Would going a week without taking a vitamin B complex deplete my stores of vitamin B?

[jennifer_bloom]

I ate potatoes during my cruiser ship every day for the vitamin B6 and I slept better then a newborn baby

When I returned to Canada I found I had difficulty taking afternoon naps and very low energy until taking nutritional yeast.

I know vitamin B6 helps you sleep and I know I get tired if I don't take enough vitamin B

[JoePro_]

The body stores Vitamin B (all of them pretty much) and can hang onto stores for minimum of a couple years before depletion. The body only needs a little bit each day to function properly. Unless you're someone whose body either genetically, metabolically, or microbially refuses to break down and store it for some reason. But those people are very few and far between. Additionally, most foods are more than sufficient for your daily Vitamin B needs, so long as you're on an omnivore diet and have "clean" natural foods in there somewhere. Each day, getting some veggies and some meat or other animals products (milk, eggs). Literally, a couple eggs, a cup of peas or beans, and a decent sized mixed greens salad will give you just about all your Vitamin B requirements. Mix it all together, even better. I like a mixed greens salad, hard boiled eggs, bacon, peas, and cheese. Right there, you have your B Complex meal. I like to do mine as a chopped salad, easier to eat. Add a little dressing and tomatoes (if you want) for taste and you're good to go.

[shortster]

Your body will probably try to get it via the foods you eat.

[Dongie]

Not so you'd notice.