Description:
Working together, these vitamins perform many important functions.
Healthy eyes, skin, hair, and mouth tissue; a healthy nervous system,
gastrointestinal tract and proper brain function are some of the
systems that these vitamin support. B vitamins should be taken together,
but using one of them in dosages two to three times the others can
be useful to treat a particular disorder. Although the B vitamins
are a team, they will be discussed individually.
Complimentary Nutrients:
Vitamins C, E, calcium and phosphorus. All the B vitamins should
be taken together..
Antagonists:
Birth-control pills, coffee, alcohol, excessive sugar, antibiotics,
sleeping pills, stress, infections, and sulfa drugs.
Health Benefits:
Benefits the hair, mouth nerves, eyes, .gastrointestinal tract,
liver, and skin. Provides energy, metabolism of protein, fats, and
carbohydrates, and the muscle tone maintenance of the gastrointestinal
tract.
Therapeutic Uses:
B complex can be used to treat loss of appetite, barbiturate overdose,
alcoholic psychosis, constipation, allergies, cystitis, fatigue,
anemia, stress, heart abnormalities, hypoglycemia, Meniere's. Syndrome,
hypersensitivity, menstrual problems, migraine headaches, and nervous
disorders.
Vitamin Therapies should be done with the supervision of a qualified
health care professional. In the panel on the left, under ailments
you can find more information about treatments for some of these
conditions. You can also locate therapeutic information on this
site by using the search engine - click on 'Search' in the panel
on your left - and entering words relating to the ailment you are
interested in.
Deficiency Indicators:
High cholesterol, digestive disorders, dull, dry, and falling hair,
acne, constipation, fatigue, anemia, dry rough skin, and insomnia..
Dosage:
See individual B vitamins.
Sources:
B complex can be found in: organ meats, wheat germ, brewers yeast,
whole grains, desiccated liver, and yogurt. Yogurt provides intestinal
bacteria needed for synthesizing B vitamins. See individual B vitamins
for more information on vitamin B sources.
