Tara ~ vit B ~ again!

[rstowhee]

Hi Tara. Can you tell me what's in the B complex that makes urine yellow? What to avoid? Once again, I'm on the hunt but I get resistance about it being yellow. "Yellow is good" kinda stuff and I don't have the background to know what to say.

I don't want to buy something else that ends up being yellow! Such a waste of $$$!

[nutritiontara]

Yellow is NOT the "good" kinda stuff. The B vitamin that makes your urine yellow is roboflavin. Synthetic riboflavin. and this puts a strain on your kidneys to eliminate these harmful synthetics made from coal tar. You need to get a "whole" food B complex. More money, better results!

[rstowhee]

I've now spent over $70 on B vitamins...all make yellow urine. I tried the Raw B and the Max Stress B (and others) but with the same result. A local compound place swears by their B but when I asked about the yellow urine....again, I heard that yellow is good but this time was told it was from the beta carotene.

If anyone can tell me what B vitamin they use that does not turn urine yellow, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you from the bottom of my kidneys!!

You can even just email ... my address is on my profile page.

[Maple25]

milgamma N

This is a Vitamin B complex by prescription but I don't know if it is available in the US. I live in Europe and it is made by a German company. So far so good, but you have to take three times one tablet, that way it is spread out throughout the day.

[Twenty Miles]

I took various brands of B-50 for years, mostly Vitamin Shoppe brand and they all made my urine neon yellow.

I switched to Garden of Life raw B complex and my urine is normal (not crazy yellow).

These cost much more but I feel I'm not just flushing away the supplement.

BTW, I just reordered and Vitamin Shoppe has these at a great price on special.

[SNOOPY]

I guess I still have more to learn about vitamins. Thanks for the information

[nutritiontara]

I've now spent over $70 on B vitamins...all make yellow urine. I tried the Raw B and the Max Stress B (and others) but with the same result. A local compound place swears by their B but when I asked about the yellow urine....again, I heard that yellow is good but this time was told it was from the beta carotene.

If anyone can tell me what B vitamin they use that does not turn urine yellow, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you from the bottom of my kidneys!!

You can even just email ... my address is on my profile page.

You took Max stress B from PRL labs??
And it turned your urine yellow?

If this is correct....you need to evaluate your kidney function. I have been using Max stress B for >4 years on ? 100+ people. No yellow urine.
Its not from beta carotene. Your liver will store vit A and the carotenoids. If theres an excess your skin will turn yellow. Not urine.

[rstowhee]

Ahhh, should have continued reading before posting on the other "B" thread.

Yes, it did color my urine. Maybe I should be taking to the doc to further check the kidneys!


Tx Tara.