If you are going to take any vitamins, take a multivitamin plus minerals that is well balanced, such as products by Nature Made, Centrum, or Kirkland. These products contain about 100% of the RDA for many vitamins & minerals. Just taking 1 or 2 individual vitamins or minerals can be dangerous, for example taking zinc supplements can prevent copper absorption and make you copper deficient.
If you eat a great diet you probably don’t need any pills, and if you eat an average diet a multivitamin may be all you need. However, if you don’t eat well, have heavy menstrual periods, use oral contraceptives, etc., you may need extra iron or vitamin B6. As far as B vitamins, the most I would want to try would be a B-complex containing from 10-100 mg of vitamin B6, and 10-100 mcg of vitamin B12, such as NOW brand B-50 tablets.
Monday, October 13, 2008
How much vitamin B6 and B12 should we take?
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