The Big Vitamin D Mistake

Re:The Big Vitamin D Mistake by arca_vorago on Thursday December 07, 2017 @01:27AM (#15868104)

I just want to say the b complexes are indeed super important, but recent studies indicate a potential link between overly high dosage and some types of cancers, particularly in men. So be wary of overdoing it with those 3000% dv supplements.

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Re:The Big Vitamin D Mistake by pfarnsworth on Thursday December 07, 2017 @01:46AM (#15868195)

5-hr energy drinks have 8333% the recommended dosage!! When I saw this I threw mine away, that’s a scary amount, considering the cancer link as you said.

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Re:The Big Vitamin D Mistake by twobyfour on Thursday December 07, 2017 @07:22AM (#15869430)

The occasional B vitamin overdose is unlikely to harm you. B vitamins are water soluble, so if you consume more than you need you'll just pee it out within 24 hours. And the toxic levels for most B vitamins are between 100 and 10,000 times the recommended levels.

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Re:The Big Vitamin D Mistake by tpowell on Thursday December 07, 2017 @01:52AM (#15868224)

I threw out some vitamins and energy drinks after reading about this.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/b12-energ...

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Re:The Big Vitamin D Mistake by wcdolphin on Thursday December 07, 2017 @02:25AM (#15868339)

What if the increase in lung cancer was caused by more breathes being taken. It would be funny if both the “energy/metabolism” crowd and the “cancer” risk proponents were correct.

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