Vitamin B is a water-soluble vitamin that exists in three major chemical forms: pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine. It performs a wide variety of functions in your body and absolutely irreplaceable for your good health. There are a whole group of vitamins with joint name vitamin B. As a matter of convenience for non medical men they have different numbers that are easier to get by rote than their names as pharmaceutical substances.
Importance:
• necessary for the synthesis and breakdown of amino acids, the building blocks of protein;
• aids in fat;
• the most important frame to maintain the central nervous system;
• benefit in the removal of excess fluid;
• provides healthy skin;
• helps maintain a proper balance of sodium and phosphorous in the body.
Symptoms of deficiency:
• exanthema
• loss of muscular control
• anemia
• nervousness
• hyposomnia
• mouth disorders
• muscular weakness
• dermatitis
• loss of hair
• slow learning
The B vitamins are eight water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cellular metabolism:
• Vitamin B1 (deficiency causes panneuritis epidemica, symptoms of this nervous system disease include weight loss and nervous breakdown);
• Vitamin B2 (deficiency causes ariboflavinosis, symptoms may include cheilosis (cracks in the lips), high sensitivity to sunlight);
• Vitamin B3 (deficiency, along with a deficiency of tryptophan causes pellagra, symptoms are aggression, dermatitis, hyposomnia, weakness, obnubilation and diarrhea);
• Vitamin B5 (deficiency can result in acne and paresthesia);
• Vitamin B6 (deficiency may lead to anemia, depression, dermatitis, high blood pressure);
• Vitamin B7 (deficiency may lead to infants’ neurological disorders and growth inhibition) the secondary name is vitamin H;
• Vitamin B9 (deficiency results in a macrocytic anemia, in pregnant women can lead to birth defects) the secondary name is vitamin M;
• Vitamin B12 (deficiency causes macrocytic anemia, memory loss and other cognitive scarcity. It can also cause symptoms of mania and mental affection).
The richest natural sources of vitamin B:
B1 - crops, ale-yeast, liver, oranges, pea, raisins, potatoes, rough rice, kidney bean;
B2 - eggs, liver, meat, milk, buckwheat, porridge oat, sprouted kernel, banana;
B3 - oranges, peanut, banana, pea, sprouted kernel, broccoli, eggs, liver, meat, milk, sunflower seeds, lens;
B6 - ale-yeast, liver, chicken meat, curd, potatoes, buckwheat, pea, sprouted kernel, cabbage, sunflower seeds, lens, soy, hazel-nut, banana, shellfish, salmon;
B9 - ale-yeast, banana, sprouted kernel, cabbage, beans, green leaf vegetables, punch, lettuce, beet-root, grass, chicory, citrus, citrus juice, liver, meat, lens;
B12 - eggs, liver, bonito, sardine, alec, cottage cheese, chicken meat, beef, flounder, liverwurst, milk, dairy produce, swiss cheese;
B4 - eggs, liver, peanut, sprouted kernel, cabbage, porridge oat, rice, soy, lens;
B8 - sprouted kernel, cabbage, melon, carrot, potatoes, beet-root, tomatoes, strawberry.