Which b12 to take?

[grannyh]

The one my husband has.. has lots of added stuff I can't have....
grannyh

[mle_ii]

I asked Marsha the same question. Here was her response:

Hi Mike,
Here's one of the site's I read researching it:

http://www.vitaminexpress.com/drmurray/ ... ration.htm

And I take Jarrow Formulas Methyl B-12 5000mcg (methycobolamin), but I break them in half and take one half tab (2500) each morning. That's probably overkill, but you can't overdose on it, and it seems to be poorly absorbed, so what the heck. A bottle of 60 pills is I think about $20. If you start taking it, don't take it after about lunchtime- it might keep you up at night.

I hope this helps, Marsha

[Marsha]

Hi! I almost forgot to answer you - sorry! I take Jarrow Formulas Methyl B12 5000mcg. (methylcobolamin) But I cut them in half, so only take 2500mcg each morning. That's a little excessive, but you can't overdose, it's relatively cheap, and B12 isn't absorbed well. They are sublingual. I can't take them after lunchtime, or they'll keep me up at night. And they may not help everybody: I thought they'd help me because my bloodtests had a particular pattern, I have lupus (which may cause a deficiency of "intrinsic factor" which produces B12), and now of course, I realize it makes me feel better because it promotes the body's production of sulfates, which counteract sulfites. So, it may not help everybody. I know Lucy takes B12, so I was inspired to try it too. It may not help everybody, but as you can see, I have reasons to think it's a missing puzzle piece for me.

[Lucy]

Biochem 3000 mcg of METHYL cobalamine with folic acid or folate,taken sublingually. This one appears to be free of my trigger foods although it doesn't mention being free of eggs. Perhaps that's just not a common enough allergen that they bother to list it? Maybe I should call the parent company, just in case.

I also take a small dose of B-6 that's also supposed to be "allergen" free. This is suppose to be taken with B-12 if one takes it for an extended period.

Almost forgot, there's a tiny bit of Vitamin C in the B-12 as well.

This is just an aside, but a friend with Crohn's told me that a research doc friend of hers had told her to take her B-12 at night before bed as this would help her to better absorb her iron, for some reason. I need to get back with her to find out if it indeed helped according to her labs.

Best wishes!
Yours, Luce

[Marsha]

OMGosh, Lucy, and she can still sleep? You would not believe what that stuff does to me. I took it before dinner the other night, because some people with sulfite sensitivity take say they take liquid B12 at each meal and it helps. --- I woke up every 2 hours all night. I have a friend who right now is going in for B12 shots to help her come off of estrogen, and to improve her metabolism so she can lose weight, and she says it started working right away. It's definitely not a magic pill, but it is helpful, huh?

[mle_ii]

Marsha, I'm curious, have you noticed yourself being hungrier since you've started taking b12? I thought I remember reading something about it helping to increase appetite.

Thanks,
Mike

[Marsha]

Hi again, No, I don't think so. But I'm having some thyroid medication issues, and have been gaining weight, and I really can't tell much, because I'm not my normal self as far as metabolism goes.