Riboflavin for Strange Unresolved Health Problems | Chris Masterjohn Lite

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[@calhubler]

I have Meniere's disease, but it is not expressed as migraines, it is expressed as associated vertigo and loss of balance. The teaching doctor from George Washing University Hospital who was treating me, said for me to supplement with 400 mg B2, 300 mg CoQ 10 and 600 mg magnesium and my loss of balance went away. So I'm an example of the disease you were talking about and had a successful treatment with riboflavin. Thanks for all your insights.

[@no_peace]

Did you have hearing loss?

[@JCrow-kz4nw]

calhubler you are lucky you got this good ear doctor! I could say more but I have been down the same road and I have gotten no good advice like you got.

[@cyberturkey77]

Hello id like to contact you as i have menieres

[@MrApplewine]

I have a theory that the riboflavin is feeding certain strains of bacteria in the microbiota that cannot produce it and aren't getting enough from their commensal bacteria which are also missing. In order to get the riboflavin to the location needed, high doses must be taken of around 100mg, or more than 30mg and as much as 400mg. This riboflavin dependant bacteria performs certain metabolic functions symbiotically and malfunctioning microbiota will cause malfunction of the vagus nerve (among other things like the immune system's T regulatory cells), and this vagus nerve disruption can result in symptoms like "Menieres" or apparent cerebellum dysfunction, or any branch of the vagus nerve into the, neck, or head. Did you ever ask the teaching doctor why he thought riboflavin would help? I wonder if the CoQ 10 and magnesium did anything.

[@jayrockhammer]

This is incredible. How long did it take for it to go away and are you still on the vitamins?

[@bernardojunqueira2392]

I can say with 100% confidence now that this is my favorite health;nutrition channel on youtube. There are many good ones for sure, but I just love the info Chris brings and the way it is delivered.

[@mariekeegan8690]

I tried it, for weird symptoms that had no known cause, 400 mg per day and I feel like a different person! I've got energy, I'm not dizzy and my brain feels awake!!

[@stephaniew4168]

How long did it take to feel a difference?

[@mariekeegan8690]

@@stephaniew4168 just a couple of days

[@lalouloune6156]

Were you able to sleep well at night? I have a problem, I tend to wake up very early in the morning. I am in good health but I just can't sleep more than 6 or 7 hours per night and during the week end like today I would like to rest more.

[@mariekeegan8690]

@@stephaniew4168 within days

[@mariekeegan8690]

@@lalouloune6156 yes, I sleep 6 hours a night

[@shazzamm12]

How is this not the biggest health channel KZbin? Incredible 411!

[@spoziscool]

It's too complicated for most pigeon brains who watch youtube.

[@Oilofmercy]

As a nutritionist.... i am so glad i found you. I have been treating myself for 20 years with no one to glean from. No doctor ND or functional medicine has helped me. I'm hoping you can. Its frustrating when you spend your life helping others and you can't help yourself. Thanks for your work :)

[@chriskampf8828]

I have been experiencing this as well in my life and need someone that can help me.

[@alrinaleroux9229]

Thank you for your videos, I appreciate it, especially as I recently developed a riboflavin deficiency. With regard to large amounts of riboflavin, I read the following in Phyllis A. Balch's book *Prescription for nutritional healing* : "Taking too much riboflavin (over 50 milligrams daily) over a long period of time could lead to cataracts and retinal diseases."

[@jayrockhammer]

I have severe vestibular migraines to the point where I have to use a cane to simply go to the bathroom. I was confined to my bed for almost a decade and saw every type of doctor and got no answers. Now, I take 400 mgs a day and swear by it. I feel immediate relief. however I take it 4 times throughout the day to make it an extended release. If I take the 400 together I notice it doesn't sustain through the course of the entire day. I never forget to take it otherwise I go right back to the spins.

[@chrismasterjohn]

Great to hear you are feeling better! Thank you for sharing.

[@dprice81]

That's awesome. Have you also tried molybdenum?

[@daposevvg]

I am very active 40 male. Mostly Animal based Nutrition. Full Fat etc... I work outside a lot and sweat quite a bit. I have a jawbone cavitation that pinches my eustachian tube in my ear causing it to drain. It is my constant barometer for inflammation of any kind. Any kind of inflammation, and the ear drains. In this 4 year battle, but only 6month awareness of the root cause (Jaw Cavitation) I have made good improvements supplementing with dissicated Kidney and Liver, MSM powder, oil pulling and Riboflavin. Im so glad to see this video because I thought that supplementing with Riboflavin was a bad thing in high doses even though it helps me so much. I was only taking 100mg once a week or so because I thought I read a Chris Masterjohn article or video that said not to take more then 10mg. I am going to step it up to 100mg a day for a couple weeks and then report bake to this comment. Thank you very much.

