vitamin B questions???

brahman · 02-10-2008, 06:59 PM

Okay so this girl at work is convinced that vitamin B gives you energy, and I told her that she is wrong that vitamin B only helps you synthisize it. She says that there is no difference and that I am just splitting hairs and vitamin B give you energy.

The way it was explained to me is that there are 3 energy sources for the body sugar, fat, and protein. Now if at the end of a long day you need a pick me up so you decide to take a bunch of vitamin B and you haven't had hardly any sugar, fat or protein, then your body will do just about nothing because it as nothing to work with. further more, vitamin B isn't coffee where the more you drink the more wired you get. Your body will only produce what it needs and not work overtime just because it has extra vitamin B.

If I am wrong and I have misinterpreted what the vitamin books have said please correct me, but I hope I'm not.

CarnelianButterfly · 02-10-2008, 07:28 PM

You were right, it assists, it doesn't actually give you energy. Its a big part of the bodies processing of energy sources and using that energy in the cells.

i_am_me · 02-10-2008, 09:16 PM

Hey there! I agree with both of you, it just assists. I take the B stress vitamin every day, for the folic acid (which you should take if you have any chance of becoming pregnant, even if unplanned, to decrease the risk of spina bifida) and I've had much more energy than usual.

CarnelianButterfly · 02-10-2008, 09:38 PM

I totally think a balanced diet is better than a pill. You get a natural and usually more ready to use form of vitamins and minerals. I take B (when I remember), it's water soluble so its not going to hurt to take more than you need, then your body will definitely have all it needs.

ghost69 · 02-11-2008, 03:14 PM

can't have too much though. i think it can build up into a stone.

CarnelianButterfly · 02-11-2008, 03:21 PM

Nope, water soluble, goes out with the urine. To actually overdose would require a megadose of it, like taking a hundred or so vitamin pills. B6 is actually a kidney stone preventer, B8 is good for preventing gallstones.

ghost69 · 02-11-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CarnelianButterfly

Nope, water soluble, goes out with the urine. To actually overdose would require a megadose of it, like taking a hundred or so vitamin pills. B6 is actually a kidney stone preventer.

oh yeah. must be A & D or E i was thinkin can cause stones. maybe is was D & E.

brahman · 02-12-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ghost69

oh yeah. must be A & D or E i was thinkin can cause stones. maybe is was D & E.

if you can't remember the ones that are fat soluble, then let me help you out. I really like this one too.

Every Day Killers Attack!!!

ghost69 · 02-12-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by brahman

if you can't remember the ones that are fat soluble, then let me help you out. I really like this one too.

Every Day Killers Attack!!!

nice one...

under_my_amberella · 02-12-2008, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by brahman

She says that there is no difference and that I am just splitting hairs and vitamin B give you energy.

She's right. Vitamin B can give you energy. It does so indirectly but so what? Sounds like you were being a bit of a knowitall.

02-10-2008, 06:59 PM	#1
brahman Offline Silver Member Join Date: May 2005 Age: 24 Posts: 626	vitamin B questions??? Okay so this girl at work is convinced that vitamin B gives you energy, and I told her that she is wrong that vitamin B only helps you synthisize it. She says that there is no difference and that I am just splitting hairs and vitamin B give you energy. The way it was explained to me is that there are 3 energy sources for the body sugar, fat, and protein. Now if at the end of a long day you need a pick me up so you decide to take a bunch of vitamin B and you haven't had hardly any sugar, fat or protein, then your body will do just about nothing because it as nothing to work with. further more, vitamin B isn't coffee where the more you drink the more wired you get. Your body will only produce what it needs and not work overtime just because it has extra vitamin B. If I am wrong and I have misinterpreted what the vitamin books have said please correct me, but I hope I'm not. __________________ just a guy trying to get by

02-10-2008, 09:16 PM	#3
i_am_me Offline Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA Gender: Female Posts: 242	Hey there! I agree with both of you, it just assists. I take the B stress vitamin every day, for the folic acid (which you should take if you have any chance of becoming pregnant, even if unplanned, to decrease the risk of spina bifida) and I've had much more energy than usual. __________________ {[-Just because it's different, doesn't meant it's wrong-]}

02-11-2008, 03:14 PM	#5
ghost69 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Gender: Male Posts: 33,424	can't have too much though. i think it can build up into a stone. __________________ Not only am I friendly, but I'm invisible too. Too perfect of a relationship is too weird-g69 If you say you are normal, I'd think you are weird-g69 The world can only get better, it depends on how you look at it-g69 'As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me'-5fingerdeathpunch you cannot control the world, you can only live in it the best you can for you-g69 NooOoOoooOOoOoOoooooo

02-11-2008, 03:21 PM	#6
CarnelianButterfly Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Too far from home Gender: Female Age: 28 Posts: 4,473	Nope, water soluble, goes out with the urine. To actually overdose would require a megadose of it, like taking a hundred or so vitamin pills. B6 is actually a kidney stone preventer, B8 is good for preventing gallstones. Last edited by CarnelianButterfly; 02-11-2008 at 03:24 PM.

02-10-2008, 07:28 PM	#2
CarnelianButterfly Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Too far from home Gender: Female Age: 28 Posts: 4,473	You were right, it assists, it doesn't actually give you energy. Its a big part of the bodies processing of energy sources and using that energy in the cells.

02-10-2008, 09:38 PM	#4
CarnelianButterfly Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Too far from home Gender: Female Age: 28 Posts: 4,473	I totally think a balanced diet is better than a pill. You get a natural and usually more ready to use form of vitamins and minerals. I take B (when I remember), it's water soluble so its not going to hurt to take more than you need, then your body will definitely have all it needs.