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From: sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (Dugan)
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Subject: Re: Morning sickness(vitimin B6)
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 13:13:36 EST
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> I just asked Karen about B6.  She told me that in general, mega-doses
> of B complex vitamins are dangerous, and just discontinuing them doesn't
> help, because they accumulate in your fat cells.  The notion that you
> can always take vitamins and that they are totally safe is a dangerous
> notion, especially when pregnant.
> 
> Karen is not an MD (she's an Advanced EMT) but in general, consult your
> doctor before you try B6.
> 
> 	Mark

I think you had better have Karen check her facts.  The B complex vitimins are
NOT (I repeat NOT) fat soluable (stored in fat cells).  They are water
soluable which means that they are flushed out of your system when you
urinate.  This is also true of vitim C.  This is one of the reasons that you
should take extra vitimin C and B-complex (know as stress vitimins) when you
have a cold.  If you drink extra fluids when you have a cold, you are going to
urinate more and thus get rid of the stress vitimins.  Taking mega doses all
at once doesn't do the trick.  You need to take smaller doses more often.

Concerning B6 specifically, the medical dicitionary stated that deficiencies
of vitim B6 can cause "Anorexia, nausia and vomiting". 

The most important thing to remember is to FOLLOW YOUR DOCTOR'S ADVISE!

I checked these facts in the medical dctionary provided by my company medical
department.  You might want to check out some of the things they say about
vitimins.  It's pretty interesting.


-- 

Sarah E. Dugan
"You have to kiss a lot of frogs
before you find a prince."

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