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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / December 2004Recovery from Vitamin B Deficiency
Greetings, I have a vitamin b deficiency. I have started taking Solgar's VM-2000 multivitamin. How long will it take me to recover from said deficiency? Thanks in advance, Clarkal It depends on how depleted you are. It took me about a month to see the effects. My B12 was 292. However, I cut the B tablet up and put part of it under the tongue and let it dissolve, because you need adequate stomach acid to absorb some of the Bs. I was taking a B supplement for years, but it did not matter due to the insufficient stomach acid. Now I take a B powder I got from iHerb.com (the brand was NOW), and it works well and costs the least. Since it's going under the tongue, the powder does a good job, however the taste is not good, as you can probably imagine. Just have to grin and bear it. >It depends on how depleted you are. It took me about a month to see >the effects. My B12 was 292. However, I cut the B tablet up and put [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >under the tongue, the powder does a good job, however the taste is not >good, as you can probably imagine. Just have to grin and bear it. Vitasorb children's B drops taste good and they are very easy to absorb. Just keep them under the tongue for a few minutes. Adults need 3 X 20 drops a day so they work out a bit expensive. >>It depends on how depleted you are. It took me about a month to see >>the effects. My B12 was 292. However, I cut the B tablet up and put [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > absorb. Just keep them under the tongue for a few minutes. Adults need > 3 X 20 drops a day so they work out a bit expensive. Isn't there also a taste-masking product called 'Yuk-Away!' (or something like that...) which body-builders use when they have to scarf down vast amounts of stuff like powdered L-Arginine (which tastes, I am reliably informed, like 'dog-vomit'...)...? Savonarola > >>It depends on how depleted you are. It took me about a month to see > >>the effects. My B12 was 292. However, I cut the B tablet up and put [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > amounts of stuff like powdered L-Arginine (which tastes, I am reliably > informed, like 'dog-vomit'...)...? While arginine does taste bad, it not as bad as dog vomit or limburger cheese. It is a base. I'd suspect any kreb cycle acid would improve the taste. I take arginine straight sometimes. Often I add either acetyl carnitine or carnitine tartrate. That solution is hardly ideal but when I think how much I am saving pricewise, I have absolutely no problem. > Savonarola > Isn't there also a taste-masking product called 'Yuk-Away!' (or something > like that...) which body-builders use when they have to scarf down vast > amounts of stuff like powdered L-Arginine (which tastes, I am reliably > informed, like 'dog-vomit'...)...? More like goat vomit than dog vomit, surely?  SignatureChris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] > It depends on how depleted you are. It took me about a month to see > the effects. My B12 was 292. However, I cut the B tablet up and put > part of it under the tongue and let it dissolve, because you need > adequate stomach acid to absorb some of the Bs. I was taking a B > supplement for years, but it did not matter due to the insufficient > stomach acid. The supplement no doubt helped as it would have provide free folic acid and free B-12 as opposed to folate and chemically bonded B-12. However, your inositol status would have been impaired as few supplements contain enough inositol. And at least a share of your inositol comes from the acidic environment of the stomach hydrolyzing phytate into inositol. Then one has to wonder what else in the way of nutrients weren't hydrolyzed into their free form to be available for absorption from the intestines. > Now I take a B powder I got from iHerb.com (the brand > was NOW), and it works well and costs the least. Since it's going > under the tongue, the powder does a good job, however the taste is not > good, as you can probably imagine. Just have to grin and bear it. > The supplement no doubt helped as it would have provide free folic > acid and free B-12 as opposed to folate and chemically bonded B-12. Ha, ... Hah, Ha! Somebody makes a totally off the wall request and this so-called science person responds with an equally off the wall comment. :( What is your problem Geek? How does this person know that they have a vitamin B deficiency? Did they totally dream this up? What B vitamin are they deficient in? If they had gone to a physician and were found to be deficient in Vitamin B-12, for example, the doctor would have been giving them vitamin injections. Just thought that you might want to know. :) It depends on how depleted you are. It took me about a month to see the effects. My B12 was 292. However, I cut the B tablet up and put part of it under the tongue and let it dissolve, because you need adequate stomach acid to absorb some of the Bs. I was taking a B supplement for years, but it did not matter due to the insufficient stomach acid. Now I take a B powder I got from iHerb.com (the brand was NOW), and it works well and costs the least. Since it's going under the tongue, the powder does a good job, however the taste is not good, as you can probably imagine. Just have to grin and bear it. "I have a vitamin b deficiency. I have started taking Solgar's VM-2000 multivitamin. How long will it take me to recover from said deficiency?" Why not ask the MD that you're working with...this was dx by a doctor, right? What B-Vitamin are you deficient in? The Vitamin B group consists of different chemical substances with individual functions and attributes. They don't have that much in common. > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Clarkal I am not really answering your question, but if you have a vitamine deficiency why don't you take your vitamines from natural foods. Brewer's yeast is a cource you can include in your diet if it is deficient in vitamine B. I wrote a paper dealing with using natural foods to correct deficiencies. http://geocities.com/andrewvecsey/optimalhealth.html Abstract: Optimal health is defined. Suggestions are presented as to how it can be reached despite the many obstacles to it that must be overcome. The presently known essential nutrients are listed with foods that are rich in these nutrients. Correcting diet deficiencies using these foods is highlighted. Analogy comparing the biological functioning of our body to the functioning of machines and communities are presented. They are used for building an understanding and appreciation of the important factors that hinder or help us in attaining and maintaining optimal health. Part 1 deals with general health concerns. Part 2 introduces molasses, yeast, cod liver oil, flax, and wheat bran as foods that can replenish the depleted nutrients in foods caused by processing. Options using commercial meal replacement products and multi vitamin /mineral capsules are compared. Part 3 deals with symptoms of deficiencies and choosing the right foods to cover these deficiencies. regards andrew vecsey > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Clarkal |
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