Vitamin C Forum

It has long been known that B vitamins at doses below their toxicity threshold strongly promote body fat gain. Studies have demonstrated that formulas, which have very high levels of vitamins, significantly promote infant weight gain, especially fat mass gain, a known risk factor for children developing obesity. Furthermore, ecological studies have shown that increased B vitamin consumption is strongly correlated with the prevalence of obesity and diabetes. We therefore hypothesize that excess vitamins may play a causal role in the increased prevalence of obesity.

Source: Excess vitamin intake: An unrecognized risk factor for obesity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932423/

It has long been known that B vitamins at doses below their toxicity threshold strongly promote body fat gain.

Uff, you really try hard to find any weak science to fearmonger about higher intake of B-vitamins. For some B-vitamins there wasn't a toxicity threshold found till now.

Can you think of no more pressing reasons that obesity increase in the period of time, fortification increased too? Correlation never proves causation.

I was skinny without supplementation, and I'm skinny still with megadoses of vitamins.

Observative studies only can provide raw material for hypotheses, still to be tested with experiments. Mere speculations, often financed by those with invested interests. Like the food industries.

There is no experiment testing this really far-fetched hypothesis. Also, not at which differentiated dosage-range of vitamin increase.

A good example is the often stated cancer feeding effect of B-vitamins. Of course, B-vitamin make cells grow and divide, ideal substrate for cancer's unlimited growth. With B1 this effect is however known up to 100 mg per day only, above there are clear cancer preventive effects.

Proceed with far-fetched fearmongering of high vitamin intake at your own risk.