The synthetic vitamin leaving several Australians with major health issues
www.abc.net.au
Pressure is mounting on Australia's medicines regulator to tighten restrictions around vitamin B6 supplements, with more cases of people inadvertently poisoning themselves emerging.

In short:

Dozens of people across Australia have shared their experiences of vitamin B6 toxicity with 7.30.

Terri-Lynne South, a GP and dietitian, says the number of cases is likely to be under-reported.

What’s next:

The TGA says it is considering a proposal to tighten regulations, including changes to where and how B6 vitamins are sold.

  • metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    2 days ago

    aren’t all vitamins synthetic? they’re not extracting them from real food and then saying it’s not a substitute for real food … are they?

    • MHLoppy@fedia.ioOP
      4·
      2 days ago

      Sometimes (though I don’t know what proportion) vitamins/minerals in products are actually “food-sourced”. As far as I know, there is (sometimes) some legitimate reason to do so regarding bioavailability etc.