Vitamin B6 | Pyridoxine | P5P

Use only P5P (pyridoxal-5'-phosphate)

When you want to use vitamin B6 do so in its natural form. The natural form is called P5P.

Almost all multi's and loose vitamin B6 supplements sold in supermarkets, drugstores and pharmacies contain a non-natural form of vitamin B6. This form is called pyridoxine HCl.

The problems/side effects that have occurred with long-term use of vitamin B6 were all with this non-natural form. The natural form is many times safer and may not even pose a risk of neurological symptoms at all.

So when you want to take vitamin B6, always choose the natural P5P form.

If a product does not specify which form the vitamin B6 is in, you can assume it is the non-natural form (pyridoxine HCl).

The loose vitamin B6 supplements that Smeets & Graas sells are all in the natural P5P form.

Preferably use vitamin B6 alongside a natural and well-balanced vitamin B complex.

Other views also:

• Multivitamin
• Homocysteine
• Hormones
• Vitamins