Vitamin B1 (thiamine) and vitamin B2 (riboflavin) help complex process of converting carbohydrates, proteins, and fats into energy and affect enzymes that influence the muscles, nerves, and heart.
Vitamin B2 also known as riboflavin, is a water soluble vitamin. It unique B vitamin in that it both functions within the cell and protects the cell from damage.
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. It also has many exciting medical uses that range from the treatment of schizophrenia to high cholesterol.
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) influences normal growth and development. Vitamin B5 helps adrenal glands produce the right amounts of hormones and relieve stress on the adrenal glands.
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.Vitamin B6 function to help the body use amino acids to manufacture proteins, which are then incorporated into body tissue, used to make hormones, or metabolized for energy.
Vitamin B7 (biotin) helps break down protein, and carbohydrates, and helps the body make hormones.
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. Human body needs this vitamin for proper digestion, absorption of foods, synthesis of protein and metabolism of carbohydrates and fats.
Vitamin B12 has been called the most essential nutrient for helping the mind retain its acuity.
Some alternative medical practitioners claim that deficiencies in B vitamins weaken the immune system and make the body vulnerable to cancer.
The signs and symptoms of early vitamin deficiency are often more elusive and subtle than those of the major diseases.
They can include fatigue, tingling in the fingers and toes, paleness and even a painful inflamed tongue, among other signs.
Vitamin B functions in human body
