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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The climate Booster Vitamin

morning and vitamins - Vitamin B1 is recognized as the "mood-booster" vitamin due to its dramatic effect on our nervous system and our mood. Besides supporting the nerves, vitamin B1 aids in 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. A man-made version of vitamin B1 is put into 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, it also 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

morning supplement - If you're pregnant or nursing, use oral contraceptives, cigarettes or diuretics, you will require more vitamin B1. People that have diets high in refined foods, a lot of sugar and junk foods and/or alcohol will also have higher requirements for thiamine. Last, but not least, heavy metal pollutants like mercury and stress also use up thiamine in the body and will 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 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 get from a severe lack 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 usa today because of the synthetic B1 additive in white flour.

Food Sources of 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 because of all the stress we are 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 will also be good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, in case your gut is healthy, and possesses a preponderance of excellent bacteria (probiotics), it will be making B vitamins. However, many of us took 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 large amounts of probiotics, either in supplement form or with cultured vegetables or lacto-fermented beverages, you probably aren't making all of the B vitamins your body needs.

Should You Supplement with Vitamin B1?

good morning pill - For those who have a healthy gut with no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and you eat a lot of the foods containing Vitamin b, you might not need to supplement. However, the majority of us are under enough stress and possess eaten a lot of refined foods which have stripped B vitamins from our bodies, and so vitamin b complex supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know you've got a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and therefore are taking only B1 for any specific purpose and certain period of time under the care of any adverse health care practitioner, we do not recommend supplementing only with Vitamin B1. Every one of the B vitamins work in addition to each other, and often supplementing with only 1 or 2 of them could 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, however it is 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 help you to catch up.