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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The climate Booster Vitamin

morning supplement - Vitamin B1 is known as the "mood-booster" vitamin due to the dramatic effect on our nervous system and our mood. Besides supporting the nerves, vitamin B1 supports carbohydrate metabolism, boosts our defense mechanisms, wards off mosquitoes, helps develop red blood cells, maintains muscle tissue, promotes growth in children helping control motion sickness. An artificial version of vitamin B1 is added to white flour in to be able to ward off beriberi, but it is better to consume the natural form, seen in abundance in whole grains. Because thiamine helps with carbohydrate metabolism, additionally, it makes energy 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

supplements for the morning - If you are pregnant or nursing, use birth control pills, cigarettes or diuretics, you will 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, although not least, heavy metal pollutants like mercury and stress likewise use 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 will require 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 all 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 too. Beriberi is a disease that can get from a severe scarcity of B1, and is seen as an 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

Even if you 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 physically and emotionally. Some of the best sources of Vitamin B1 are nutritional yeast, liver and grain 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 the gut is healthy, and has a preponderance of good 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 get over that, like with huge 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.

In case you Supplement with Vitamin B1?

morning and mood - For those who have a healthy gut and no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and also you eat a lot of the foods containing B vitamins, you might not need to supplement. However, most of us are under enough stress and still have eaten a lot of refined foods who have stripped B vitamins from our bodies, and so vitamin B supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know there is a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and are taking only B1 for any specific purpose and certain period of time under the care of any adverse health care practitioner, we don't recommend supplementing only with Vitamin B1. All 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 advise adding a whole food supplement containing the B Complex vitamins, including nutritional yeast and/or whole food based B vitamins. These are very hard to find, but it's 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 supply of B vitamins, so supplementing can really help you to catch up.