I started taking sublingual Vit. B during my first R-phase back in 2007 and just stuck with it....come to find out my mom says she's deficient in Vit. B and gets a shot in the keester every now and again. Whether it's a legit genetic deficiency or just liking how it makes me feel, Vit. B delivers the energy goods and keeps me sharp.
I prefer to pop some under my tongue as I prepare a fizzy Emergen-C (super orange or pink lemonade, please). The Emergen-C rinses down the yuck Vit. B flavor (to spite the bottle saying NEW! non-ick flavor) plus I get the Vit C bonus. I take it first thing in the morning before a run, and at 3PM if I hit a slump in the day.
If you're going to try Vitamin B, don't do the cheap tablets. Go sublingual. It will say it on the bottle and it comes with a dropper. Vitamin B is a macro-nutrient, so you'll only be wasting your money if you get the pill form. Bonus: my new RKC friend, Jennifer in Gaineville, says Vitamin B helps keep the skeeters away. A good thing down here in West Nile Virus country. :/
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Which brand of sublingual B do you take? Is it B complex or just B12? I was wanting just B12 but now wonder if the complex would be better. Just curious as to which kind you used and where to get it!
Thanks!
Missy
Missy, It is a complex and I try to get it in a glass bottle. I think I got mine at the Vitamin Shoppe. :)
Thanks Sara!!!!
Another reason to take sublingual is that B12 is absorbed through the stomach lining. IF, for whatever reason (gastritis, genetic defect, whatever), you're deficient in B12 because you don't ABSORB it (read: not because you're not consuming enough of it), then taking a swallowed pill of B12 will be ineffective. That's why folks get B12 shots for B12 deficiency...or take it sublingually.
Thought you might like that little tidbit.
(And my humble thanks for the reference :) )
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