What does Vitamin B6 do?

January 26, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Vitamins

Vitamin B6 helps your body make red blood cells, converts tryptophan into niacin, helps maintain your blood sugar within a normal range, and helps the immune and nervous system function.

What can vitamin B6 do for you?

  • Support a wide range of activities in your nervous system
  • Promote proper breakdown of sugars and starches
  • Help prevent a build-up of homocysteine in your blood

What may signal a need for more vitamin B6 ?

  • Fatigue
  • Anemia
  • Sleep disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Skin conditions like including eczema
  • Convulsions and seizures

Natural Sources of Vitamin B:

  • bell peppers
  • turnip greens
  • spinach
  • Fish
  • legumes
  • leafy green vegetables,
  • bananas

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