I read many times not to choose the B Vitamin Complex supplement that contains Cyanide in B12.

Most of those on sale actually do contain Cyanide.

There are a few that do not but these are more expensive.

Would you knowingly put Cyanide in your body?

Or pay the premium price for the product that does not contain it?

10 minutes ago, Lite Beer said:

I read many times not to choose the B Vitamin Complex supplement that contains Cyanide in B12.

Most of those on sale actually do contain Cyanide.

There are a few that do not but these are more expensive.

Would you knowingly put Cyanide in your body?

Or pay the premium price for the product that does not contain it?

Please show pics of the labels that show cyanide as an ingredient.

I suspect you're confused because the chemical name for b12 is cyanocobalamin. 

@gargamon @Lite Beer

"The most common form of vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) in supplements is cyanocobalamin and although this form includes a cyanide molecule, it is very safe. Why? Even at a very high dose, it would provide about a thousand times less cyanide than is toxic, and the cyanide is excreted in the urine"

source

 

Equate that to fluoride or chlorine that is added to drinking water.  At higher amounts, they also can be fatal.

Synthetic Vitamin B-12 (cyanocobalamin) contains traces of potassium cyanide, not enough to be toxic so don’t sweat it.  I need to inject a vial of this twice a month.  Believe me, it’s not a problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanocobalamin

 

Appreciate all of the above.

As there is an alternative (albeit expensive) I still am a little reluctant to injest Cyanide.

Maybe it's just me lol.

15 minutes ago, Lite Beer said:

Appreciate all of the above.

As there is an alternative (albeit expensive) I still am a little reluctant to injest Cyanide.

Maybe it's just me lol.

What is the alternative you allude to? I suspect this will degrade into hyping some herb. 

I saw that the typical Thailand b12 pill had some kind of a cyanide component (well described above). It creeped me out. I’ve been buying Eisai Methycobal B12 10-tab strip x 3 box @ 0.5 mg for 165 baht oer box. Eisai also markets injectable vials; a couple of years ago I paid 550 per 10 vial box. My clinic charges 100 baht for the injection. Since my b12 test results have been okay just using pills, I stopped with the vials.

3 hours ago, gargamon said:

What is the alternative you allude to? I suspect this will degrade into hyping some herb. 

This contains Methylcobalamin.  Rather than Cyanocobalamin

Doctor's Best Fully Active B Complex | Lazada.co.th

And this one.

[Exp2025] Life Extension BioActive Complete B-Complex 60 Vegetarian Capsules วิตามินบีรวม | Lazada.co.th

7 hours ago, Lite Beer said:

Appreciate all of the above.

As there is an alternative (albeit expensive) I still am a little reluctant to injest Cyanide.

Maybe it's just me lol.

 

Then you will need to avoid a number of foods, including bamboo shoots, spinach, almonds, lima beans, soy etc

 

Small amounts of  cyanide naturally occur in quite  a number of foods and are harmless.

 

As are the trace amounts of cyanide released from metabolism of synthetic B12.

 

 

21 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

 

Then you will need to avoid a number of foods, including bamboo shoots, spinach, almonds, lima beans, soy etc

 

Small amounts o  cyanide natural occur in quite  a number of foods and are harmless.

 

As are the trace amounts of cyanide released from metabolism of synthetic B12.

 

 

Wow it's everywhere.

Thanks Sheryl.

I take these :

Doctor's Best, Fully Active B12, 1,500 mcg | Lazada.co.th

methylcobalamin, a superior vitamin B12, for optimal absorption

48 minutes ago, FlorC said:

I take these :

Doctor's Best, Fully Active B12, 1,500 mcg | Lazada.co.th

methylcobalamin, a superior vitamin B12, for optimal absorption

Yep. B12 only without the Cyanide.

Unless you are vegan get some liver down you

Don't eat salt either.  It is made from 2 poisonous products, sodium and chlorine.

 

Ironically you need salt to function properly.

If it was harmful it would be banned. Potassium cyanide has 40% cyanide content and synthetic vitamin b12 has just under 2% cyanide content. The cyanide molecule in potassium cyanide is more reactive than in b12. So unless you consume spoonfuls of pure vitamin b12 daily you’d be fine. The pollutants in the air in Thailand are more toxic. 

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Unless you are vegan get some liver down you

  

Some 500 years ago, Paracelsus observed  "The dose makes the poison".

 

Even water is toxic if imbibed in sufficient amounts.

 

Some foods are quite poisonous if not properly prepared, e.g. lectins in red kidney beans, cyanide in bamboo, tetrodotoxin in pufferfish, thiaminase in nardoo seed. The residual amounts of those toxins do not cause problems after correct treatment.

 

12 hours ago, Lite Beer said:

I read many times not to choose the B Vitamin Complex supplement that contains Cyanide in B12.

Most of those on sale actually do contain Cyanide.

There are a few that do not but these are more expensive.

Would you knowingly put Cyanide in your body?

Or pay the premium price for the product that does not contain it?

Is this why you drink lite beer?

14 hours ago, Lite Beer said:

There are a few that do not but these are more expensive.

Never buy cheap vitamins. They are not pure and contain other chemicals, not only what are listed back of bottles. 

19 hours ago, The Theory said:

Never buy cheap vitamins. They are not pure and contain other chemicals, not only what are listed back of bottles. 

Or buy the same vitamins at the farmacy but at a  much higher price ?

Yes I don't trust lazada vitamins , but I have no choice .

I'm vegetarian but some eggs and yoghurt are not enough . Once I get back to europe , I will let them test my blood to see if these lazada B12 and D3 really work.