Re: Why 50 mg of the B-vitamins ??

[Guest guest]

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> Isn't the liver only used to processing maybe a tenth of the amount of the

recommended 50mg of B-vitamins? In other words the body(liver) can only process

so much of the B-Vitamins at one time then discards the rest. Since B-vitamins

are water soluble it seems like most of the 50mg of B-vitamins would be

expensive urine, because the Liver only processes so much at one time. 50 mg is

probably 10X the amount of what the liver is used to processing. That's like

asking a weight lifter to lift 10x the amount what he is used to doing. Common

sense should tell us to take a dosage that is closer to what our body is used to

processing " at one time " ...More is not better...Yes people are getting healthy

with this diet(I'm not questioning that)-,but I'm trying to figure out the high

B-Vitamin dosage. It might save people $$ + less work on the liver for people to

take a lower B-vitamin dosage? A dosage closer to what the body is used to

processing.

+++Hi ,

What is the source of your information about how much B vitamins the liver

handles at one time?

Bee

[Guest guest]

Let me put it this way you have to eat a pound of raw liver to amount to 50

mg of niacin. Liver has 3mg of niacin per ounce. Raw liver is one of the richest

food sources of B-vitamins. No one eats a pound of raw liver each day- meaning

our liver is designed to process only so much of the B-vitamins at one time.

I would rather take a smaller dosage divided up throughout the day.

Just like our body only processes so much sugar at one time then stores the

rest as fat.

But B-vitamins are water soluble so what does not get used gets excreted.

It's not entirely normal for our urine to be bright yellow after taking high

dosage B-vitamins.

How did you come up with 50 mg?

[Guest guest]

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> Let me put it this way you have to eat a pound of raw liver to amount to 50

mg of niacin. Liver has 3mg of niacin per ounce. Raw liver is one of the richest

food sources of B-vitamins. No one eats a pound of raw liver each day- meaning

our liver is designed to process only so much of the B-vitamins at one time.

> I would rather take a smaller dosage divided up throughout the day.

> Just like our body only processes so much sugar at one time then stores the

rest as fat.

> But B-vitamins are water soluble so what does not get used gets excreted.

It's not entirely normal for our urine to be bright yellow after taking high

dosage B-vitamins.

> How did you come up with 50 mg?

+++Hi ,

It is very normal to get bright yellow urine from B complex, which means the

body is throwing off mainly B2.

I've been taking 50 mg of B complex along with 50 mg niacin two times a day for

about 25 years, and still get bright yellow urine.

Also niacin can be taken in much higher amounts without causing any distress to

the liver, if it is increased gradually. However, taking more than 400 mg per

day means increasing all other supplements too. Many people take niacin to lower

cholesterol levels at doses of 1,500 mg per day or more without liver issues as

well.

If the doses I recommended were a problem for the liver, people on my program

wouldn't be progressing like they are.

You can divide up doses more if you wish, but it isn't necessary.

Do you have liver issues?

Bee