P5P: Does Your Multivitamin Provide This Superior Form Of Vitamin B6? Probably Not
May 31 2017
Multivitamins are often formulated to compete on price against other brands and therefore provide the cheapest forms of vitamins and minerals available since 80% of consumers buy on price rather than quality. However, the most expensive vitamins consumers can buy are those that don’t work.
Pyridoxine is the common form of B6 provided in more than 95% of multivitamins. It is an effective but not optimal form of this vitamin and most of the time converts to pyridoxyl 5 phosphate (P5P-B6), the active form of this B vitamin in the human body.