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Vitamin B

Post by chocolate » 13th Nov, '09, 00:04

Does anyone here take a Vitamin B supplement?

I ask because I try to take one but it makes me nauseous - I took it today maybe an hour after I'd eaten breakfast so maybe I need to take it with my food/more food?

Any thoughts?

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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Zephyr » 13th Nov, '09, 03:07

I do and yes sometimes feel nauseous and then try to skip a day or two. I always take it right after or with food.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Kooky » 13th Nov, '09, 04:21

I don't take a specific vit B but, as you know, I do take a lot of supplements. :) I always take them immediately after food. I can't take them on an empty stomach.

If you take any other supplements, try spreading them out across your meals.

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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Tas » 13th Nov, '09, 06:50

pretty much most supplement instructions say to take with food, or immediately after. If I take them, I shove them in with a bunch of food.

if I haven't much on the stomach, it's blurgh.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Fat Bob » 13th Nov, '09, 07:37

Berrocca sorts out all that. Though remember, there's lots of vitamin Bs (not just one like vit C) so you need to see if each vitamin is the right amount.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Fat Bob » 13th Nov, '09, 07:48

Just seen that nicotinamide does not have the same toxic effects as naicin, so maybe your suppliment has naicin as it's Vit B3 suppliment and not nicotinamide.

Naicin is converted into nicotinamide in the body. Toxicity of the two differs, but my source seems slightly contradictory on which one is worse.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by FurBaby » 13th Nov, '09, 15:53

is it true that too much Vitamin B affects the nerves adversely?

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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Fat Bob » 13th Nov, '09, 17:00

Which vitamin B? there's 8 of them!

More info on Wiki

B6 is the one that if taken at 10 times the dosage of Berocca (which is 5x the RDA) can cause some nerve damage. And I would think you would have to take it regularly and not just once.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Sardonicus » 13th Nov, '09, 21:44

I want to take more vits but they also make me ill, even after food.

I thought for a long while it might be the selenium used as a binder and supplement, but not really sure. It's not that easy to separate it all out and find the offensive ingredient.

Having said that, I've been dubious about products from GNC and the like and wonder if they are any good or even detrimental.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by chocolate » 14th Nov, '09, 00:41

Hey

i meant to check FB which Vit B i have, I'm pretty sure it's a complex of all the Vitamin B's.

I actually take it Furbaby to help my dodgy nerve endings. People lacking in it can have problems with nerves which i do.

I'll look tonight and see, maybe it's too high a dose for my size and maybe i should take it directly after my food.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Burbage » 14th Nov, '09, 06:04

Eat meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, and you won't need vitamins in tablet form.

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Re: Vitamin B

Post by chocolate » 14th Nov, '09, 09:39

FB - B complex - thiamin, riboflavin , niacin (as niacinamide) , B6, 50mg and folic acid 400 mcg, B12 and Biotcin 50 mcg

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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Aerin » 24th May, '11, 13:08

Vitamin B is one of the most commonly discussed. With a wide variety of healthy benefits as well as scientific support, this is a vitamin that should not only be in everyone's medicine cabinet, but it should also be made a part of a healthy diet.There are many vitamin B in fruits,vegetables.It is an essential item for a healthy body.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Eddie John » 8th Jun, '11, 19:15

Vitamin B is very effective for health and it is very good and it covers many foods that are beneficial for health and i consider it as an important part of food.
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by daffodil » 8th Jun, '11, 21:02

I am losing the will to live.

Do you think Vitamin B will help?
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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Tas » 9th Jun, '11, 08:00

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Re: Vitamin B

Post by Fat Bob » 9th Jun, '11, 08:03

daffodil wrote:I am losing the will to live.

Do you think Vitamin B will help?
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