Vitamin Deficiency and EDS: How Much is Due to Aging and Diet?

Someone just posted this on Facebook: https://ohtwist.com/about-eds/comorbidities?fbclid=IwAR1x6-L0JGHbd_klxxfrVglTmSd3_6t0UzMHivQUt0_Nn64mPBLRkasVXXg It actually states that Chronically low Vitamin D and B12 levels (caution urged for those with MTHFR mutations with the latter, may need a different form of Vit B) is observed in people with EDS.

I 100% have slow gut motility and have cut back on my NSAID usage due to gastritis in the past. I’ve cut out gluten and dairy for about a month and a half now and it’s made a huge difference but still slow gut motility

Okay thank you! I was starting to gas light myself into thinking it was just my diet and not EDS related because I supplemented with B12 and started to break out really bad. Now i only take a multivitamin and a high dose of vitamin D and I’m still breaking out, so I think it may be hormonal (I just started a new progestin-only birth control called slynd)

I have been dangerously low with vitamin D. We found it was the gi manifestations of the EDS. I am constantly low on vitamins and it is worse when the GI issues from the EDS are flaring up.

I was also wondering the same thing. I need constant really high doses of both to be in normal ranges.

I have been deficient in both since I was a kid, so maybe diet, but definitely doesn't seem to be aging in my case. I started taking sublingual B12 instead of capsules and that seems to keep my levels more consistent--plus it tastes nice and doesn't give me neon pee, haha!

I am consistently b-12 deficient despite supplementing. I didn't know this could be eds related!