Buyer Beware!
I just found out that the type of B12 used in this supplement contains cyanide in the form of a synthetic additive called cyanocobalamin - read the label. The cyanide is organically bound to vitamin B12, and it has a potential for causing harm unless a person is in optimum health to begin with and their liver is able to effectively remove it. If a person's system is already dealing with toxin exposure (from the air we breathe, the water we drink, foods we eat, or any alcohol consumption or take prescription drugs of any kind), or you're one of the many people unable to metabolize B12 properly, it could mean that higher levels of cyanide are building up in your body and caution is advised. Smokers, too, can run into trouble and should be careful to avoid this type of B12. Unfortunately I didn't find this information out until after I'd consumed 1/2 the bottle. I've since learned that you can get biologically active B12 through diet by eating foods like white button mushrooms, chlorella, and spirulina, which are great sources. And, if you do need to supplement B12, you can get it safely by shopping for cyanide-free forms of B12 such as hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin, or aquacobalamin, which I'm going to do from now on. After all, supplements are supposed to improve our health, not damage it. Green Med Info notes that the methylcobalamin form is the ideal variety (because it is the form that is found in nature and is ready for your body to put to use right away), although it does carry a higher price tag
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