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    B-complex

    Posts: 112
    edited January 6 in Food and Nutrition
    I was considering purchasing b-complex tablets because I need more energy. For those of you taking b-complex did you notice a difference in your energy levels?

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    • Posts: 112
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    • Posts: 990 Member
      what do you want from the pills just more energy?
    • Posts: 7,490 Member
      Yep. Aboslutely. :)
    • Posts: 112
      what do you want from the pills just more energy?

      Yea
    • Posts: 990 Member
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      Yea
      like all day energy or workout energy?
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
      Nope. I started taking one last year when I turned 50 on the advice of my doctor (apparently women over 50 produce less stomach acid making it harder to absorb B vitamins). I haven't noticed any difference except my urine is now bright yellow every morning until I p*** away those pricey supplements.
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      like all day energy or workout energy?
      All day
    • Posts: 6,128 Member
      I either take the B vitamin MiO or Pro-wellness B vitamin liquid. I think there's a huge difference when I don't get either of the in.
    • Posts: 214 Member
      I've been taking the gummy B Complex by Vitafusion. I'm not sure if I really have more energy or I just think I do because they taste like candy. LOL.
    • Posts: 2,603 Member
      try caffeine for energy
    • Posts: 332 Member
      I notice a difference. When I regularly take it I find I don't need to nap as much. I feel more 'up'. As another poster said, the first pee after taking it is practically fluorescent yellow. I think from the riboflavin? They're water soluble, so what your body doesn't need, it just flushes.
    • Posts: 375 Member
      yes i did, it didn't make me want to run 20 miles or anything, but it helps keep me going and getting up in the mornings to work out, and when i forget to take it, i really notice it...plus, I used to lose alot of hair, but that has slowed down too and my nails are nicer and don't split...so vitamin B is good for me in many ways...
    • Posts: 3,472 Member
      I take it so my pee is a neon color. True Story.
    • Posts: 170 Member
      instead of a supplement try getting those b vitamins from other sources, i love cran-energy by ocean spray, but there are plenty of shakes, water additives, like mio, and even protein bars with b vitamins added to them. OH and green tea! Supplements can get pricey and like the OP mentioned many are flushed out anyways.

      Good luck finding what works for you... maybe more sleep if you need naps!! lol jk
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
      I take it because I have a B-deficiency.

      I'm not sure there's evidence that you really get much extra energy with a healthy baseline B-vitamin base, but they're water soluble so you pee out what you don't need. Give it a shot. Why not.

      Also, like Cmcollins said- it makes your pee neon. So that's cool.
    • Posts: 221
      I take a Vitamin B-Complex pill, salmon oil, Vitamin D, 5-HTP, and folic acid daily or every second day. I don't know what is doing what, but I notice a big difference. I think for me it is the Vitamin D.
    • Posts: 86 Member
      You'll definitely get more energy, particularly if you can get them in powder capsule form.
      But for sure get at least 50 mg. capsules and take a couple after a meal.

      You'll also have pee the color of yellow highlighter ;)
    • Posts: 593 Member
      no difference here
    • Posts: 2,242 Member
      I take them as my doctor told me to take them, but it hasn't increased my energy.
    • Posts: 1,165 Member
      No difference here just orange pee :s
    • Posts: 1,927 Member
      I take it so my pee is a neon color. True Story.

      This. I'm currently looking into other color options though. Let me know if anyone knows a way to get purple.
    • Posts: 2,273 Member
      I take a Vitamin B-Complex pill, salmon oil, Vitamin D, 5-HTP, and folic acid daily or every second day. I don't know what is doing what, but I notice a big difference. I think for me it is the Vitamin D.
      You take all of that and you don't know why?
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
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      This. I'm currently looking into other color options though. Let me know if anyone knows a way to get purple.

      UTI medicine gets you like a sunset red/orange.
    • Posts: 189 Member
      B-complexes are awesome, BUT DO NOT BUY THE TABLETS! Your body will moat like not absorb it, or if it does it won't absorb very much. Make sure you get the capsules or you can even get injections! B-complexes have really done wonders for me, and they affect my mood too making me feel just cheery ;) I certainly notice a difference and so do those around me!
    • Posts: 517 Member
      I took it at first just to get the energy. I was a sugar-holic before and I found that it stabalized that need for sugar to keep me awake... now I don't yawn as much and it helps me remember to drink water so my pee isn't neon.
    • Posts: 2,131 Member
      They worked to well for me. I get shaky and flush. I seem to be more sensitive to vitamin B than most. I bought a box of protein bars a few weeks back, ate one, and felt like I took an energy shot. I looked at the label and sure enough vitamin B was at the top of the label. Anyone want a box of grahm cracker protein bars?
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
      B vitamins are the energy vitamins! If you aren't getting enough in your diet, it's worth taking a supplement. My husband takes a B complex and a D supplement because he has Crohn's disease. I have taken them off and on. They do help.
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
      try caffeine for energy

      B vitamins don't give you a crash like caffeine does. :ohwell:
    • Posts: 13,274 Member
      B-complexes are awesome, BUT DO NOT BUY THE TABLETS! Your body will moat like not absorb it, or if it does it won't absorb very much. Make sure you get the capsules or you can even get injections! B-complexes have really done wonders for me, and they affect my mood too making me feel just cheery ;) I certainly notice a difference and so do those around me!

      A doctor can prescribe an injection, which is ZOOM, ZOOM. There are also liquid forms that absorb under the tongue.
    • Posts: 174 Member
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      This. I'm currently looking into other color options though. Let me know if anyone knows a way to get purple.

      Beetroot ;-)
      It colors your pee purple and gives you lots of B-vitamins, potassium and iron.
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