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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The Mood Booster Vitamin

good mood in the morning - Vitamin B1 is known as the "mood-booster" vitamin due to the dramatic effect on our nervous system and our mood. Besides supporting the central nervous system, vitamin B1 supports carbohydrate metabolism, boosts our immune system, wards off mosquitoes, helps develop red blood cells, maintains muscle tissues, promotes growth in children so helping control motion sickness. A synthetic version of vitamin B1 is put into white flour in in order to ward off beriberi, but it is better 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're not getting enough thiamine, you may not be feeding the human brain enough glucose for it to think well.

Extra Thiamine Requirements

bad mood in the morning - If you're pregnant or nursing, use birth control pills, cigarettes or diuretics, you'll need more vitamin B1. Individuals with diets high in refined foods, too much sugar and fast foods and/or alcohol will also have higher requirements for thiamine. Last, however, not least, heavy metal pollutants like mercury and stress also employ up thiamine in the body and will increase your need for it. Vitamin b are used in detoxifying your body, 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 brain function 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 signs of mental depression that can often affect memory too. Beriberi is a disease that can be cultivated from a severe deficiency 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 Reasons for Vitamin B1

While you might 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 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 like sesame seeds may also be good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, if your gut is healthy, and possesses a preponderance of fine bacteria (probiotics), it will be making Vitamin b. However, many of us have got antibiotics over the years who have lowered the amount of good bacteria, so until you have taken steps to get over that, like with considerable 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.

In case you Supplement with Vitamin B1?

mood supplement for morning - For those who have a healthy gut no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and you also eat a lot of the foods containing Vitamin b, you might not need to supplement. However, most of us are under enough stress and also have eaten a lot of refined foods who have stripped B vitamins from our bodies, and so vitamin b complex supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know you have a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and are taking only B1 to get a specific purpose and certain amount of time under the care of a health care practitioner, and we don't recommend supplementing just with Vitamin B1. Every one of the B vitamins work in addition to each other, and often supplementing with simply 1 or 2 of them can 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 B vitamins. These are very hard to find, but it's worth it to your body to use food-based vitamin B, in our opinion. It will take 6 months to 1 year to replenish your body's supply of B vitamins, so supplementing can really help you to catch up.