Re: Dana - name that vitamin!

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> You seem to have all the answers to little problems, so I thought I

would

> ask you!

Would be nice if I had answer to BIG problems LOL

Sometimes I have answers, other times not. It depends on whether I

have had to deal with the problem.

> I switched my multi-vitamins to a whole food supplement. I also

added mB12

> sublingual, 1000mcg. The corner of my lips started to crack, and I

read your

> post about B1 and B12 depleting B2,

Yes

> Is B2 still the problem with my cracked lips?

Either B2 or yeast overgrowth, or both.

> B1: 33mg from rice bran (2222% of RDA)

> B2: 33mg from pumpkin seeds (1960% of RDA)

> B12: 66mcg from beets (1111% of RDA)

> It looks like I'm getting plenty of B2. Since I can't take away B1,

should I

> try increasing my B2 intake by food or supplementing? Or am I missing

> something else?

When I was giving my son approx 33mg B1 and 500-1000mcg of mB12, he

needed more than 100mg B2 to keep the lips from cracking. Try adding

a 100mg capsule of B2 when you take this multi, see if that helps.

Dana