians, vegans, and people on prescription drugs.

Why B12?

Our bodies need B12 to create energy and this vitamin is not absorbed well from the diet or in capsule form.

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What does B12 Treat?

B12 treats fatigue, anemia, colds and flu, thyroid/adrenal imbalance, anxiety, depression, insomnia, PMS, menopause.

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The Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center offers the B12 shots at the Westside New Leaf Community Markets every Monday from 11 am – 1 pm (except May 26) for $20. For an additional $5 each you can add up to two of the following: B Complex, B6, Folic Acid, Lipo-Shot. And there are also B12 Specialty Shots to ease pain and boost your immune system.

“Vitamin B12 is important for adrenal health, cell reproduction, blood formation, and protein and tissue synthesis.  It's a nutrient that is difficult to absorb orally. B12 makes most people feel an increased sense of energy and stamina, improved mood and better sleep,” said Dr. Tonya Fleck-D'Andrea, ND, Founder and Medical Director of the Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center.

For more information about B12 shot could benefit you, please call 831-477-1377. The Westside New Leaf Community Markets is located at 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. Connect with New Leaf at: https://www.facebook.com/NewLeafWestside


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