Fears Vitamin B6 levels in energy drinks like Red Bull and Monster could contribute to rise in B6 toxicity cases (www.abc.net.au)

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[-] KitKatKitCat@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

I can't access the ABC article. For some reason the website won't load. Without trying to sound ignorant and arrogant, surely we'd know if people were experiencing toxic levels by now? It's been multiple decades since energy drinks became a mainstay in society. I know plenty of people who drink multiple daily, sugar, and sugar free.

I'm yet to meet a single person who's experienced any issues related to b6 toxicity. I do know people who've had to cut back their intake due to consuming too much sugar though.

I personally refuse to have the sugar free variants. The majority of them use Sucralose as their sugar replacement and that destroys my guts more than normal sugar. Studies also state it may destroy healthy gut bacteria too. It's in far too many products, and I'll take the full sugar version of the alternative every time.

[-] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

A lot of B6 toxicity symptoms are pretty mild so they could be easy to miss. I had tingly digits and sore thumb/big toes. Seemed like gout. Dropped my high strength B supplement and it went away.

[-] jimmux@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

My mum was having a bunch of weird nervous system issues. I saw an article about B6 toxicity so I checked the supplement she was taking. It had something like 20x the RDI.

[-] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I had a similar experience.

[-] wildwhitehorses@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

I k ew a bloke that drank too many energy drinks and it affected his heart short term. He had to keep his heart rate low which meant no strenuous exercise. Including masturbation. For 4 weeks. There is something in that for all of us.