B Vitamins Articles:
Folic Acid Reduces the Risk of a First Stroke by Twenty Five Percent
A study that is sure to irritate the Big Pharma drug-pushing cartel was published by The Lancet in their June 2, 2007 issue. Despite pushing over 20 billion dollars worth of statin drugs each year down the throats of Americans for prevention of heart disease, when in fact there is no statistical evidence that a statin drug can prevent a first stoke at all, it now comes to pass that a simple B vitamin can do the job of stroke prevention far more effectively. This new study lends support to another study published last month showing that folic acid could dramatically decrease the thickening of the coratid artery over a two-year period.Read More: B Vitamins, Folic Acid
The Pleasure of Food and Obesity
The acquisition of food is vital for survival. Due to this important fact the pleasure-related reward circuitry in the brain is designed to make eating and pleasure go hand in hand. Indeed, when mice have this pleasure circuitry knocked out then they won’t even bother to acquire food in easy reach and starve. While this principle is vital for survival, it is also fundamental to overeating and almost all other addictive tendencies are founded on food acquisition brain circuitry.Read More: B Vitamins, dopamine, overeating, stress eating, tyrosine
Homocysteine Linked to Vision Loss
Homocysteine is already known to damage cholesterol, plaque arteries, increase heart disease risk, and lead to cognitive decline. Add to this list loss of vision and retinal damage.Read More: B Vitamins, cognitive decline, heart disease, homocysteine, methylcobalamin, Protein, retinal damage, Super B Complex
B Vitamin Deficient Parents More Likely to Produce Overweight Children
Proper health preparation prior to and during pregnancy has a profound affect on the future health of the child. The “fetal programming” that takes place is especially involved with energy regulation, formation of metabolic “hardware,” and the likelihood of obesity during childhood or even adulthood.Read More: B Vitamins, calcium folinate, DNA, Folic Acid, high blood pressure, insulin, metabolism, methylcobalamin, The Leptin Diet
High Homocysteine – A New Risk Factor for Bone Loss
Homocysteine is naturally produced by the liver during protein metabolism and then cleared with the help of the B vitamins like folic acid, B12, and B6. It is well known that if homocysteine levels build up due to B vitamin deficiency (which is common) then a toxic level of homocysteine is reached that causes cholesterol to form plaque and interferes with neurotransmitter function making depression more likely. A new study is showing that high levels of homocysteine can accumulate in bone by binding to collagen. This in turn causes abnormal collagen linking, resulting in poor bone formation. On top of that, the homocysteine also acts to stimulate osteoclasts – the type of bone cell involved in bone loss.Read More: anti-inflammatory, B Vitamins, Bone and Joint Helper™, bone formation, bone loss, Calcium, Daily Bone Xcel™, Daily Super Pack™, high quality nutritional supplements, homocysteine, nutrients, osteoclasts, Super B Complex, toxic drugs, Vitamin D
ADHD Linked to Poor Brain Development
A body of new scientific work is showing that ADHD may be rooted in the failure of the brain to develop at a normal rate, meaning that a 10 year old is behaving like a four year old and has a delay in anatomical brain development to prove it. This information is consistent with what I have been saying for some time about the importance of nutrient status in the womb, the health of the mother during pregnancy, especially regarding the subject of leptin. Womb-related issues and early life nutritional status are likely to have a huge bearing on childhood brain development and consequent intelligence (or lack thereof).Read More: Acetyl-L-Carnitine, B Vitamins, brain builders, brain development, Daily Protein Plus™, Daily Protein™, Daily Super Pack™, DHA, high blood pressure, Iosol Iodine, Leptin Control Pack®, Leptinal®, number game, Pantethine, PhosphatidylSerine PS, puzzles, Strengthener Plus, Super B Complex
B12 and Folic Acid Should be Taken Together
Folic Acid is an important B vitamin for nerve and cardiovascular health. As such, it is being widely promoted – even food is being fortified with extra folic acid. There is no question that folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy cuts down on nerve-related problems in the newborn child.Read More: B Vitamins, Blood Builder, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™, dietary supplements, Folic Acid, nutrients, Super B Complex, Super Mini-Multi™, synergistic relationship, Wellness Resources
Users of Many Dietary Supplements Found Far Healthier than General Population
Researchers at the University of California found that individuals who consume 17 or more different dietary supplements per day were found to be far more healthy than those who take no supplements or those who only take a multiple vitamin. The vitamin-taking group had much better nutrient concentrations in their blood and far lower amounts of disease-related biomarkers...Read More: B Vitamins, calcium with vitamin D, carotenoids, Co Q10, Daily Balancer™, Daily Bone Xcel™, Daily Builder™, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™, Daily Protector™, Daily Protein Plus™, Daily Protein™, Daily Super Pack™, dietary supplements, flavonoids, glucosamine, health, herbs, homocysteine, lower risk, multiple vitamin, omega 3, Probiotics, Super Immune Booster™, Triglycerides, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Zinc
Folic Acid Important for Bones
An interesting 5 year Italian study of postmenopausal women found that the rate of bone loss correlated to levels of folic acid deficiency. It is already known that elevated homocysteine (often due to folic acid deficiency) increases the risk for bone fractures. This study found that folic acid deficiency alone, independent of homocysteine, was a key link.Read More: B Vitamins, bone loss, Calcium, calcium folinate, deficiency, Folic Acid, homocysteine, osteoporosis
Vitamin B12 is Vital for Elderly Well Being
Aging is marked by a progressive loss of physical function. A new study of community dwelling women between the ages of 70-79 shows that those lacking vitamin B12 had more than double the risk of being frail.Read More: aging, B Vitamins, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™, frailty
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