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Vitamin B1

© Carol Parsons

Vitamin B1 is a water soluble vitamin. It is not stored in the system. Any excess is excreted. This vitamin must be replaced daily. IT is measure in milligrams. B1, B2, and B6 should be equally balanced, meaning you should take the same amount of all three for them to work properly. The official RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) is 1.2 to 1.4 mg. The need for B vitamins increases when illness, stress, and surgery occur. This vitamin effects the nervous system and mental attitude.

Vitamin B1 promotes growth, aids in digestion (especially carbohydrates), improves your mental attitude. It keeps the nervous system, muscles, and heart functioning normally. For people who get air sick or seasick, this vitamin helps the onset of this occurrence. It helps to relieve dental postoperative pain. This vitamin helps aid in treatment of herpes zoster.

The onset of Beriberi will occur with a lack of B1. The best sources for vitamin B1 are pill form, dried yeast, rice husks, whole wheat, oatmeal, peanuts, pork, most vegetables, bran, and milk.

The best source of supplements are the complex vitamin B, which is balanced. It is even more effective when the formula has antistress pantothenic acid, folic acid, and B12. 100 to 300 mg. Are the most common daily doses.

There is no known toxicity for this water-soluble vitamin. Any excess is excreted in the urine.

Some enemies of B1 are caffeine, alcohol, food-processing methods, air, water, estrogen, and sulfa drugs.

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