Is It Safe To Take A Prenatal Vitamin Along With A B12 Vitamin And Cranberry Supplement Everyday?
The Prenatal vitamin brand is Spring Valley. It has:
Vitamin A – 4000 I.U
Vit. C – 120 mg
Vit. D – 400 I.U
Vit. E – 30 I.U
Thiamin (Vit. B1) – 1.8 mg
Riboflavin (Vit. B12) – 1.7 mg
Niacin – 20 mg
Vit. B6 – 2.6 mg
Folic Acid – 800 mcg
Vit. B12 – 8 mcg
Calcium – 200 mg
Iron – 28 mg
Zinc – 25 mg
The Vitamin B12 I’m taking in a different pill is the same brand with:
B-12 – 1 mg (1000 mcg)
Calcium – 30 mg
The Cranberry I take (for kidneys) is AZO brand and it has 900 mg of Natural Cranberry Powder.
I am not pregnant, I am taking these for health and energy (B12). What’s the difference in the two B12’s in the prenatal and the seperate B12 pill? Is that too much? Does B12 really give you more energy? I am also taking Phenteremine 37.5 mg. I have been taking it for two weeks, with great results. Since it kills my appetite, I am going to start taking these pills. Let me know if it’s okay, or if I should quit.
There are no problems with the supplements you are taking in combination.
But it is highly unlikely that you have a B-12 deficiency – it’s sort of an ‘urban myth’ that B-12 will give people more energy. When you have anemia from a B-12 deficiency you can feel tired, and correcting that will make you feel you have more energy, but the same isn’t true when you take extra B-12 when you’re normal. (B-12 is found in meat, eggs, and milk products – unless you are a pure vegan, you’ve probably got normal levels, and B-12 is the only B vitamin stored by the body.)
Keep taking the multiple vitamin and the cranberry, but save your money on the B-12 supplement.