According to my reading of this Better Health article plus some other internet sources, the B-vitamins help the body’s metabolic function: converting carbohydrates, proteins, fats and alcohols into energy. This is why Berocca is used as a hangover remedy

But I am particularly anxious about overdosing on vitamin B6 after reading a scary ABC News story about how B6 toxicity produces MS- and Parkinson’s-like vestibular symptoms like dizziness, loss of balance and tingling extremities

#vitamins #BVitamins #nutrition #chemistry

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/vitamin-b

I am researching B vitamins to figure out what each one does – they are often discussed as a bloc, and they must be similar enough not to get their own alphabet letter.

They are:

Thiamine (B1)
Riboflavin (B2)
Niacin (B3)
Pantothenic acid (B5)
Pyridoxine (B6)
Biotin (B7)
Folate (B9)
Cobalamins (B12)

I have learned there is no B4, B8, B10 or B11 because those numbers were once assigned to substances that have since been stripped! of their vitamin status either because the human body produces them itself, or because humans don’t actually need them for essential functions

B4 can be either choline, adenine or carnetine

Inositol (the substance beloved as a panacea by a nutty local GP that I and many local acquaintances have been bemused to consult) is sometimes called vitamin B8

B10 was para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) which blocks UVB and so is best known as a now-disfavoured sunscreen ingredient (I remember sunscreens being marketed as “PABA-free”)

Vitamin B11 was pteroylheptaglutamic acid (PHGA), a derivative of folate

The numbers go up to 20!! But the 8 main ones are the B-team A-team

#vitamins #BVitamins #nutrition #chemistry

@strypey
How interesting. Sorry to hear about your recent issues in that anecdotal evidence, though!

We are interested in learning more about this in terms of studies, also. Not everyone's gut flora is the same, but you may be correct in that trace elements could exist in many non-animal foods. Its a shame that most nutrition charts don't show any trace elements of #BVitamins in foods. We are now curious as to who funds this "research"…

…hmm.

#VitB #vitB12
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