hey have you guys ever looked at those 5 hour energy "sips"? it has alotta b12 and b6. sketchy
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8333% Vitamin B12? 2000% Vitamin B6? Isn't that dangerous?
Not at all. In fact, the levels of Vitamins B12 and B6 are well within safe limits. The RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) is minimum daily amounts set by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine. This board also sets upper limits for consumption. According to the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, "No toxic or adverse effects have been associated with large intakes of vitamin B12 from food or supplements in healthy people." As a result, no upper limit for intake has been set. Doses as high as 1,000mcg are used to safely treat pernicious anemia. 5-Hour Energy contains 500mcg. Doses of vitamin B6 higher than 200mg per day over an extended period have been shown to cause side effects. The Food and Nutrition Board has set a safe upper intake level of 100mg per day. However, 5-Hour Energy contains only 40mg of vitamin B6.
So, even though 5-Hour Energy appears to contain extremely large amounts of vitamins B6 and B12, they are within nationally recognized safe limits.
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