Vitamin B Benefits, Sources, and Side Effects
Summary of Health Benefits:
Vitamin B, a family of eight different vitamins is good for health. They play a big role in treating as well as preventing heart diseases. In fact, it helps in bringing down the risk of stroke. Regular intake of Vitamin B in old age helps in keeping memory sharp and thus improves their lifestyle. People who are urging for that perfect body consider Vitamin B supplement and intake as a blessing and a booster for a faster result. You might be happy to know that it even has drastic performance in preventing breast as well as colon cancer. Hence the popularity quotient of Vitamin B supplements in all age groups is increasing day by day.
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The family that stays in Vitamin B name consists of eight vitamins: Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6, B7 (Biotin), B12 and last but not the least Folic Acid. When you consider their chemical property, then they all have a similar formula. It was once considered to be a single nutrient that stayed in extracts of rice, yeast or liver. But later on, scientists discovered there was a lot more in these extracts which brought the complete family alive.
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To have all the best of Vitamin B complex naturally, you can have good quantities of Beans, Meat, Eggs and high-quality dairy products as they are rich sources of the complex B vitamin.
Vitamin B Complex is another name of same Vitamin B. If you are taking Vitamin B supplements regularly, then already have a presence of all eight vitamins. So they are great for vegetarians, as normally vegetarian food has less Vitamin B complex in compared to Non-Vegetarian
Vitamin B12 is commonly obtained in the diet through consumption of meat, nuts, eggs, milk, shellfish, and green leafy vegetables (j). B12 has a large complex structure based around a corrin ring, which resembles porphyrin with a cobalt ion at the center (l). For this reason compounds with vitamin B12 activity are called cobalamin (k). Cyanocobalamin is the form typically found in fortified foods, which is converted in the body to the active forms methylcobalamin and 5-deoxyadenosylcobalamin (k).
Vitamin B12 deficiency limits selenium methylation and excretion resulting in higher tissue selenium levels and subsequent toxicity. It occurs in people whose digestive systems do not adequately absorb the vitamin from the foods they eat. Vegetarians who eat eggs and milk products are the most at risk because, on average, they consume less than half the adult vitamin B12 Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) while strict vegans (who don't eat any animal products, including meat, eggs, or milk) are at an even greater risk. Vitamin B12 is important since it works with the vitamin folate to make the body’s genetic material and help keep levels of the amino acid homocysteine in check which helps to decrease heart disease risk. It is also essential in the production of red blood cells which carry oxygen through the blood to the body’s tissues. Life Extension gives offers some of selenium supplements. Babies who are born of parents with low selenium and vitamin B12 rich foods are at risk of anaemia.
... like tuna, mackerel, and salmon. some dairy products, orange juice, soy milk, and some cereals. The only mineral that was the least of the 100% recommended by my DRI was potassium, Which I plan to get from bananas like I stated before, avocados and cantaloupe.
Vitamin B-12 is essential for energy production as well as influencing the way your body uses carbohydrates.
Hepatitis B is a DNA viral infection that causes damage and inflammation to the liver. It was first discovered in 1965 by Dr. Baruch Blumberg. The HBV virus is very contagious and is even thought to be the most serious form of viral hepatitis and the most common viral infection on Earth. “HBV is 100 times more infectious than HIV.” (Green, 2002, pg. 7) The virus can survive for about one week outside the body on a dry surface. According to Green (2002, pg. 7), “One in twenty Americans has been infected with the virus at some point in their lives.” Between the ages of 15-39 is when 75% of new HBV infections occur, according to Green (2002, pg.8).
