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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The climate Booster Vitamin

morning mood - Vitamin B1 is recognized as the "mood-booster" vitamin due to its dramatic effect on our central nervous system and our mood. Besides supporting the nervous system, vitamin B1 supports carbohydrate metabolism, boosts our immune system, wards off mosquitoes, helps develop red blood cells, maintains muscle tissue, promotes growth in children helping control motion sickness. An artificial version of vitamin B1 is included with white flour in to be able to ward off beriberi, but it is better to consume the natural form, found in abundance in whole grains. Because thiamine helps with carbohydrate metabolism, it also makes energy readily available for the body, including the brain. So if you're not getting enough thiamine, you might not be feeding your mind enough glucose for it to think well.

Extra Thiamine Requirements

morning vitamins - If you are pregnant or nursing, use birth control pills, cigarettes or diuretics, you will need more vitamin B1. Those with diets high in refined foods, a lot of sugar and junk food and/or alcohol will also have higher requirements for thiamine. Last, but not least, heavy metal pollutants like mercury and stress also use up thiamine in the body and can increase your need for it. Vitamin b are used in detoxifying your body, and if you are exposed to more toxins, you will need more of the B vitamins overall.

Deficiency The signs of Vitamin B1

Fatigue and insomnia, bad memory, poor brain function and muscle coordination, headaches, weakness and confusion are symptoms of Vitamin B1 deficiency. Insufficient thiamine been specifically linked to mood changes, disorderly thinking, fear and feelings of uneasiness -- all signs of mental depression that will often affect memory also. Beriberi is a disease that can get from a severe deficiency of B1, and is seen as a weakness, limb swelling and heart enlargement. It affects the nervous, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems, but is rare in the US today because of the synthetic B1 additive in white flour.

Food Sources of Vitamin B1

Although you may get enough vitamin B1 to ward off beriberi, many of us do not get the optimum amount, especially as a result of all the stress we have been under, both physically and emotionally. Some of the best sources of Vitamin B1 are nutritional yeast, liver and whole grain products like whole wheat, brown rice, oatmeal and rice bran. However, other foods like watermelon, asparagus, fresh peas, pork, ham and beef, legumes, nuts and seeds like sesame seeds are also good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, in case your gut is healthy, and possesses a preponderance of fine bacteria (probiotics), it will be making Vitamin b. However, many of us have taken antibiotics over the years who have lowered the amount of good bacteria, so until you have taken steps to beat that, like with large amounts of probiotics, either in supplement form or with cultured vegetables or lacto-fermented beverages, you probably aren't making all the B vitamins your body needs.

Should You Supplement with Vitamin B1?

good mood in the morning - When you have a healthy gut with no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and you eat a lot of the foods containing Vitamin b, you might not need to supplement. However, the majority of us are under enough stress and also have eaten a lot of refined foods who have stripped B vitamins from my bodies, and so vitamin B supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know you have a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and so are taking only B1 for any specific purpose and certain length of time under the care of a fitness care practitioner, we don't recommend supplementing only with Vitamin B1. All the B vitamins work in conjunction with each other, and often supplementing with simply 1 or 2 of them may cause other B Vitamin imbalances. We advise adding a whole food supplement containing the B Complex vitamins, for example nutritional yeast and/or whole food based Vitamin b. These are very hard to find, but it's worth it to your body to make use of food-based vitamin B, in our opinion. Normally it takes 6 months to 1 year to replenish your own body's supply of B vitamins, so supplementing can help you to catch up.