Miss Xu, a face friend of mine, posted a message on 2023-11-10:

"Hello professor, I usually read your blog and bought the sci-science on the dining table to read it. It really benefits me a lot! (Save a lot of money) I also understand that balanced nutrition is the most important thing! But it is still a little difficult to make a balanced nutrition in order to eat outside food. (Are you going to work as much as possible) and seeing this article again, would you like to ask if Group B can buy and supplement (because he said modern people are generally insufficient) or refresh your mind in the morning? Thank you again for your efforts! "

The link provided by Miss Xu is the large family of Vitamin B published in "The New Clinic". Its first and third paragraphs are (combined): "According to the results of the National Nutrition Survey, one-quarter of the people have the habit of eating vitamins, and they are almost enthusiastic about the intake of vitamins C and E, and even more so, they neglect the vitamin B group that is generally lacking in the public. Vitamin B group is a very important nutrient for modern people. Many people do not know about the vitamin B group that maintains sufficient body parts. How important is it for modern busy office workers or students with high school pressures! People should strengthen their understanding and supplementation of vitamin B group. Humans cannot synthesize vitamin B group by themselves, so they must be taken from food, such as deep green vegetables. However, water-soluble vitamin B group is easily damaged during cooking, and excessive intake will also be excreted from urine; if added again The abnormal diet, three meals of extra meals, pressure, staying up late consumes a large amount of B group, which makes modern people need additional supplements. ”

The "modern busy office workers" in this paragraph is a typical "terror marketing". This method is obviously very effective because many readers come to ask me, "Because I am an office worker or a foreign foodie, do I need additional vitamin replenishment."

During the search for data, I also found that the public published in "Happy Health" is generally lacking in vitamin B, which is prone to getting out of control! . Its first and last paragraphs are (combined): "According to the statistics of the National Health Administration, on average, one in every three people in our country lacks vitamin B group, …… vitamin B is classified into eight categories. If you want to supplement it, it is best to supplement eight at a time to achieve the maximum effect, otherwise it will probably cost you. If you have a lot of money, you won’t get any effect! ……If office workers often show the following expressions …… you should pay attention to balanced diet and supplement related foods with more vitamin B groups. "

"Related foods with more vitamin B groups"! Have you noticed that it is for office workers to supplement "related food" rather than "health supplements". However, please, after seeing this article, will you decide to supplement "related food" or "health supplements"?

No matter what, is the "national general lack of vitamin B group" mentioned in these two articles true?

Micronutrient test I published on July 2, 2020? Is this called "precision medicine"? There is a report on the results of the National Nutrition and Health Condition Change Survey (102-105) issued by the Ministry of Welfare of Taiwan, and it says that "the state of the nationals taking Vitamin B group B is roughly in line with the recommended intake."

From this we can see that the "nationals generally lack vitamin B group" mentioned in these two articles is inconsistent with the facts.

The US National Library also said that "in the United States, there is little situation of lack of vitamin B."

In fact, whether searching for vitamin B deficiency on Google or in the public medical library PubMed, most of the data that is recorded is about "vitamin B12 deficiency". This is because among the eight vitamin B, seven are found in large quantities in grain vegetables and fruits, and the only one that does not contain grain vegetables and fruits is B12.

In other words, as long as you have the habit of eating grain vegetables and fruits, you are unlikely to lack vitamin B except B12. In other words, as long as you are a vegetarian, you are unlikely to lack vitamin B.

As for pure vegetarians, the best way to get B12 is to eat grains with B12 added. This food is usually eaten at breakfast in the United States (called Breakfast cereals), but it can also be eaten at any meal or even as a snack. Of course, eating comprehensive vitamins is another way for vegetarians to get B12. However, please do not believe in any plant-based B12 foods, and do not overtake B12 supplements. Please see

vegetarian food and get B12 from seaweed?

The higher the concentration of vitamin B12, the higher the mortality rate

The practice of vitamin B is generally lacking in vitamin B group, is it true?

Responsible editor: Gu Zihuan