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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The climate Booster Vitamin

mood in the morning - Vitamin B1 is known as the "mood-booster" vitamin due to the 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 mass, promotes growth in children helping control motion sickness. A synthetic version of vitamin B1 is added to white flour in so that you can ward off beriberi, but it is easier to consume the natural form, found in abundance in whole grains. Because thiamine aids in carbohydrate metabolism, in addition, it makes energy designed for the body, including the brain. So if you feel not getting enough thiamine, may very well not be feeding the human brain enough glucose for this to think well.

Extra Thiamine Requirements

mood in the morning - If you are pregnant or nursing, use oral contraceptives, cigarettes or diuretics, you will require more vitamin B1. Individuals with diets high in refined foods, a lot 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 definately will increase your need for it. B vitamins are used in detoxifying the body, and if you are exposed to more toxins, you'll need more of the B vitamins overall.

Deficiency Symptoms 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 and symptoms of mental depression that may often affect memory too. Beriberi is a disease that can get 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 usa 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 because 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, seeds and nuts like sesame seeds may also be good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, if your gut is healthy, and has a preponderance of good 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 if you don't have taken steps to overcome that, like with considerable amounts of probiotics, either in supplement form or with cultured vegetables or lacto-fermented beverages, you almost certainly aren't making all of the B vitamins your body needs.

Should You Supplement with Vitamin B1?

morning and vitamins - If you have a healthy gut and no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and you eat a lot of the foods containing Vitamin b, you might not need to supplement. However, many of us are under enough stress and also have eaten a lot of refined foods that have stripped B vitamins from our bodies, and so b vitamin supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know you've got a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and are taking only B1 for a specific purpose and certain length of time under the care of a health care practitioner, and we don't recommend supplementing just with Vitamin B1. All of the B vitamins work in conjunction with each other, and often supplementing with only 1 or 2 of them may 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, but it is worth it to your body to make use of food-based vitamin B, in our opinion. It can take 6 months to 1 year to replenish your supply of B vitamins, so supplementing can really help you to catch up.