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Amounts of vitamins per supplement seem to vary wildly. Just from checking supplements I have at home: Supplement #1 (all B vitamins): - B6: 4.2mg - B9: 600
by bd 9y ago
Amounts of vitamins per supplement seem to vary wildly.
Just from checking supplements I have at home:
Supplement #1 (all B vitamins):
- B6: 4.2mg
- B9: 600ug
- B12: 7.5ug
Supplement #2 (just B6 + B9 + B12):
- B6: 75mg
- B9: 800ug
- B12: 150ug
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Recommended daily doses are:
- B6: 1.7 mg/day (men)
- B9: 400 ug/day in US, 330 ug/day in EU (men + non-pregnant-non-lactating women)
- B12: 2.4 μg/day in US, 4.0 μg/day in EU (men + non-pregnant-non-lactating women)
Tolerable upper intake levels are:
- B6: 100 mg/day in US, 25 mg/day in EU
- B9: 1000 ug/day
- B12: no sufficient evidence for setting upper level
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From the study:
Beneficial effects (for men):
- B6: 1.41 - 3mg/day, multivitamins
- B9: 200 - 400 mg/day
- B12: 0.1 - 55 ug/day
Harmful effects (for men):
- B6: > 20mg/day
- B9: 400 - 600 mg/day
- B12: > 55ug/day
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Also something to keep in mind: apparently the majority of people in this study who got lung cancer were heavy smokers for many years, even if they stopped smoking.
Lung cancer by years of smoking:
- 0 years: 60 cases
- 1-35 years: 169 cases
- > 35 years: 568 cases
Lung cancer by pack-years of smoking:
- 0 pack-years: 60 cases
- 1-25 pack-years: 178 cases
- > 25 pack-years: 555 cases