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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The Mood Booster Vitamin

morning supplements - Vitamin B1 is known as the "mood-booster" vitamin due to its dramatic effect on our nerves and our mood. Besides supporting the central nervous system, vitamin B1 aids in carbohydrate metabolism, boosts our disease fighting capability, wards off mosquitoes, helps develop red blood cells, maintains muscle tissue, promotes growth in children so helping control motion sickness. An artificial version of vitamin B1 is put into white flour in to be able to ward off beriberi, but it is easier to consume the natural form, seen in abundance in whole grains. Because thiamine helps with carbohydrate metabolism, it also makes energy designed for the body, including the brain. So if you're not getting enough thiamine, may very well not be feeding your mind enough glucose because of it to think well.

Extra Thiamine Requirements

morning and mood - If you are pregnant or nursing, use oral contraceptives, cigarettes or diuretics, you'll need more vitamin B1. Individuals with diets high in refined foods, an excessive amount of sugar and fast foods and/or alcohol will also have higher requirements for thiamine. Last, but not least, heavy metal pollutants like mercury and stress also employ up thiamine in the body and can increase your need for it. B vitamins are used in detoxifying our bodies, and if you are exposed to more toxins, you'll need more of the B vitamins overall.

Deficiency Signs of Vitamin B1

Fatigue and insomnia, bad memory, poor thinking processes and muscle coordination, headaches, weakness and confusion are typical symptoms of Vitamin B1 deficiency. Insufficient thiamine has also been linked to mood changes, disorderly thinking, fear and feelings of uneasiness -- all indications of mental depression that may often affect memory as well. 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 Causes of Vitamin B1

Although you may get enough vitamin B1 to reduce the chances of beriberi, many of us do not get the optimum amount, especially due to all the stress we are under, both emotionally and physically. 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 may also be good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, in case your gut is healthy, and possesses a preponderance of fine bacteria (probiotics), it will be making B vitamins. However, many of us took antibiotics over the years that have lowered the amount of good bacteria, so unless 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 every one of the B vitamins your body needs.

Should You Supplement with Vitamin B1?

good morning pill - When you have a healthy gut and no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and you eat a lot of the foods containing B vitamins, you might not need to supplement. However, the majority of us are under enough stress and also have eaten a lot of refined foods which have stripped B vitamins from our bodies, and so b vitamin supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know you have a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and so are taking only B1 for a specific purpose and certain amount of time under the care of a health care practitioner, and we don't recommend supplementing simply with Vitamin B1. Every one of the B vitamins work in addition to each other, and often supplementing with just 1 or 2 of them can cause other B Vitamin imbalances. We recommend adding a whole food supplement containing the B Complex vitamins, such as nutritional yeast and/or whole food based B vitamins. These are very hard to find, however it is 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 body's supply of B vitamins, so supplementing can certainly help you to catch up.