Vitamin intake in protien shakes - Exercise & Fitness Message Board

Welshace · 06-11-2006, 04:20 AM

hey ive looked on the back of my protein shake box and it says each serving has so much vitamins in it an encludes the reccomended daily allowance. the thing is say for vitamin b12 the RDA on 1 serving is 900%, so if i have 3 servings a day doesnt this meen i am goin over 1800% the reccomended daily allowance so am i killing myself? this is the same for most of the vitamins in the shake. please help and soon just incase i am killing myself lol

ratboy83 · 06-11-2006, 09:52 AM

chill dude. the RDA are amounts required by the AVERAGE person to PREVENT DEFICIENCY DISEASES, rather than the amount needed to promote optimal health. any excesses of b vitamins and vitamin c are washed from the body, although don't exceed 200mg of B6 ever, or 2000mg of vit c. so that amount of b12 is fine. you can get amounts in b complexes that give you far more than that (in the high 100,000s!).

alex.

Welshace · 06-11-2006, 10:32 AM

cheers dude

MaxOT26 · 06-12-2006, 02:49 PM

Why do you say not to exceed 2000mg of Vitamin C in a day?

Hitmen · 06-13-2006, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MaxOT26

Why do you say not to exceed 2000mg of Vitamin C in a day?

Or 200mg of B6 ever?