Vitamin B Complex

Vitamin B Complex   Vitamin B Complex the B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism, work together to support and increase the rate of metabolism; maintain healthy skin and muscle tone; enhance immune and nervous system function. Continued Below

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The B Vitamins are necessary for the maintenance of certain physiological functions and systems including, the nerves, eyes, hair, skin, mouth, liver, proper brain function and healthy gastrointestinal muscle tone .

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The entire complex of B vitamins is necessary for energy production.

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B-complex vitamins are necessary for the relief of anxiety and depression. The B vitamins work properly as a team.

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B-Complex helps maintain the health of nerves, skin, eyes, hair, mouth and healthy muscle tone in the gastrointestinal tract.

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B vitamins are co-enzymes involved in energy production, useful for stress, depression and anxiety.

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B-Complex Vitamins are needed by the body for energy production, synthesis of hormones and blood cells, healthy nervous system function, and numerous other metabolic processes. The forms of the B Vitamins found in foods and most supplements, however, are not readily utilized by the body. They require conversion into their active forms before they can perform their functions as cofactors in bio-chemical reactions.

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Vitamin B Complex

From The Article In Wikipedia... Jan 22, 2009

The B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism.

Historically, the B vitamins were once thought to be a single vitamin, referred to as vitamin B (much like how people refer to vitamin C or vitamin D).

Later research showed that they are chemically distinct vitamins that often coexist in the same foods.

Supplements containing all eight are generally referred to as a vitamin B complex.

Individual B vitamin supplements are referred to by the specific name of each vitamin (e.g. B1, B2, B3 etc ).

Health benefits

The B vitamins often work together to deliver a number of health benefits to the body.

B vitamins have been shown to:

• Support and increase the rate of metabolism

• Maintain healthy skin and muscle tone

• Enhance immune and nervous system function

• Promote cell growth and division — including that of the red blood cells that help prevent anemia.

• Reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal forms of cancer, when consumed in food, but not when ingested in vitamin tablet form.

Together, they also help combat the symptoms and causes of stress, depression, and cardiovascular disease.

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All B vitamins are water soluble, and are dispersed throughout the body.

Most of the B vitamins must be replenished daily, since any excess is excreted in the urine.

A six year cobalamin store can be found in the liver, despite its water soluble nature.

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Vitamin B sources

Different B vitamins come from different natural sources, such as potatoes, bananas, lentils, chile peppers, tempeh, liver oil, liver, turkey, tuna, Nutritional yeast (or brewer's yeast) and molasses.

Marmite and Vegemite bill themselves as "one of the world's richest known sources of vitamin B".

As might be expected, due to its high content of brewer's yeast, beer is a source of B vitamins, although this may be less true for filtered beers and the alcohol in beer impairs the body's ability to activate vitamins.

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The B-12 vitamin is of note because it is not available from plant products, making B-12 deficiency a concern for vegans.

Manufacturers of plant-based foods will sometimes report B-12 content, leading to confusion about what sources yield B-12.

The confusion arises because the standard US Pharmacopeia (USP) method for measuring the B-12 content does not measure the B-12 directly.

Instead, it measures a bacterial response to the food. Chemical variants of the B-12 vitamin found in plant sources are active for bacteria, but cannot be used by the human body.

This same phenomenon can cause significant over-reporting of B-12 content in other types of foods as well.

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Vitamin B may also be delivered by injection to reverse deficiencies.

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Another popular means of increasing one's vitamin B intake is through the use of dietary supplements purchased at supermarkets, health centers, or natural food stores.

B vitamins are also commonly added to energy drinks.

Many energy drinks have been marketed with large amounts of B vitamins ("5-Hour Energy contains an astounding 8,333% of the recommended dietary allowance of vitamin B-12 and 2,000% of the RDA for vitamin B-6.… Red Bull…offers 360% of the RDA for vitamin B-6, 120% of B12, 140% of niacin (vitamin B3)") with claims that this will cause the consumer to "sail through your day without feeling jittery or tense."

Nutritionists, such as Professor Hope Barkoukis, dismiss these claims "It's brilliant marketing, but it doesn't have any basis [in fact]."

While B vitamins do "help unlock the energy in foods…Just about everyone in America already gets all of the B vitamins they could possibly need in their diets…

Extra B vitamins are generally just flushed out of the system - although everyone's limit of absorption is different in regards to B complex vitamins and no-one knows how much is needed on an individual basis of these vitamins…"

While the elderly and athletes may need to supplement their intake of B-12 and other B vitamins due to problems in absorption and increased needs for energy production, for "most typical consumers of energy supplements or drinks, B vitamins are nothing more than a 'gimmick' when they are making these false claims."

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One mnemonic to remember the most commonly referenced B vitamins is "The RhythmNearly Proved Contagious" (B1 - Thiamine; B2 - Riboflavin; B3 - Niacin; B6 - Pyridoxine; B12 - Cobalamin).

List of B vitamins

• Vitamin B1 (thiamine)

• Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

• Vitamin B3 (niacin, includes nicotinic acid and nicotinamide)

• Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)

• Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine)

• Vitamin B7 (biotin), also known as vitamin H

• Vitamin B9 (folic acid), also, vitamin M

• Vitamin B12 (various cobalamins; commonly cyanocobalamin in vitamin supplements)

Former or unclassified vitamins

• Vitamin B4 (adenine, DNA metabolite) is no longer classified as a vitamin because it is synthesized by the human body
• Vitamin B8 (myo-inositol, adenylic acid, DNA metabolite) is no longer classified as a vitamin because it is synthesized by the human body

B vitamin deficiency

Several named vitamin deficiency diseases may result from the lack of sufficient B-vitamins.

Deficiencies of other B vitamins result in symptoms that are not part of a named deficiency disease. *

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* Read an Article in Wikipedia, Jan 22, 2009

** Read an article in Wikipedia with references and links Jan 1, 2012

* B vitamins. (2011, December 24). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

Retrieved 16:34, January 1, 2012, from

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=

B_vitamins&oldid=467547528

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Vitamin B Complex

Vitamin B Complex, as you will find in any nutritional healing book as well as Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis A Balch, are the B Vitamins and are necessary for the maintenance of certain physiological functions and systems including, the nerves, eyes, hair, skin, mouth, liver, proper brain function and healthy gastrointestinal muscle tone. [1]

The entire complex of B vitamins is necessary for energy production. 

They are called coenzymes because they help the chemical reactions of enzymes with many other substances. 

Elderly people need an adequate intake of the B vitamins as well as other vitamins because as we age we do not properly absorb nutrients. 

There have been cases of elderly people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease whose symptoms were relieved with the proper intake of Vitamin B12 plus the B-Complex to relieve their depletion of these vitamins. 

The B vitamins work properly as a team but one can take more of some than others. [2]
A deficiency in one B vitamin often indicates a deficiency in another. 

Although the B vitamins work in concert with each other, they will be discussed individually. [3]

Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) is a water-soluble vitamin necessary for the maintenance of a healthy nervous system and for the metabolic utilization of fats and proteins.

Vitamin B12 is also essential for the synthesis of DNA during cell division and therefore is especially important for rapidly multiplying cells, such as blood cells.

In addition, adequate intake of Vitamin B12, along with Folic Acid and Vitamin B-6, encourages healthy serum homocysteine levels, thereby supporting cardiovascular health.

Because Vitamin B12 is found only in animal products, strict vegetarians are at risk of developing Vitamin B12 deficiency and may benefit from supplementation.

Vitamin B complex is necessary for the relief of anxiety and depression. 

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