The Irony with Vitamin B13 (Orotic Acid)

is found in the following statement:

“Vitamin B13 is not really recognized as a vitamin, since it is manufactured by the body by intestinal flora.”

If you try to find information regarding Vitamin B13, this is usually the first sentence you will encounter. Now, on the surface I am in full agreement, but if you read on, I think you’ll agree that there is indeed a problem with that statement.

The problem lies in the flora. Firstly, we have been destroying our intestinal flora since the invention of antibiotics.

Obviously I‘m not disputing the value of antibiotics, but what I am disputing is the blatant lack of interest of medical doctors to advise their patients to replace the floral that had been destroyed by the antibiotics.

It doesn’t stop with antibiotics issues. The destruction of intestinal flora is caused by other culprits as well:

• Chronic illness
• Synthetic laxatives
• Parasites
• Mercury released from dental amalgam fillings
• Abnormal Intestinal pH
• Many medications
• Stress
• Alcohol
• Poor diet (Basically, the fast-food, processed Amercian diet)

So what happens when the good intestinal flora is disturbed (or destroyed) and becomes unbalanced? A progression of other illness occurs such as:

• Candida overgrowth
• Irritable Bowell syndrome
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Flatchulance (“gas”)
• Variety of Gastrointestinal Diseases

So let me remind of that sentence again…

Vitamin B13 is not really recognized as a vitamin, since it is manufactured by the body by intestinal flora.

If more emphasis isn’t going to be placed on our intestinal flora, can we say with confidence that Vitamin B13 may not be needed?

Granted, the obvious choice here is to maintain health intestinal flora, but have you gone by the laxative aisle lately? The antacid aisle? How about those medications to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)?

Chemicals, Food Additives and Processing

And just what are the implications that chemicals, food additives and processing have on our intestinal flora?

Or do we just not care?

Obviously we, as a modern society, have severe issues with our intestinal flora.

Let’s apply some logic here:

If Vitamin B13 (orotic acid) is not considered a vitamin because our own intestinal flora produces it, then what happens when are intestinal flora is compromised? Or totally destroyed?

Oh yes…take a drug!

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Dr. Michelle Kmiec

is a board-certified Chiropractic Physician and Life Coach who also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Biology, and a minor in Medical Research. She is a life-long athlete who after curing herself 100% naturally from MS and anxiety, became an avid nutrition health researcher/promoter.

She has been featured in many Health magazines and has been a guest on radio talk shows in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia. She is the author of Health Freedom Revolution: Exposing the Lies, Deceit and Greed of the Medical Profession, Founder of Online Holistic Health, and a contributing writer for other popular informative health website/blogs.

She is the host of Holistic Health Radio – where she discusses how she recovered her health as well as other hot health topics, and she is also co-founder of Crazy Meets Common Sense! –  The Podcast that Makes Sense Out of the Crazy, to Help You Live a More Healthy, Fulfilling and Empowering Life!