Thread: OD on B12?
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Old 06-22-22, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by HabibRees1
Yesterday I was looking at the B12 supplements in a drugs store. They were selling pills containing 100,000 times the RDA, and the label recommended taking one per day. Why would we need to take that much B12?!
Because you will absorb only a tiny fraction of it. VItamin pills can be a highly inefficient way to get nutrients. Better to get it in your food, if you can.
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