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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The climate Booster Vitamin

mood in the morning - Vitamin B1 is called the "mood-booster" vitamin due to the dramatic effect on our nerves 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 mass, promotes growth in children so helping control motion sickness. An artificial version of vitamin B1 is included with white flour in so that you can 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 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 because of it to think well.

Extra Thiamine Requirements

morning vitamins - 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 junk food 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 definately will increase your need for it. B vitamins are used in detoxifying our bodies, and if you are exposed to more toxins, you'll need more of the B vitamins overall.

Deficiency The 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 indications of mental depression that can often affect memory as well. Beriberi is a disease that can get from a severe lack 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 Sources of Vitamin B1

Although you may 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 emotionally and physically. Some of the best sources of Vitamin B1 are nutritional yeast, liver and whole grains 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 are also good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, if the gut is healthy, and it has a preponderance of good bacteria (probiotics), it will be making Vitamin b. However, many of us have got antibiotics over the years that have lowered the amount of good bacteria, so until you have taken steps to beat 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 mood - When you have a healthy gut with no Vitamin B deficiency symptoms, and also you eat a lot of the foods containing B vitamins, you might not need to supplement. However, many of us are under enough stress and also have eaten a lot of refined foods who have stripped B vitamins from my bodies, and so vitamin B supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know you've got a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and are taking only B1 to get a specific purpose and certain amount of time under the care of any adverse health care practitioner, 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 only 1 or 2 of them could 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 use food-based vitamin B, in our opinion. Normally it takes 6 months to 1 year to replenish your own body's supply of B vitamins, so supplementing can certainly help you to catch up.