The research team has used animal models with arterial wall injury to explore this link.
The findings suggest that vitamin B12 deficiency could compromise your artery health as well as aggravate atherosclerosis development even in the absence of high cholesterol levels.
While the researchers added that they can’t draw a conclusion on whether the lack of B vitamins is definitely to blame, vitamin deficiency did “markedly” increase the risk in the study.
How to spot vitamin B12 deficiency?
Fortunately, the lack of B12 causes a wide range of problems, making the condition easier to spot if you know what to look for.
