Quick
note for males: The B vitamins are important in general for health,
especially for normal cell division and to improve circulation. B-vitamins lower
stress and vitamin B6 has anti-cancer properties and increase zinc absorption. From
Male Potency - Woodland PublishingSources:
Brewer's yeast, Nutritional yeast, Fish, Meat (not my favorite to recommend) Peas,
Carrots, Eggs, Chicken, Spinach, Potatoes, Bananas, Walnuts, Whole grains
Value to the Body:
1.
It is involved in the health of the nervous system.
- It helps in producing the immune system
{diseases-fighting} cells.
- It relieves a wide range of PMS symptoms such as breast
tenderness, weight gain and irritability.
- Necessary for the synthesis and breakdown of amino acids,
the building blocks of protein aids in fat carbohydrate metabolism.
- Aids in the formation of antibodies.
- Maintains the central system.
- Aids in the removal of excess fluid of premenstrual
women.
- Promotes healthy skin.
- Reduces muscle spasms, leg cramps, nausea and stiffness
of the hands.
- Helps maintain a proper balance of sodium and phosphorous
in the body.
- Plays a role in reducing the size and/or slowing the
growth of certain tumors and skin cancers
What happens when you don't have enough?
- Nervousness
- Muscular weakness
- Skin eruptions
- Slow learning
- Loss of muscular control
- Water retention
- Anemia
- Arm and leg cramps
- Mouth disorder
- Loss of hair
What about too much?
- Very high doses {more than 1 gram in one day} can cause
nerve damage. 200mg is recommended.
- More than 200mg per/day can be toxic in the system and it
takes several months for it to happen.
B12 - you
can find this in subligual form in our catalog store
Value to the Body:
- Formation & regeneration of red blood cells, thus
helping prevent anemia
- Necessary for carbohydrate, fat & protein metabolism
- Maintains a healthy nervous system
- Promotes growth in children
- Increases energy
- Needed for Calcium absorption
- Fight diseases, recover more quickly from viral
infections and help restore a sluggish appetite.
- Promoting DNA synthesis
- It helps people cope with stress
- It is used to help increase fertility in livestock
- It increases the sperm count in 27% of men
- It strengthens the immune system
What happens when you don't have enough?
- Pernicious anemia, poor appetite
- Growth failure in children
- Tiredness, brain damage, nervousness
- Neuritis, degeneration of spinal cord
- Depression, lack of balance
- Noticeable enhancement of problems of certain kinds of
mental illness
- If B12 deficiency occurs, DNA production is disrupted and
abnormal cells called megablasts occur - might be good to research megablasts and DNA and
their affects on fertility; hmmmmmmmmm.
??????? What about too much?
No such thing at this point. |