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PPP 198 - Pins, Needles, and Too Much Vitamin B6 with Angus Thompson

In this episode we celebrate our ten‑year podcast anniversary with guest Angus Thompson, a consulting clinical pharmacist and clinical editor who works across Southern Tasmania. We open with a quick roll call of the B‑group vitamins to set the scene before shifting into the main focus of the conversation: how Vitamin B6 became a ubiquitous ingredient in sleep products, menopause supplements, energy blends, magnesium powders and everyday multivitamins.

Angus explains why B6 deficiency is relatively uncommon, why it still appears in so many products, and how recommended daily intakes are…

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