Question about Vitamin B?
I am currently taking a B-complex supplement, but I am worried that I am taking too much of it. According to the label, the amounts of each of the individual subtypes (i.e. B1, B2, etc.) are above the recommended daily intake. Here's the exact label:
B-1: 150 mg (10,000% daily value)
B-2: 150 mg (6,824% daily value)
Niacin: 150 mg (750% daily value)
B-6: 150 mg (7,500 %)
Folic Acid: 400 micrograms (100% daily value)
B-12: 150 micrograms (2,500% daily value)
Biotin: 150 micrograms (50% daily value)
Pantothenic Acid: 150 mg (1,500% daily value)
Does this seem high to you? Or, as I've read, does it not matter since any excesses in any kind of vitamin B will always be simply eliminated through the urine? I just want to make sure I'm not poisoning myself.
I should add that my doctor recommended that I take this for clinical depression
July 27th, 2010 - 10:58
Holy crap. Don’t forget you get vitamins from the food you eat too! Is it FDA approved? If not…stay away.
July 27th, 2010 - 10:58
It is unusual to have problems with an "overdose" where too much of a B vitamin could cause trouble. However, when it happens (rarely!), there could be problems with nerves so that the person would not feel the sense of touch very well or might have pain on the skin of the feet or might have problems keeping their balance when walking. There is no need to be supplementing your diet with B vitamins unless you talk to your pediatrician and he or she recommends it because you have a deficiency, or because of another health problem or medication that you are taking. If you have more concerns, you should contact your doctor.
July 27th, 2010 - 10:58
It’s not too high. The only B-vitamin you can really overdose on is B-6, but even then you’d have to be taking amounts in the thousands over a long period of time. The RDA or ‘Recommended Daily Intake’ is actually the bare minimum of what you need. The typical American diet is deficient in B-vitamins so it is good to supplement.
July 27th, 2010 - 10:58
I think you will find that B vitamins are water soluble so any excess would pass out of your body naturally. I at one time was taking B-complex supplement and extra thiamine B1. (2 1000mg tablets a day) That was because I was a heavy drinker.
July 27th, 2010 - 10:58
B’s are water soluable, which means you don’t store very much of it. Your liver will store a small amount, but nothing to be concerned with. For the most part, what your body doesn’t use, it will pass through the kidneys and out of the body.
As for levels for depression, much higher levels have been used to treat depression. If it seems to be working for you, then that is great.
July 27th, 2010 - 10:58
he had to "tell you" to take the B vitamins? I would have thought you’d have taken the B group of vitamins "before" you went to see him. Then maybe you wouldn’t have needed the doctor.
Maybe your doctor is suggesting you take this amount for a short period (if you think it’s too much) since you may be lacking in the B’s..