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I take a pill every other day or so. I'm not sure if that's frequent enough. I've never actually had my levels tested. I do also drink a lot of fortified milks and occasionally eat fortified protein bars and stuff. I assume I'm okay...

Gah! I think I'm taking way too much. I take a 500mcg tablet 5x a week (because I leave them at work) and then a multivitamin that 100 mcg. Am I going to explode and die? I also have total Gatorade pee.

B6 or B12? I haven't read anything about B12 toxicity, but B6 can be toxic as mentioned above. There is really no reason to supplement B6 unless you have been told to do so by a medical professional. Appropriate dosing of B12 can be found here: http://www.veganhealth.org/b12/rec

If you have 500 mcg tablets of B12, I would take two of them at a time (1000 mcg total), twice a week per Jack Norris's chart. Chewable or sublingual are best.

B12. The chart is helpful, but I'm still worried if it will be overkill when combined with my multi, the fortified almond milk I use, etc.

Here is what Jack Norris has to say about potential toxicity: http://veganhealth.org/b12/toxicity I would ask a dietitian if you are very concerned.

From what I understand from reading info from registered dietitians Jack Norris and Ginny Messina, B12 from multivitamins might not be reliably absorbed unless your multivitamin is chewable.

am taking D3, B12 and Omega3 DHA by now... feel like an old woman, taking my pills!

also, this is your reminder to take your vitamins today.

ugh. so we have to chew it now?
where do you get chewable vitamin B12? mine is just a pill i swallow.

I use this one. It's actually yummy. I don't know where youy can get it locally, (I found it first in a store in Toronto), but have recently ordered it from iherb.

I like the GNC B12 sublinguals. They are also chewable. And they aren't nasty tasting like some other vitamins out there.

I have a vegan multi supplement thing I swallow, are they no good for B12? I'm do crepe at remembering to take it! My milk and marge are fortified too...

I use the sublingual Jarrow Methyl B12 (though I chew it because I'm impatient). It's pretty tasty!

I guess e B12 in supplements that aren't chewable may not be reliably absorbed. I think I read this either on veganhealth.org or theVeganRD blog, or both. I recently started adding a sublingual/chewable B12 in addition to my multivitamin (not chewable), since I haven't been as consistent about fortified foods. I'm not certain it's truly necessary, but this is one case where I'd rather err on the side of too much.

ETA: Here we go: http://veganhealth.org/b12/vegansources#CHEW

i ordered some of the 1000mcg lozenges. ive been taking a pill and the last time i had bloodwork done that tested my b12 (oct 2011???) my levels were fine but i kinda feel better safe than sorry on this issue.

how many a week should i take? the actually # of mcg per day you need is pretty small.

Per Jack Norris's info, you should take the 1000 mcg lozenges twice a week: http://veganhealth.org/b12/rec

sweet. that's pretty easy. one less pill to swallow everyday even though the one i was takign was tiny and chopped in half (it was like a 500mcg pill so i chopped it in half and took one everyday)

thanks!