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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) - The Mood Booster Vitamin

vitamins in the morning - Vitamin B1 is known as the "mood-booster" vitamin due to its dramatic effect on our nerves and our mood. Besides supporting the central nervous system, vitamin B1 supports carbohydrate metabolism, boosts our immune system, wards off mosquitoes, helps develop red blood cells, maintains muscle tissues, promotes growth in children helping control motion sickness. A man-made version of vitamin B1 is put into white flour in in order to ward off beriberi, but it is better to consume the natural form, seen in abundance in whole grains. Because thiamine supports carbohydrate metabolism, additionally, it makes energy designed 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 it to think well.

Extra Thiamine Requirements

supplements for the morning - If you're pregnant or nursing, use oral contraceptives, cigarettes or diuretics, you'll need more vitamin B1. Individuals with diets high in refined foods, an excessive amount 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 likewise use up thiamine in the body and can 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 Symptoms of Vitamin B1

Fatigue and insomnia, bad memory, poor thinking processes 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 indications of mental depression that may often affect memory too. Beriberi is a disease that can get from a severe lack of B1, and is seen as a 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 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're 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, nuts like sesame seeds will also be good sources of Vitamin B1.

Also, if your gut is healthy, and has a preponderance of fine 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 get over 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 all of the B vitamins your body needs.

Should You Supplement with Vitamin B1?

morning and mood - 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 also have eaten a lot of refined foods who have stripped B vitamins from our bodies, and so vitamin b complex supplementation can be beneficial. However, unless know you have a big Vitamin B1 deficiency and so are taking only B1 for a specific purpose and certain amount of time under the care of any adverse health care practitioner, we don't recommend supplementing simply with Vitamin B1. Every one of the B vitamins work in conjunction with each other, and often supplementing with just 1 or 2 of them may cause other B Vitamin imbalances. We recommend 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 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 own body's supply of B vitamins, so supplementing can really help you to catch up.