By low dose I mean that each individual B-vitamin is provided somewhere between 100% and 300% of the RDA or DV rather than a whopping 5000%.
For example, Doctor's Best Fully Active B-Complex has all the preferred forms (Methylfolate instead of Folic acid, Methylcobalamin instead of cyanocobalamin, niacinamide & nicotinic acid, P5P, and Riboflavin & R5P) but each of the the dosages are around 2000% to 5000%, with B12 being the highest at 41,670%. (Methlyfolate, provided at exactly 100% DV of Dietary Folate Equivalents is the only exception).
This goes for Life Extension's BioActive B-complex, Jarrow's B-right, and most others.
Has anyone found a B-complex (preferably with active form B-vitamins) with more moderate doses? If recommending a brand is against the forum rules, maybe you can send me a private message instead?
Any help is appreciated!
On a side note: There is a school of thought that RDA's and DV's are wildly underestimated and that they are only designed to prevent symptoms of severe vitamin deficiencies. This may have some truth to it, but is that really the logic behind providing these IMO absurd amounts?? Or is it more likely because supplement manufacturers find it easier to weigh out B-vitamins in discrete milligram amounts and think we'll just pee out the rest? For example, 1.3mg of Riboflavin is 100% RDA but 10mg, which is 769.23%, is easier to weigh and encapsulate. The trend seems to be that the weights are usually "simple" numbers (20mg, 30mg, 75mg, 100mg, 6000mcg, 1000mcg) rather than the DV's which tend to be "irregular" looking numbers (41,670%, 2,940%, 310%).
Edited by Furniture, 02 February 2019 - 12:39 AM.
