Vitamin B-complex

Wanda K.
on 6/16/12 11:47 am - Hope Mills, NC
RNY on 04/09/12
Getting ready to finish my Vitamin B-complex chewables and have started transitioning to pill form and wondering what Vitamin B-complex you recommend that you can buy over the counter.  I used to take the extended release but my understanding is that we can't use those because we won't absorb them.  Thanks for any help you can give me and HAPPY LOSING....

Wanda 
   
HW: 282, SW: 244.4, CW: 211, GW: 140   
      

poet_kelly
on 6/16/12 1:14 pm - OH
I don't take a B complex but just about any one should be fine.  You might want to check the label to make sure it contains B1, or thiamine, because some B complexes don't, and if you're going to take one, you might as well make sure you're getting all the B's in it.

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H.A.L.A B.
on 6/16/12 11:51 pm

 I do better with capsules than with pills.  But - at the same time - please make sure that you getting enough and not too much of the vitamins. Most B-s are great and since they are water soluble - even if you take too much - the rest will just get flashed out... but - like with everything else - some may accumulate - and may be toxic. I am 4 years out - and my latest blood work show too much of B6. Too much of B6 is no good.  And I noticed that my Bcomplex I was taking B-100 had over 500% of daily B6 and I was taking multi and drinking vitamin water (that had additional B6)... and so on.. 

I know that if I take B-complex now - it will have to be one that has has appropriate B- combination... not B-100 or B-50...
You can google what too much vit can do ...here is some...

Too much Vitamin B6 can lead to peripheral neuropathy, a condition characterized by damaged nerves that cause pain and numbness in the extremities. According to the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University peripheral neuropathy can eventually lead to difficulty walking and occurs with long-term supplementation of more than 1,000 mg of vitamin B6 daily. The Office of Dietary Supplements says that nerve damage caused by too much vitamin B6 is reversible once supplementation stops. The Mayo Clinic says too much vitamin B12 can lead to peripheral vascular thrombosis, an arterial blockage in the arms and legs that causes pain, numbness and ulcers.

Read more:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/112509-side-effects-vitamins-b12-/#ixzz1y3gIt9KJ

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