What Amount Of B6 Should Be Taken By Adults Daily?

The amount of vitamin B6 that should be taken daily is different for men, women, pregnant women and children. The dosage also, is different for children of different ages and is not a vitamin that should be given to infants.

The recommended daily dosage for men is 2.0 mg, for women the dosage is 1.5 mg and for pregnant women the dosage is 2.2 mg of vitamin B6 daily. Women who are breast-feeding also need a higher dose of 2.1 mg of vitamin B6 daily.

These amounts of vitamin B6 can be acquired daily with the proper nutritionally balanced diet, when they are not then they can be acquired by taking supplements daily. As vitamin B6 can cause neurological disorders if taken in doses of 200 mg per day or over this is not recommended. If a dose is missed it should be skipped instead of taking a double dose, can put to much into the body at one time of vitamin B6. While it is a water soluble vitamin and one that is excreted from the body, there can still be too much held in the body. This can cause problems such as numb or heavy limbs and in cases such as this the vitamin B6 should be just decreased.

Children that are three years and under should take no more than 30 UL a day, 4 to 8 years old recommended dosage is 40 UL a day, children ages 9 to 13 the recommended dosage is 60 UL a day and 14 to 18 years old recommended dosage is 80 UL a day.