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A study conducted on pregnant mice, the species with a very similar biological and behavioral makeup to humans, also found that B12 deficiency led to high cholesterol levels and a significant increase in body fat percentage in pregnant mice
However, analyses have shown that it produces only a moderate effect on weight loss
Glutamate is stored mainly in neuronal vesicles prepared for its neurotransmitter function, however, a significant proportion of glutamate is oxidatively metabolized by conversion to oxoglutarate to the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) in neurons (Hassel 2001), as well as glial cells (Gond et al
This is especially critical in the first few weeks of pregnancy