Events
We hold monthly events, 7pm UK time for 90 minutes on the second Monday of the month
Forthcoming Events
Heather Hardie – 9 June 2025
Heather will be talking about her work with her charity. Information about the event will be coming soon
Peterlee Coffee Morning – June 2025
11:00am - 12.30. Last Monday of the month An informal opportunity to learn a little bit more and gather some new and updated information. Coffee mornings are an informal opportunity to learn a little bit more about Vitamin B12 deficiency and to know that you are...
Past Events
Katrina Burchell – How The Pernicious Anaemia Society is Supporting Research – 12 May 2025
Katrina Burchell is CEO of The Pernicious Anaemia Society and Chair of the B12 Alliance. Like so many, Katrina had a long journey to diagnosis and proper treatment and has been lobbying for better awareness, better doctor education and more patient benefitting...
Hugo Minney – the genetics of Vitamin B12 deficiency – 10 March 2025
Some people have B12 deficiency because they don’t get enough B12 in their diet, but it’s not usually as simple as that – different people need different amounts and types of B12 because of our genes. 8 genes (so far) control how good we are at digesting and...
Catherine Rogers – Yes, Alzheimer’s is Optional – 14 April 2025
During the talk, Catherine offered to share her current Cognoscope showing her blood results as optimal. If you would like to receive a pdf copy, please email: notifications@b12d.org.A mental health therapist and health coach passionate about the link between physical...
Annie Barr MBE – Vitamin B12 and the co-factors – Monday 10 February 2025
With over 30 years of experience as a clinician and consultant, Annie Barr is the Chief Executive Officer of AB Health Group, a leading provider of healthcare training and consultancy services in the UK and internationally. Annie Barr holds a Master’s degree in...
Coffee Morning-Poppy Dene 24 February 2025
11:00am - 12.30. Last Monday of the month An informal opportunity to learn a little bit more and gather some new and updated information. Coffee mornings are an informal opportunity to learn a little bit more about Vitamin B12 deficiency and to know that you are...
John Warren MD – Pernicious Anaemia: My Story – 13 January 2025
I am an 82-year-old retired physician. I trained at Cambridge and The London Hospital Medical College, qualifying in 1966. I was appointed a consultant physician at Princess Alexandra Hospital Harlow in 1975, in general and respiratory medicine. I was diagnosed with...
Coffee Morning-Poppy Dene 24 March 2025
11:00am - 12.30. Last Monday of the month An informal opportunity to learn a little bit more and gather some new and updated information. Coffee mornings are an informal opportunity to learn a little bit more about Vitamin B12 deficiency and to know that you are...
Lori Taylor – Auto-Immune Gastritis 9 December 2024
Lori Bryngelson Taylor, MA, MS, RD Contact Info: linkedin.com/in/saveyourplate Website: saveyourplate.net (Personal)Lori Taylor is a clinical dietitian, professor and author with over 25 years of experience. In 2018 she was diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis (AIG),...
Clara Plattel – Research Coordinator, B12 Institute – 11 November 2024
Clara Plattel is a researcher in Vitamin B12 deficiency and brought the conference proceedings of the 2023 Rotterdam B12 conference to publication recently.
The conference was called B12 deficiency at the bookends of life: pregnancy, childhood, adults and the elderly, which I think applies to all of us!
Coffee Morning – 26 November 2024
An informal opportunity to learn a little bit more and gather some new and updated information. VENUE: @ Clacey’s Coffee House 12 Sea Road, Fulwell, Sunderland. SR9 6BX
Tristan Blevins – B12d and Diabetes – 14 October 2024
Tristan delivers an NHS funded and based Diabetes Type 2 prevention program. He is also a Nutritionist and Holistic practitioner, a combination (NHS and holistic practitioner) that has delivered some of the most exciting advances in our understanding of B12 deficiency. Tristan will talk about current research and findings in order to improve the health of the population.
Sally Pacholok – Could it be B12? – 9 September 2024
Sally Pacholok is the author of the book “Could it be B12?” and film of her story – “Sally Pacholok”
Sally is an Emergency Department nurse who recognised a lot of people coming into her hospital with a particular cluster of symptoms. She found out that these symptoms are associated with B12 deficiency and launched a nationwide – now global – campaign to raise awareness of the condition and promote early treatment, so that people could live healthy lives.