| We all need vitamins and minerals to keep us | | | | What are the Side Effects and How Much Should |
| healthy and strong. These are essential to our | | | | I Take? |
| overall well being and the state of our mind and | | | | Consuming more than 400 mg/day of vitamin B |
| body. This article provides information on the | | | | 6, which is 200 times the RDA, can cause |
| vitamins comprising vitamin b complex, their | | | | difficulty in walking, some neurological disorders |
| benefits to human nutrition, common side effects | | | | and numbness in the mouth and hands. An |
| and the consequences of deficiency. | | | | overdose of vitamin B 3 , also known as niacin |
| How Can This Vitamin Help Me? | | | | may result in the following symptoms: faintness, |
| Vitamin B complex, is a combination of several | | | | pounding in the head, diarrhea, jaundice and |
| water soluble vitamins. The B complex group is | | | | impairment of liver function, low levels of glucose |
| made up of of eight B vitamins namely, | | | | tolerance, other skin lesions and abdominal cramps. |
| B1(thiamine), B2(riboflovin), B3(niacin), | | | | Most of the effects are reduced on withdrawal of |
| B6(pyridoxine), B12(cobalamine), folic acid, | | | | the vitamin. The recommended daily allowance is |
| panthothenic acid and biotin. Each of these | | | | 1.4 mg for Vitamin B1, 1.6 mg for Vitamin B2, 2 |
| vitamins has a distinctive function to perform in | | | | mg for Vitamin B6 and 1 ug for vitamin B 12. If |
| the body. Vitamin B complex helps in the healthy | | | | you want to get your intake from food sources |
| functioning of the immune and nervous system. It | | | | then plants are not a good source of Vitamin B. |
| helps in the production of red blood cells and | | | | Most of it is obtained from animal protein. |
| prevents anemia. | | | | |