What are B vitamins?

B vitamins play important roles in all types of cellular health including your immune system, making DNA to create new cells, making red blood cells, and helping nerve cells function. This at-home blood test for vitamin levels will let you easily check if your levels of three key B vitamins are within normal range and optimal for overall health and wellness.

There are several reasons why you may want to learn more about your B vitamin levels.

• You are suffering from conditions like fatigue, weight loss, or mood changes
• You are planning for pregnancy
• You follow a vegetarian or vegan diet
• You have a gut malabsorption disorder (like Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease)
• You are HIV positive
• You have had bariatric surgery for weight loss
• You regularly consume an excessive amount of alcohol
• You have diabetes or certain types of thyroid diseases
• You have taken the medication metformin for ≥ 4 months
• You have taken a proton pump inhibitor (omeprazole, pantoprazole, esomeprazole) or histamine 2 (H2) blocker (famotidine, ranitidine) daily for ≥ 12 months

The Everlywell B Vitamins Test is a B6, B9, and vitamin B12 test that assesses your B6, B9 and vitamin B12 status by measuring the levels of these vitamins in your blood.

Discover Your Vitamin B6, B9, and B12 Levels

Your results will show you if your vitamin B6, B9, and B12 levels are within the normal range. B vitamins are important for proper function of the nervous system, immune system, and for normal development of red blood cells.

After taking this blood test for vitamin deficiency, you will get your vitamin B6, B9, and B12 levels, as well as guidance on how to improve or maintain healthy levels of these vitamins for overall wellness.

How to test for a B12 deficiency?

Our B vitamins panel includes a B12 blood test that makes it easy for you to check for a vitamin B12 deficiency from the comfort of your home. It only requires a small sample of blood (collected with a simple finger prick), which you then ship to a lab for analysis using the prepaid shipping label included with the kit. You can then easily view your results on our secure, online platform.

Does the Everlywell Vitamin B Test check for pernicious anemia?

While vitamin B12 levels can be one indication of pernicious anemia, our B12 home test by itself cannot diagnose anemia (which requires a battery of different laboratory tests). Our test specifically focuses on checking your vitamin B12 status to see if you might have a vitamin deficiency. If you do have a low vitamin B12 level that is not within the normal range, this may significantly increase your risk for anemia and is worth discussing with your healthcare provider, who may perform an evaluation and recommend diagnostic testing for anemia.

Is there an at-home anemia test?

Wondering how to test for anemia? Currently, diagnosing pernicious anemia requires a physician’s evaluation of symptoms, plus a variety of lab tests—so it’s not a condition you can test for at home. A first round of lab tests may include a complete blood count, a vitamin B12 blood test, and a peripheral blood smear.

• Vitamin B6
• Folate (Folic Acid)
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin Deficiency Anemia