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I've been looking into vitamins etc to make sure I'm not missing anything that could help my MS. This site has been really helpful in my background research. For example, i'm going to balance my D, zinc, mag. I'm also interested in B vits and have a few questions;

- there are many B vits - are there any that I should be concentrating on more than others? I'm going to ask my GP for tests for B vits and might be difficult to pursuade him to test the whole lot!
- Does anyone have info on the optimal reference ranges for b vits for MS?
- In terms of supplements, is a multi b vit good to take or should I look to do them separately.

Many thanks

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focus on b12 for testing, you want the level at least 500 pmol/L.

you can address the whole b-complex via a good high quality b-50 complex. if you want to do a short term therapeutic thing you can take 2 b-50s 4x/d for a week (so total 400 of each per day), then switch to 1 b50 a day. for b12, methylcobalamin is the best supplemental form. if you find a b complex that uses that form, great. if not, buy that one separately for use in the shorter term. don't take more than b-100 per day in the long term. you will be getting some from food and at intakes over 100mg/d i nthe long term, vit b6 can cause peripheral neuropathy. also you can google search term klenner4 to get a specific list of b vitamins to use for ms and why. but you can ballpark the approach with oral b-100 complex.

of course food sources are best so hunt them down via sites like www.whfoods.com and nutritiondata.com.

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my approach: no meds so far - just balanced whole foods (partial 'paleo', much less outright elimination), science, supplements, & bloodwork
my regimen - www.thisisms.com/ftopict-2489.html
www.whfoods.com, www.nutritiondata.com