Re: Good brand of B6 and B12

[Guest guest]

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I have found that VitaCost in FL. is the best. They wholesale deliver to you

often for less than the brands you buy at the stores and have a impressive

medical staff that formulates very well. Another brand that I use often is Life

Extension. I trust both brands. The Life Extension membership is worth the

reading materials that you get from them as well. The have a quite large

protocol book that has an Epilespy section in it as well. However, their

products are expensive. With membership they are far less. I think their quality

is very good.

I would never give my child the brands that you mentioned.

Good Hunting,

mi42779 <mi42779@...> wrote:

Hi,

I am looking for some advice with the following:

I am giving my daughter Vitamin B6 and B12, and I could see a real

improvement in her level of energy and alertness. I am using the

cheap Nature Made brand for both vitamins. She is getting 25 mg B6

three times a day with her main meals (so 75 mg daily). I am giving

her 50 mcg B12 before breakfast only (I read that B12 should be given

on an empty stomach.) My daughter is almost 7 and weighs about 50 lb.

I am wondering if I should stay with this brand that is already

helping her, or try her on a more expensive/better quality brand? We

tried multivitamins for her, and she had an increase in seizures

possibly from the extra iron in those vitamins. I am now cautious

about what I give her and how much. She is on Depakote and Topamax

and controlled pretty well.

Thank you in advance for your help,

[Guest guest]

<mindcb45@...> wrote:

I would never give my child the brands that you mentioned.

Good Hunting,

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Why do you say this? Is there an ingredient added/not added or contaminants in

the brand she mentioned?

I looked at the VitaCost website specifically for B6 and I didn't see anything

listed under their own brand name. They did, however, list the Nature's Way

mentioned and Carlson, which is what we use. The Life Extension brand

is only a few cents more (for members) than what I pay for Carlson.

Neither website offered a liquid version of B6. My dd is only 4, so liquid is

the only way we can go right now. Do you know of a better brand that sells a

liquid B6?

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[Guest guest]

Tina,

Carlson is a good brand. For about 12 years I was involved with designing

packaging for the wine and natural foods industry. I spent hundreds of hours

looking at natural foods companies and their approach to marketing. I attended

dozens of natural foods shows, mostly the western one in Anaheim each year where

I talked to the owners of different companies for a variety of reasons. When you

do this you get broad feelings about which companies really care about their

products and which ones are just marketing and using suppliers to manufacture

products to a very fast growing, and profitable audience. I tell you this

because I believe that we all should know where are information " is coming

from. " I have been out of this loop for about ten years but now am an avid,

educated consumer like yourself.

The one positive thing that I found about the Natural Foods Industry as a

whole is that they are usually very transparent about their products and the

ingredients in them. Their marketing staffs usually are very patient with

consumers who want detailed explanations of their products and the ingredients

in them. So, I would urge you to go to the source at all times to verify

information that you receive at any other outlet.

The reason I say Carlson is a good product is that it is a company that is run

by a family. And for what I remember, is going to be run that way for the near

future. I met them several times and talked to the daughters and the father at

one time as I remember. They present as ethical and caring people who really

care about what they are marketing to the public. They were very approachable

and had a small size booth at Anaheim where you could go and talk directly to

the family members. I was always leery of companies that were walled with

marketing teams that came at you with their smiles and efforts to size you up

quickly to whether you were of any value for their time. This is not to say that

larger companies can not produce quality products--both VitaCost and Life

Extension would be considered larger companies in my reasoning here. There is no

magic, or logical analyze to my comment. Just a feeling from tromping around,

wearing out expense shoes and feeling the vitamins

in the air sort of intuitive reasoning here, along with volumes of reading that

may be a bit outdated.

Happy Saturday,

Tina BC <mehim2catsnbaby@...> wrote:

<mindcb45@...> wrote:

I would never give my child the brands that you mentioned.

Good Hunting,

-----------

Why do you say this? Is there an ingredient added/not added or contaminants in

the brand she mentioned?

I looked at the VitaCost website specifically for B6 and I didn't see anything

listed under their own brand name. They did, however, list the Nature's Way

mentioned and Carlson, which is what we use. The Life Extension brand

is only a few cents more (for members) than what I pay for Carlson.

Neither website offered a liquid version of B6. My dd is only 4, so liquid is

the only way we can go right now. Do you know of a better brand that sells a

liquid B6?

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

I give my daughter the same - Nature Made or the store brand (Wild

Oats Market) - is there really much difference?

Has anyone out there been using B6 + B12 long term and if so, how

much and for how long?

Marc

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> Hi,

> I am looking for some advice with the following:

> I am giving my daughter Vitamin B6 and B12, and I could see a real

> improvement in her level of energy and alertness. I am using the

> cheap Nature Made brand for both vitamins. She is getting 25 mg

B6

> three times a day with her main meals (so 75 mg daily). I am

giving

> her 50 mcg B12 before breakfast only (I read that B12 should be

given

> on an empty stomach.) My daughter is almost 7 and weighs about 50

lb.

> I am wondering if I should stay with this brand that is already

> helping her, or try her on a more expensive/better quality

brand? We

> tried multivitamins for her, and she had an increase in seizures

> possibly from the extra iron in those vitamins. I am now cautious

> about what I give her and how much. She is on Depakote and

Topamax

> and controlled pretty well.

> Thank you in advance for your help,

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

> I am looking for some advice with the following:

> I am giving my daughter Vitamin B6 and B12, and I could see a real

> improvement in her level of energy and alertness. I am using the

> cheap Nature Made brand for both vitamins. She is getting 25 mg B6

> three times a day with her main meals (so 75 mg daily). I am

giving

> her 50 mcg B12 before breakfast only (I read that B12 should be

given

> on an empty stomach.) My daughter is almost 7 and weighs about 50

lb.

> I am wondering if I should stay with this brand that is already

> helping her, or try her on a more expensive/better quality brand?

We

> tried multivitamins for her, and she had an increase in seizures

> possibly from the extra iron in those vitamins. I am now cautious

> about what I give her and how much. She is on Depakote and Topamax

> and controlled pretty well.

> Thank you in advance for your help,

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