The Amazingly Powerful B's

Been feeling tired lately? A little off your rhythm? Well I have for several months now, but I can finally say that I'm beginning to feel better...hallelujah! I attribute most of this feeling better to the fact that I've recently begun to take my vitamins again...and extra doses of B-complex.

Growing up, and even today, my Mother was a huge apostle of vitamins; in fact, if you mention not feeling well, her first reaction is "How much vitamin C have you been taking?" Even with all of that knowledge, like most of us who know what to do & don't, I just kept getting worse & worse without ever popping the first pill :)

Today, after only 4 days, I have a new-found love for B-complex! If you have issues with fatigue, depression, mood swings, etc., B-complex might just be your new best friend. Here's a little cheat sheet of the powerful B's that make up B-complex:

Scientists know that B vitamins are part of many important bodily functions:

•Vitamin B1 (thiamin) and vitamin B2 (riboflavin) help the body produce energy and affect enzymes that influence the muscles, nerves, and heart.

•Vitamin B3 (niacin) has a role in energy production in cells and helps keep the skin, nervous system, and digestive system healthy.

•Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) influences normal growth and development.

•Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) helps the body break down protein and helps maintain the health of red blood cells, the nervous system, and parts of the immune system.

•Vitamin B7 (biotin) helps break down protein and carbohydrates and helps the body make hormones.

•Vitamin B9 (folic acid) helps the cells in the body make and maintain DNA and is important in the production of red blood cells.

•Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) plays a role in the body's growth and development. It also has a part in producing blood cells, nervous system function, and how the body uses folic acid and carbohydrates.

Deficiency of certain B vitamins can cause anemia, tiredness, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, depression, numbness and tingling in the arms and legs, muscle cramps, respiratory infections, hair loss, eczema, poor growth in children, and birth defects.


So, remember your B's & they'll be work hard for you :)