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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The atmosphere Booster Vitamin

mood supplement for morning - Vitamin B1 is called the "mood-booster" vitamin because of its dramatic effect on our nervous system and our mood. Besides supporting the nervous system, vitamin B1 helps with carbohydrate metabolism, boosts our immune system, wards off mosquitoes, helps develop red blood cells, maintains muscle tissue, promotes growth in children so helping control motion sickness. A synthetic version of vitamin B1 is added to white flour in to be able to ward off beriberi, but it is safer to consume the natural form, found in abundance in whole grains. Because thiamine helps with carbohydrate metabolism, it also makes energy available for the body, including the brain. So if you're not getting enough thiamine, you might not be feeding the human brain enough glucose for this to think well.

Extra Thiamine Requirements

bad mood in the morning - In case you are pregnant or nursing, use birth control pills, cigarettes or diuretics, you will require more vitamin B1. Those with diets high in refined foods, a lot of 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 use up thiamine in the body and can increase your need for it. B vitamins are used in detoxifying the body, and if you are exposed to more toxins, you will 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 all 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 will often affect memory too. Beriberi is a disease that can develop 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 reduce the chances of 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 like sesame seeds will also be good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, if the gut is healthy, and it has a preponderance of fine bacteria (probiotics), it will be making Vitamin b. However, many of us have taken 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 almost certainly aren't making every one of the B vitamins your body needs.

In the event you Supplement with Vitamin B1?

mood in the morning - For those who have a healthy gut with no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and you also eat a lot of the foods containing Vitamin b, you might not need to supplement. However, many of us are under enough stress and still have eaten a lot of refined foods who have stripped B vitamins from your bodies, and so vitamin b complex supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know you have a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and therefore are taking only B1 for a specific purpose and certain amount of time under the care of any adverse health care practitioner, we do not recommend supplementing simply 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 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 B vitamins. These are very hard to find, but it's worth it to your body to utilize food-based vitamin B, in our opinion. It can 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.