[@nerychristian]

How much do you take?

[@sahashil4135]

Whats the result ??

[@egor2593]

Hi, any update?

[@rocpile2773]

Starting this treatment in two weeks for a genetic defect in short chain fatty acid breakdown also known as SCADD

[@fabriziosalvi7861]

I have a tension headache that won't go away so this one's my shot.

[@Dennzer1]

Thank you for all your hard work. /This stuff is really important.

[@tp2681]

And I keep watching you, doc. Thank you

[@RobertWadlow292]

Hey Chris, is there any chance you could discuss the safety of eating fish in a video? Do heavy metals or pollutants really build up in the body and stay there, or is a healthy young person impervious to any serious health problems when eating fish occasionally? I'm guessing the answer would be "it depends" (on genetics, gut species, etc). I wonder if someone was eating a very nutritious, whole foods diet if the pollutant and mercury load would matter a lot less. I love sashimi and would eat it more regularly if I could be more confident that it wouldn't cause any health problems to occur

[@marynguyen6417]

Thanks so much! I like your philosophy!

[@chriskampf8828]

Any chance that Peri oral dermatitis could be related to Riboflavin deficiency?

[@chrismasterjohn]

Extremely high chance.

[@Aly-hu4zw]

This is a powerful vitamin or else I was malnourished before taking. I always would get menstraul migraines or before ovulation. Not anymore. I take it daily 100 mg a day. I tried uping the dose it was too much. 100 mg is the perfect dose for me once a day. Id start out low and work up to avoid side effects or too much.

[@rocpile2773]

How did you know it was too much?

[@jayrockhammer]

I have severe vestibular migraines to the point where I have to use a cane to simply go to the bathroom. I take 400 mgs a day and swear by it. I feel immediate relief. however I take it 4 times throughout the day to make it an extended release. If I take the 400 together I notice it doesn't sustain through the course of the entire day

[@lorimav]

I will give it a try for a couple of weeks.

[@no_peace]

I wish he had talked about doses (maybe I missed it).. 1.6 to 400mg is a staggering range and I thought there was a typo or conversion error at first

[@SkedgySky]

At least he didn't give a higher range such as 2000mg.

[@Nmethyltransferase]

Hi Chris! Can you talk about low T3 on low-carb diets? All the gurus insist that it's a _good_ thing--but is it? Also, supposing someone wants to eat low-fat, what rules (or rules of thumb) would you propose for a nutritionally complete diet?

[@petrichor100]

Learned it the hard way. Low carbs = low T3 = slow metabolism and everything goes downhill from there

[@ugrosh7937]

yea exacly low t3 is coss low carb. thats why i m not hyped about KETO DIET

[@OmSahaja]

You can check out Ray Peat work on thyroid and carbohydrate to understand this relationship

[@ChristianChase7]

Would you expect 100mg riboflavin taken 4 times daily to yield the same results as 400mg once daily? Is one preferable to the other? Thanks

[@spoziscool]

curious too

[@rationalsage1084]

It's better to dose it through the day to keep constant blood levels.

[@MegaCalkins]

Hi. Chris can you make episode about supplementation in Gilbert's syndrom. Thx in advance.

[@alvidrez7956]

When I take riboflavin in higher doses I get a weird sensation in my chest . I know I need this because I am homozygous Mthfr and have suffered severe symptoms brain fog , dizziness . Fatigue for years

[@try4gain-xb7yv]

Cool info thanks

[@christianduval8374]

1st day at 100mg and 2nd at 200mg “time released pill". Urine is very yellow. Do I continue loading up?

[@Halaqa]

He talked about this in another video. Yeah your urine will turn yellow because your kidneys are just eliminating what is not needed. But how much is it using? Who knows.

[@Aly-hu4zw]

This is a powerful vitamin or else I was malnourished before taking. I always would get menstraul migraines or before ovulation. Not anymore. I take it daily 100 mg a day. I tried uping the dose it was too much. 100 mg is the perfect dose for me once a day.