Vitamin B12 is only found in animal products like eggs, meat, shellfish, and dairy and many groups of people
When one hears the three words: vitamins, nutrients, and minerals, they think of one thing-being healthy and noticing what your intake is daily. Nutrition is all about vitamins and nutrients. Firstly, vitamins are an organic compound required by the body in small amounts of metabolism, to protect health, and for proper growth of children. Vitamins also assist in the formation of hormones, blood cells, nervous systems chemicals, and genetic material. There are 13 well-identified vitamins. Some examples of the 13 well-identified vitamins are: A, D, E, and K-fat contained foods, B, C-consumed immediately. A well known and commonly used in commercials for orange juice vitamin is vitamin C. Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is important in the synthesis and maintenance of connective tissues. The lack of vitamin C will result in a sickness called scurvy. Scurvy harms the gums, mucous membranes, and the skin. Another well-known vitamin and is also used to commercial to give more information about this beverage is the vitamin in milk. The vitamin in milk is vitamin D. If you do not drink milk and obtain this vitamin, your bones and teeth will become soft and weak. Lacking one or more of the 13 well-identified vitamins will cause sickness and weakness to your body. Secondly, nutrients are how the body assimilates certain compounds. Nutrients are classified in 5 major groups: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals. One of the five nutrients is carbohydrate. The carbohydrate group principally consists of sugar, starch, dextrin, cellulose, and glycogen. In more basic terms, carbohydrates are sugars needed by human and other living organisms. Some types of foods that contain carbohydrates would be candies, ice cream, fruit juice, soda, chocolate bars etc. Lastly, vitamins are connected to minerals. Minerals are also a very important part of a healthy person. There are 11 major groups of minerals. They are: calcium, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous, potassium, selenium, and zinc. All these terms look very familiar if one has taken chemistry. These are the elements of our world. One of the more common minerals that most people have heard of is calcium. Calcium also helps with the structure and strength of teeth and bones. Vitamins and minerals work together to help humans maintain a healthy body. For example, vitamin D works with calcium to help for and maintain the strength of teeth and bones.
The 13 well-identified vitamins are classified according to their ability to be absorbed in fat or water. The fat-soluble vitamins-A, D, E, and K-are generally consumed along with fat-containing foods, and because they can be stored in the body's fat, they do not have to be consumed every day. The water-soluble vitamins-the eight B vitamins and vitamin C-cannot be stored and must be consumed frequently, preferably every day (with the exception of some B vitamins, as noted below).
Folic acid and folate is a B vitamin and an important part of nutritional intake. The B vitamins are a group of water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism and folic acid and folate are both forms of vitamin B9 (Barrowclough, 2009). They occur naturally in food and can also be taken as supplements. Vitamin B has a wide range of functions that occur biologically in the body and during pregnancy an important factor of vitamin B9 is the production and maintenance of new cells. Vitamin B9 als...
Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in the United States and often responsible for anemia and neurologic symptoms, particularly in the elderly.
Oils provide vitamin E and dairy products provide “protein, riboflavin, vitamin B12, calcium, potassium, and, when fortified, vitamin A and vitamin D.” (p. 40) An area I need to improve in is my intake of diary even though my intake was average I know I need to drink more milk.
Having a good health is a very important, but most people do not realize about it. Even if they do, they may still disregard it. We need good health in order to do any activity. To have a good health we need to eat a healthy food. Our body needs a sufficient water and healthy food that covered five classes of food which consist of carbohydrates, protein, fruit and vegetable, and fats. However, people nowadays always put their career as their priority and do not take care about their health. Sales of product such as vitamin supplements to get a healthy body and skin becomes more popular and trending. Some people are willing to buy it because they want to get a faster result of their body and there are also people who feels it is a must to take vitamin supplements in their life. Nevertheless, some people consume and relying too much vitamin supplement each day and there are various effects from it which are laziness and toxicity.
Vitamins are essential aids in many body processes, converting food the energy, building and maintaining cells, and other functions.
This vitamin (B6) have a lot of functions: amino acids metabolism, glucose metabolism, lipid metabolism, hemoglobin synthesis and function, gene expression, the immune system, skin protection, and
... middle of paper ... ... The vegetarian diet is one that provides the body with many essential nutrients. These nutrients include fiber, antioxidants, and phytochemicals.