The Dream Team: Vitamin B6

We've seen so far, as part of the dream team (aka B complex), Vitamin B9 and Vitamin B2. Now let's focus on a very important member of the B Complex: Vitamin B6.

The Roles of Vitamin B6

Her roles include:

• Maintaining psychic balance
• absorption of B12 and the production of B3
• the production of chloridric acid
• the synthesis of antibodies, hemoglobin and seratonin
• stimulates growth
• allows the use of magnesium
• activates linoleic acid
• participates in the synthesis of DNA and RNA.

The Food Sources of the B6

This important vitamin is found in the following foods (in order of importance):

• turkey breast
• beef fed grass
• pistachios
• tuna
• Pinto beans
• avocados
• chicken breast
• Black melass (as in the case of vitamin B2)
• sunflower seeds
• sesame seeds

Practical cases

Vitamin B6 is suggested especially in the following cases:

• pregnancy nausea
• allergies
• arthritis
• baldness
• digestive disorder
• tooth decay
• stress
• premenstrual syndrome