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bloodstream. In this way, the B succeeds in reaching the bone marrow
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(Figures 129 through 131).
As you’ve seen, the stomach cells know the importance to the body of
vitamin B . Moreover, the intestinal cells know what kind of marker they
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need in order to recognize B , and they produce this marker molecule.
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Intestinal cells, have no eyes, hands or brains, yet they recognize this
marker and thus catch the vitamin B .
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Another very important point is that the vitamin B absorbed as the
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result of all these events provides no direct benefit to the cells in either the
stomach or the intestinal wall. Vitamin B is used very far away, in the
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bone marrow. Thanks to it, the human body can produce blood, and is thus
able to survive.
The journey undertaken by a single vitamin and the details of that
journey are sufficient for us to realize the flawless nature of the system es-
tablished inside our bodies.
It is certain that the keen awareness and flawless functioning dis-
played in the course of these processes cannot take place through the will
of the cells concerned. After all, the entities known as cells are structures
consisting of collections of unconscious molecules. It would be meaning-
less to look for consciousness, will or a power inside a cell. It is our Lord,
Almighty God, Who created this system, and all things, from nothing.

Figure 128.
While vitamin B is still in the bloodstream, the stomach cells produce a
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special molecule for it. This molecule is an identity document that this vita-
min will need on every stage of its journey.

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