Why does Vitamin B12 make you happy?

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Dr Dhankecha Dineshbhai

General Practitioner

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It makes you happy or uplifts your mood because vitamin B12 is needed for the production of serotonin. Serotonin is a hormone that stabalises mood in people who are deficient in the hormone.

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