Posted by Ron Hill on June 19, 2003, at 19:46:40
In reply to Re: stress/cortisol/HPA, posted by jrbecker on June 18, 2003, at 9:36:42
> Lar,
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> I was curious if you yourself ever tried methylcobalamin and what you thought of it. Wondering if this had any effect on your CFS-like symptoms.
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> JB
-----------------------------JB & Lar,
A couple years ago, I started taking 1.0 mg/day of methylcobalamin in a sublingual tablet. I currently take 0.5 mg/day sublingually. The benefit that I experience is noticeable; not profound, but noticeable. YMMV.
Lar, thanks for posting your health concerns regarding cyanocobalamin. I've never read this information prior to your post. Initially, I chose to use the methylcobalamin form of B12 because of its higher bioavailability. Unfortunately, the majority of multi-vitamin supplements contain cyanocobalamin which is problematic if your concerns are valid (and I've rarely seen you wrong).
Do you take a multi-vitamin in addition to your other supplements? If so, what is your favorite brand? Liquid or tablet? I’ve taken a daily multi-vitamin for years and I’ve recently scoured the nutritional store shelves for a good multi that contains chelated minerals and the like. The product that I’m currently using is the best I’ve come across locally, but there are at least two things I don’t like about it. First, it contains 9 mg of iron (as iron amino acid chelate), whereas I would prefer iron-free. Iron-free products are available, but I’ve not yet found a brand that also meets my other criteria. Second, my current multi contains 75 mcg of cyanocobalamin.
For a month or so I took a liquid multi-vitamin. I liked it okay fine, but it’s spendie. I suppose I could bite the bullet and pay the price for a good liquid multi-vitamin and a good liquid multi-mineral. However, the bigger issue is that my wife is already complaining about the amount of refrigerator space I’m taking up with my supplements and a case of Carlson’s fish oil (I buy a case at a time to make it more affordable). But what the heck, what if I just go ahead and put the liquid vitamin/mineral bottles in the fridge? What’s she going to do about it, throw them out? She might threaten to do just that, but she’ll change her mind when I tell her how much they cost.
-- Ron
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