Comments on: XS Gold Energy Plus – Review

By: PL Chang

PL Chang — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:00:22 +0000

Hello Mike!

Yes, I agree with you about vitamin B12. As far as I know there haven’t been a case of toxicity from synthetic B12. Too much of anything is bad for the body, even water.

The thing that concerns me about synthetic vitamins is that they are created in lab for the purpose of profits. Because profit is their top priority, they may not follow procedures and their labs may not be as sanitize as it should be.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:17:01 +0000

Hi PL Chang,

I really like this website and i must to say that most or your articles are really good. I am agree when you say “Natural vitamins are better than synthetic”, but it does not means that all synthetic vitamins are toxic. In this case, B12 vitamin is a water-soluble vitamin (natural and synthetic), so the body expels all that does not absorb. In a natural form the absorption process should be faster than a Synthetic, but in both cases, the body will expels the not used portion. Until now, there is no known toxicity from Vitamin B12 (in any form)

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:39:57 +0000

PL Chang,
Good post, these energy drinks are so popular yet nobody really pays too much attention to whats in them beyond looking at sugar, calories, and caffeine. The rest is usually foreign to most people. I know quite a few people who depend on drinking several of these a day to get through work (energy drinks in general, not necessarily this one). More than likely, there are very few out there, that people should be having more than one a day of.

By: PL Chang

PL Chang — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:37:32 +0000

Yes, natural vitamin B12 is water-soluble and is easily expelled by the body but synthetic vitamin B12 is another story. If you look at the ingredients section on the back of XS Gold, you will see Cyanocobalamin. Cyanocobalamin is the synthetic version of vitamin B12 and is most likely toxic to the body. The body treats synthetic vitamins like foreign agents because it is not use to their unnatural chemical structure.

The FDA claimed that sucralose is not harmful to the body, other researchers had claimed that it is not harmful either. The truth is, many of these researchers are funded by companies that manufactured artificial sweeteners, such as sucralose, aspartame, equal, etc. Many of their studies on artificial sweeteners are controlled by these companies. Their studies had to followed companies’ guidelines and can’t say anything negative about their products. So, what does this all mean? The answer is simple! These companies don’t care about the people’s health, all they care about is getting the FDA to approve their product so they can make money.

Independent researchers who are not influenced by these big corporations, through experiments, had confirmed that artificial sweeteners overstimulated brain cells to death. So, which one should you believe, the people who are funded by the companies that manufactured artificial sweeteners, or independent researchers. My advise is to trust the independent researchers because they are not doing it for the money, they are doing these studies because they care about the public’s health.

If you want to learn more about artificial sweeteners, read the two links below. Also, do your own research and come up with your own conclusion!

http://energyfanatics.com/2009/01/24/the-danger-of-equal/
http://energyfanatics.com/2008/05/24/artificial-sweetener-danger/

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:35:34 +0000

“Extremely high in vitamin B12″ not true! The B12 that is found in the drink is %8000, but the AWESOME part about it is like you said soluble and the body will take what it needs and anything else will be expelled from the body, so NO it is NOT bad for you.
“Contains sucralose, an artificial sweetener that may cause health problems” SUCROSE and ASPERTAME is what is bad for the body, SUCROLOSE does absolutly NOTHING to the body. Please do your research before you post anything negative. Also people’s chemistry is different so some people will have longer effects than other depending on THEIR body’s chemistry, not because of the DRINK.