B2 and B5 Brainstorming:
In
post 67, I struggled with B2 specifically. I couldn't reconcile the idea that SpectraCell shows high B2, but OAT shows low B2. Then it dawned on me that B vitamins work as a team. Maybe because it's teammates are out of the game injured. I have read that B1, B2, and B3 work as a team. I am functionally deficient in B1 and B3; therefore, is it possible that B2 can't be metabolized (i.e. metabolites don't show up in urine)? Could this explain why it is showing up high on SpectraCell, but low on OAT? Perhaps balancing B1 and B3 will help balance the other B's?
I want to apply this same theory to B5. B5 is extremely high in my old SpectraCell, but very low in my OAT. Perhaps it wasn't being used because B1 and B3 were deficient. See graphic below.
Link to Nootropics comprehensive website on B5.
Now let's fast forward a bit in time. I have successfully replenished B1 with Lipothiamine 400 mg and have improved my B3 status from "functionally" deficient" to "borderline" deficient with 950 mg of mixed forms.
Did improving B1 and B3 improve Carbs to Acetyl CoA (B1, B2, B3, B5) pathway and Keto Acids to Acetyl CoA (B1, B2, B3, B5) pathway? Did I release the log jam and suddenly demand for B2 and B5 was created which didn't exist before due to B1 and B3 deficiency?
Based on my 10/27 SpectraCell test results, the answer appears to be Yes. It appears I have unclogged the log jam allowing B2 and B5 to be used. A follow-up OAT might be the definitive test to see if B2 and B5 metabolites are showing up in my urine.
It appears that OAT and SpectraCell together might be a very powerful combo test. You can see what's in the cells via SpectraCell and you can see the waste products of the cells via OAT.
An analogy might be a factory. Is the correct raw material inside the factory (SpectraCell)? Is the factory running efficiently producing appropriate waste products (OAT)?
3/28/2017 SpectraCell Labs:
B1 - 75 (Ref Range >78) - Functionally Deficient
B2 - 70 (Ref Range >53) - High Levels in Cells
B3 - 77 (Ref Range >80) - Functionally Deficient
B5 - 20 (Ref Range >7) - High Levels in Cells
10/27/2017 SpectraCell Labs:
B1 - 86 (Ref Range >78) - Normal-ish Levels in Cells
B2 - 59 (Ref Range >53) - Normal-ish Levels in Cells
B3 - 85 (Ref Range >80) - Borderline Deficient
B5 - 10 (Ref Range >7) - Borderline Deficient