The B vitamins are utilized as coenzymes or key components of enzymes in almost all parts of the body. They are essential for maintaining healthy nerves, skin, hair, eyes, liver and mouth and for preserving good muscles tone in the gastrointestinal tract.
The vitamin of B complex comprises about a dozen of chemical substance. Vitamin B is called vitamin B complex because it comprises a group of vitamins which perform various complex functions on the human body.
While B vitamins are an important part of the diet and are needed to help avoid many health conditions, there is not enough scientific evidence to determine if B vitamins can reduce the risk of cancer.
They are found in all grains, pulses and lentils and their amount increases when the grains sprout. All the B vitamins are natural constituents of brewer’s yeast, liver and whole grain cereals. Brewer’s yeast is the richest natural source of some of the B complex group. Another important source of some vitamin B is intestinal bacteria.
Scientists know that B vitamins influence several important bodily functions:
*Vitamin B1 (thiamine) and vitamin B2 (riboflavin) help the body produces energy and affects enzymes that influence the muscles, nerves, and heart. It is anti-beriberi and anti neuritic.
*Vitamin B2 – riboflavin works as a coenzymes in tissue oxidation and respiration and is involved in metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and fat.
*Vitamin B3 (niacin) also has a role in energy production in cells and in maintaining the health of the skin, nervous system, and digestive system.
*Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) influences normal growth and development. It is also considered necessary for synthesis of antibiotic, nervous and digestive system.
*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. It functions to help the body use amino acids to manufacture proteins, which are then incorporated into body tissues used to make hormones, or metabolized for energy.
*Vitamin B7 (biotin) helps break down protein, and carbohydrates, and helps the body make hormones.
*Vitamin B8 contributes to human healthy immune system, it helps in digestion, retards aging and hair graying.
*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 growth, development, the production of blood cells, the functions of the nervous system, and how the body uses folic acid and carbohydrates. Vitamin B12 participates in various reactions in metabolism of fat, protein and carbohydrate.
If a person is tired, irritable, nervous, nervous, depressed or even suicidal, suspect a vitamin B deficiency. Other indicators of a vitamin B deficiency are a poor appetite, insomnia, neuritis, constipation or a high cholesterol level.
Vitamins B complex play an essential role in the conversion of glucose into energy, They are also vital in the metabolisms of fats and protein.
There are also four unofficial vitamins called the four cousins of vitamin B complex, these includes PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid), choline, inositol and lipoic acid. Technically these are not vitamin because the human bodies make them.
Vitamin B Complex
