I Just Saw Another Ad Associating B-Vitamins With Increased Energy, Any Evidence the Consuming of-?

Question

-Additional B-Vitamins (Above Those that Can Be Used as Cofactors In the Body) Results In Any Increase In "Energy"?

So, hcbiochem, These Ads Are Yet Another Scam.

Answer 1

No, there's no evidence at all that consuming more of any vitamin than you need will give you more energy.

Now, it is true that if you suffer from a deficiency of many of the B vitamins because of a bad diet, then you will suffer from lack of energy. Consuming sufficient vitamins from a supplement will cure that deficiency state. However, consuming more won't give you greater energy.

Answer 2

Zero. It's a scam. The vast majority of the vitamin supplements sold aren't needed, but that doesn't seem to make any difference to anybody, and it's rare that people take enough to cause neuropathies and such, so there's little harm (except, of course, to the pocketbook). And if people had to advertise with honesty, "Extra energy, Lots of empty calories" (calories are, after all, the measure of energy), it wouldn't be a hot seller. The difference between having energy to burn and feeling energetic is, in our society, a vast chasm that's not likely to be bridged.

Answer 3

B-Complex vitamins are very good for replenishing mineral loss due to aging. Folic acid also provides balance and energy.