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Facts About Vitamin B6 ...
...and the role that vitamin B6 has within the body.
Vitamin B6 is also known as Pyridoxine.
It is a water and alcohol soluble vitamin, which is crucial to many body processes.
Vitamin B6 is lost in cooking water and is de-activated by heat, sunlight and air.
This vitamin helps to balance the potassium and sodium levels within the blood.
Vitamin B6 also assists with the conversion of the amino acid tryptophane to niacin and is
necessary for protein metabolism.
If you have an increased dietary intake of protein, then you require an increased intake
of Vitamin B6.
Vitamin B6 is also required by the body to regulate cholesterol levels, manufacture red
blood cells and haemoglobin, maintain a balance of minerals, the production of digestive
juices and for nervous system function.
For the body to utilize vitamin B12 you must also have sufficient vitamin B6.
Some of the significant food sources that contain vitamin B6 are rice bran, molasses, soya
flour, bananas and brewer’s yeast.
All of the B vitamins should be taken together to avoid deficiency symptoms developing,
but there are other important nutrients that should be taken along side as well. These are potassium, manganese, zince, vitamin C
and magnesium.
The requirements of vitamin B6 may need to be increased further if you:- smoke, drink
alcohol, are dieting or have a lot of strenuous activity.
Also the requirements of vitamin B6 may need to be increased if you are taking certain
drugs such as antacids, oral contraceptives, oestrogens, diuretics and some antibiotics.
With vitamin B6 there is no know toxicity, however if high doses are taken late in the
day, this vitamin may cause night restlessness and / or vivid dream recall.
Nutritional Vitamin Supplements
o Maximol (liquid vitamins and
minerals)
o Orachel (multi-vitamin oral chelation
formula)
Other Nutritional Information
o Specific Vitamins and their benefits
o The role of Vitamins in our bodies
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