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Posted by Dr. Bob on March 4, 2004, at 2:08:27
In reply to Um, high doses of B Vits are neurotoxic... » McPac, posted by utopizen on March 2, 2004, at 18:04:33
> You should not take a vitamin supplement unless your doctor has indicated to you that your blood tests are presenting low levels of B Vitamins, and then and only then do you take maybe one B-100 Complex at the most (like I do).
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> B Vitamins are helpful to your brain if you are presently deficient of them. Despite what mysterious suggestions the supplement companies what you to receive, you can actually get a blood sample telling you of every single deficiency/sufficency you have in your body.
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> Of course, it helps to have been tested for comprehensive blood work for 6 months at a time for 3 separate trials of Accutane...
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> =)
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> BUT REMEBER- B VITAMIN IS NEUROTOXIC IF YOU RECEIVE MORE THAN WHAT IS SUFFICENT. THERE IS A SUFFICENT DOSE FOR YOUR BLOODSTREAM AND A NEUROTOXIC DOSE, NOT A "HIGH DOSE."
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> HIGH=NEUROTOXIC.
Posted by Ame Sans Vie on March 10, 2004, at 9:21:21
In reply to high doses of B Vits are neurotoxic... « utopizen, posted by Dr. Bob on March 4, 2004, at 2:08:27
Vitamin B-6 has occasionally been shown neurotoxic in high doses (i.e. above 200mg/day), but that quite simply does not pertain to the other common B-vitamins found in your standard B-complex formulation. These nutrients are water-soluble, and thus need to be replenished each day. Any excess that the body cannot utilize is simply excreted. Absolutely no danger here.
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