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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The climate Booster Vitamin

bad mood in the morning - Vitamin B1 is recognized as the "mood-booster" vitamin due to its dramatic effect on our nerves and our mood. Besides supporting the nervous system, vitamin B1 helps with carbohydrate metabolism, boosts our disease fighting capability, wards off mosquitoes, helps develop red blood cells, maintains muscle tissues, promotes growth in children so helping control motion sickness. An artificial version of vitamin B1 is added to white flour in so that you can ward off beriberi, but it is safer to consume the natural form, present in abundance in whole grains. Because thiamine helps with carbohydrate metabolism, in addition, it makes energy readily available for the body, including the brain. So if you are not getting enough thiamine, you might not be feeding the human brain enough glucose because of it to think well.

Extra Thiamine Requirements

morning mood - If you are pregnant or nursing, use oral contraceptives, cigarettes or diuretics, you'll need more vitamin B1. Those with diets high in refined foods, too much sugar and junk foods and/or alcohol will also have higher requirements for thiamine. Last, although 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 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 typical 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 may often affect memory also. Beriberi is a disease that can develop from a severe scarcity of B1, and is characterized by 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

While you might get enough vitamin B1 to defend against beriberi, many of us do not get the optimum amount, especially as a result of all the stress we are 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 will also be good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, if the gut is healthy, and possesses a preponderance of fine bacteria (probiotics), it will be making B vitamins. 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 get over that, like with large amounts of probiotics, either in supplement form or with cultured vegetables or lacto-fermented beverages, you most likely aren't making every one of the B vitamins your body needs.

Should You Supplement with Vitamin B1?

morning and mood - For those who have a healthy gut no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and you also eat a lot of the foods containing B vitamins, you might not need to supplement. However, many of us are under enough stress and still have eaten a lot of refined foods that have stripped B vitamins from my 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 length of time under the care of a fitness care practitioner, and 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 could cause other B Vitamin imbalances. We propose 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 utilize food-based vitamin B, in our opinion. It will take 6 months to 1 year to replenish your own body's supply of B vitamins, so supplementing can certainly help you to catch up.