Five Hour Energy
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wikipedia on the subject:
"Another popular means of increasing one's vitamin B intake is through the use of dietary supplements purchased at supermarkets, health centers, or natural food stores. B vitamins are also commonly added to energy drinks. Many energy drinks have been marketed with large amounts of B vitamins 6, 120% of B12, 140% of niacin (vitamin B3)"[26]) with claims that this will cause the consumer to "sail through your day without feeling jittery or tense." [26] Nutritionists, such as Case Western University Professor Hope Barkoukis, dismiss these claims: "It's brilliant marketing, but it doesn't have any basis [in fact]."[26]
While B vitamins do "help unlock the energy in foods... just about everyone in America already gets all of the B vitamins they could possibly need in their diets... In general, extra B vitamins are just flushed out of the system, although everyone's limit of absorption is different in regards to B complex vitamins, and no-one knows how much is needed on an individual basis of these vitamins..."[26] The elderly and athletes may need to supplement their intake of B12 and other B vitamins due to problems in absorption and increased needs for energy production. Also, Vitamin B9 (folic acid) deficiency in early embryo development has been linked to neural tube defects. Thus, women planning to become pregnant are usually encouraged to increase daily dietary folic acid intake and/or take a supplement.[27] However, for "most typical consumers of energy supplements or drinks, B vitamins are nothing more than a 'gimmick'."[26]"
- http://en.wikipedia.…scarabin
- good info but here's where they go wrong..."just about everyone in America already gets all of the B vitamins they could possibly need in their diets... "********
- had some in my cart and everythingscarabin
- incorrect "most typical consumers of energy supplements or drinks, B vitamins are nothing more than a 'gimmick'."********
- ....gimmick."...I repeat incorrect********
- wikipedia is full conflicted misinfo because they are attempting to get both sides and both sides arn't correct********
- B vitamins arn't marketing, thats actually what the energydrink manufacturers would like us to believe so we won't buy supplements instead********
- won't buy supplements instead,********