Vitamin B
Vitamin B is a group of vitamins that dissolve in water, acting on cell metabolism. In the past, it was thought to be one type, like other vitamins, but studies have proven otherwise. These vitamins are chemically distinct and often present In one color of foods in general, so that these vitamins contain eight types, namely:
- Thiamine, B1.
- Riboflavin, B2.
- Niacinamide or Niacin, B3.
- Pantothenic acid, B5.
- Pyridoxine, perdaxal or pyridoxine hydrochloride, B6.
- Biotin, B7.
- Folic acid, B9.
- Cyanocobalamin or copalamin, B12.
Benefits of B vitamins
The benefits of B vitamins are endless, and these benefits include:
- Enhance body immunity, strengthen the function of the nervous system.
- Increase the metabolic rate, and work to support it.
- Maintain healthy hair, skin freshness and health.
- Increases cell growth and splits, such as red blood cells, which prevent anemia.
- This vitamin works to protect the body from the risk of pancreatic cancer, which is one of the most dangerous types of cancer and deadly disease in the body, preferably body takes enough of this vitamin through food, not through pills and medicines, and excess of this vitamin is thrown by the body through the urine .
- These vitamins reduce attention deficit, and also reduce hyperactivity.
Risk of vitamin B deficiency
The lack of each type of this vitamin has several disadvantages, which are as follows:
- Vitamin B1 deficiency leads to barbarian disease. The disease affects the nervous system. Symptoms include emotional disorders, loss of weight, venereal encephalopathy, pain and weakness in the limbs, irregular heartbeat, swelling of the body tissues, and, in advanced cases, Heart failure, often leading to death.
- Deficiency of vitamin B2 leads to riboflavin deficiency, its symptoms cracking in the lip and inflammation of the corners of the mouth, sensitivity of the sun, inflammation of the tongue, fatty skin infections, sore throat and others.
- Vitamin B3 deficiency causes sores, and its symptoms are insomnia, dermatitis, weakness, mental confusion and diarrhea, and may lead to lack of dementia and death.
- Vitamin B5 deficiency, deficiency causes acne to appear.
- Vitamin B6 deficiency leads to small anemia, as well as depression, skin inflammation, high blood pressure, high amino acid level and water retention.
- Vitamin B7 deficiency inhibits growth and causes neurological disorders in children.
- Deficiency of vitamin B9 leads to a massive anemia, and injury to pregnant women with this deficiency leads to congenital malformations.
- Vitamin B12 deficiency leads to massive anemia, peripheral neuropathy, memory loss and cognitive and cognitive deficits, and also causes insomnia, mania, and, in rare cases, a lack of paralysis.
Sources of Vitamin B
Wheat husks, which contain all types of vitamin B except vitamin B12, which is found in dairy products of various types, meat, eggs and seafood.