[@AA-qw2bi]

Dude are you being funded by Big Riboflavin

[@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order]

😂😁

[@Jofferpg2009]

😂😂😂

[@dancrunk1063]

I have adult onset GA2 and riboflavin makes me feel even sicker I really need help but no one seems to be able to offer any ideas

[@rocpile2773]

What are your symptoms? And how does Riboflavin make you feel?

[@Talkingtoyself]

I have a metabolic disorder, I will try this.

[@gmc202]

Try high B1 too with magnesium and vit D

[@Talkingtoyself]

@@gmc202 Do you have any brands you suggest?

[@gmc202]

@@Talkingtoyself Try Benfotiamine and sulbutiamine plus simple thiamine . If y have a problem the first two are better plus Vit D 10.000ui (and a Magnesium Malate 3x a day, i use now brand) and any good brand will function. A good B-complex like B-100 is good to. Invest in y.

[@Talkingtoyself]

@@gmc202 ok thank you I'll give it a try.

[@cyberturkey77]

I'm going to trial this for POTS TINNITUS & vertigo

[@cyberturkey77]

@@Div_Ann just made everything worse. More anxiety tinnitus and pots. What helps is either b12 or B1 can't say yet

[@cyberturkey77]

@@Div_Ann yeah but you're probably using methylcobalamin which can cause stimulation making pots worse

[@BlackButterFlyTongue]

High doses of thiamine B1 would help with your symptoms. Dr. Elliott Overton here on KZbin can further detail the process of healing.

[@JHixon-bi8ok]

@@cyberturkey77 B1 helps.

[@SR-ks7ho]

@@cyberturkey77 if it makes your issue worse you may be having a paradoxical reaction, refer to Dr Derrick Lonsdale, website Hormones Matter.

[@douggrant3431]

You talk about riboflavin but you don’t link the brand that you suggest to take or what’s the best form

[@ElizabethAnn12459]

What does a really high b2 level without supplementing mean?

[@SR-ks7ho]

you might be low in a vitamin or vitamins or cofactors that are required to use b2 therefore it builds up in body, Dr Derrick Lonsdale discussed something like this on an article on the website, Hormones Matter. also Elliot Overton might discuss this issue on KZbin.

[@Aharon_I]

hi chris whats new?

[@Vahe345]

why they ain't folding right on my vegan diet lol jk. make a video on the beyond meat burgers please. ingredients don't seem too bad but must be very processed

[@greyfoxzero]

There is harm potential with riboflavin due to its estrogen reducing effects.

[@Aly-hu4zw]

Take the lowest effective dose.

[@greyfoxzero]

@@Aly-hu4zw Exactly.

[@rocpile2773]

Do you have a source for this?

[@bigguy130]

Good to know, for men out there who's estrogen might be too high

[@greyfoxzero]

@@bigguy130 Estradiol, assuming your talking about guys hung up on some E2 lab is an intracrine hormone. Why use a blood test for a hormone whose actions aren't in the blood? Its like walking up to a tree and picking up a leaf off the ground and telling someone how many leaves are on the tree. Not to mention the lab range doesn't reflect what is seen in the majority of other papers. One paper somehow convinced labs to make a narrow 20-30 range for Estradiol but the population has what appears to be a much wider 10-80 range or even higher.

[@kellymulderino7156]

too high a dose will drive down your thiamine

[@SkedgySky]

Show us the evidence. We don't believe you.

[@kellymulderino7156]

we? LOL. this is common sense dude @@SkedgySky

[@SkedgySky]

@@kellymulderino7156 no evidence!!!! BYYYEEE

[@CharlesOffdensen]

@@kellymulderino7156 I would like to see more information, too.

[@ZombielandPB]

If you keep this up Chris, Scott Gottlieb is going to take your license away. You're cutting into profits.

[@thecasualfront7432]

I think this guy has a riboflavin problem

[@SkedgySky]

Lol

[@spoziscool]

Should we take 400mg at once or lower doses spread out through the day... for this protocol?

[@Aly-hu4zw]

This is a powerful vitamin or else I was malnourished before taking. I always would get menstraul migraines or before ovulation. Not anymore. I take it daily 100 mg a day. I tried uping the dose it was too much. 100 mg is the perfect dose for me once a day. I think it depends on the person. Sometimes more or less. But take the least effective dose possible.

[@spoziscool]

Thank you for this informative video Chris, do I need to balance high dose riboflavin with other B's like Niacin?