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Care to expand on the magnesium and B6 comment?

• polyfractal 15y ago
  B6 (as well as the rest of the B-range vitamins) are pretty effective energy boosters. One of the major ingredients in energy drinks is a cocktail of B vitamins. It's cheap, simple, effective and safe (water soluble, so you just pee out excess). Furthermore, it turns your pee bright neon-yellow which is hilarious the first time you see it :) Magnesium deficiency has, in some instances, been linked to depression. I'm not sold on its effectiveness as an over-the-counter treatment, but it probably doesn't hurt either since it is a relatively well tolerated compound that your body uses in a myriad of fashions. Also, 5-HTP is another common compound to help stave off depression.
  • teach 15y ago
    "Although vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin and is excreted in the urine, doses of pyridoxine in excess of the RDI over long periods of time can result in painful and ultimately irreversible neurological problems."
    • polyfractal 15y ago
      Welp, good to know. So make sure you take a sub-200mg dose of B6 if you plan to take it. I semi-routinely take a B-100 pill, which is 100mg of various B vitamins (including pyridoxine), so just take one of those instead of a monster B6 1500mg pill or something sill.