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can I take B12 and B Complex at the same time with food? or do I need to take at seperate times

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You can take them at the same time and they can be taken with food but remember to keep them 2 hours away from Levo and B vitamins can be stimulating so best taken no later than lunchtime.

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Forgive me, I'm always saying this on here, but if we take too much of one of the B vitamins it depletes the others so unless you know you need the B12 I'd recommend taking just the B complex. There is far less B12 in the vegan diet yet I have been vegan for about 18 years and my B12 level is good even though I only intermittently take a B complex. I feel quite strongly about this because at 34 I had life-threatening cancer and having survived was included in a survey which showed a correlation between taking vitamins and developing cancer. It didn't prove that vitamins were the cause, it could have been that people developing cancer feel unwell so turn to vitamins, both are possible, but you can see why I get concerned about all the marketing of vitamins and people supplementing when they don't actually need to.

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