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VITAMINS & MINERALS?
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VITAMIN B6: PYRIDOXINE
Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin that is very important for the immune system, which allows the body to protect itself against infection and possibly cancer in addition to helping the production of new cells. It is well known for its ability to balance hormonal changes in women. Vitamin B6 enables the body to process sugars, starches, fat and protein effectively. It is responsible to prevent dandruff, eczema and helps keep skin healthy.
Vitamin B6, although easy to absorb does requires magnesium and vitamin B2 to be broken down to an active form but foods high in vitamin B6 are also high in the required compounds such as kidney, sunflower seeds, walnuts and eggs. Vitamin B6 is easily destroyed by sunlight, cooking, processing (ei: milling) and it is also not stored in the body and easily lost in urine. Vitamin B6 is essential for the body to produce its own supply of vitamin B3.
Deficiencies can cause weakness, insomnia, convulsions, kidney stones, osteoporosis and acne. Vitamin B6 should not be supplemented over 50mg a day since it may cause vivid dreams and taking over 2g a day can cause neurological damage.
Vitamin B6 is particularly important for woman since it seems to moderate the symptoms caused by changes in hormonal levels.
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References
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The Vitamin Alphabet: Your Guide to Vitamins, Minerals and Food Supplements
by Christina Scott-Moncrieff
All in color! Make sure that you are getting all the vitamins and nutrients you need! Written by a physician who uses both conventional and homeopathic medicines, this must-have guide is a handbook for good health. More than 50 nutritional supplements are presented with explanations of what they do, what they can be combined with for enhanced effect, in which foods they can be found, and the recommended daily allowances. Recipes for quick nutritional boosts, case studies, and deficiency checklists are included. In addition to providing information on such common supplements as Vitamins C, A, D, E, and the B-complexes and important minerals like calcium, potassium, iron, and zinc, this authoritative reference also features information on common herbal supplements, including garlic, echinacea, ginseng, and ginkgo biloba. A cross-referenced lifestyles section highlights the special supplement needs for pregnancy, child development, athletics, immune system boosting, and mor
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The Columbia Encyclopedia of Nutrition
by Brian L. G. Morgan, Jaime Rozovski, Myron Winick (Editor), Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition (Corporate Author)
Useful sourcebook from the Institute of Human Nutrition of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons provides an authoritative compendium of information relating to a wide variety of topics. Short articles, alphabetically arranged, proffer concise and up-to-date discussions of such subjects as food additives, vegetarianism, vitamin deficiencies, food processing, sources of iron, macrobiotic diets and nutrient requirements during pregnancy. Not all the articles are about nutrition, however, and there are lucid writings on related topics like stress and exercise. Welcome dietary recommendations are given without pep talks or filler, and the evenhanded work doesn't take a dogmatic approach to controversial issues. In its entry on vitamin C, for example, the book states that "there are no definitive answers about consuming large doses," citing one study demonstrating that the vitamin supplement reduces the severity of the common cold and another study that was unable to prove any differences between those taking and those abstaining from the supplement.
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Nutritional Resources @ myfoodcount.com
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