Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Benefits
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Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) benefits include:
- Vitamin B6 is required for a healthy nervous system
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is really vital for a healthy nervous system. One of the neurotransmitters responsible for normalising mood - serotonin - needs adequate intake of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to be able to be synthesised. Other neurotransmitters and chemicals in the brain are also dependent on adequate intake of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to be able to be synthesised. Research suggests there is a link between low levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and mental disorders such as depression. - Vitamin B6 may help with carpal tunnel syndrome (RSI)
A number of studies have shown that when people with carpal tunnel syndrome or RSI (repetitive strain injury) were supplemented with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), they had significant improvement of symptoms (weakness and pain of the affected wrist and hand), especially when the supplements were combined with vitamin B2 (riboflavin). - Vitamin B6 may help with reducing convulsions
Research shows that babies that are fed baby formula that has low (less than the RDI) levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) they suffer from more convulsion, weight loss, irritation and stomach problems. These symptoms were eliminated when the baby formula was changed to one with adequate levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). In addition, research also shows that vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) supplementation for children with epilepsy has reduced the number of epileptic seizures they experienced. Other research has shown that children with autism have shown some improvement in their condition when they were supplemented with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) together with magnesium. - Vitamin B6 is needed for health blood and blood vessels
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is necessary for maintaining healthy blood and blood vessels. It is needed to help the body synthesise iron intake from foods into haemoglobin (which is needed to carry oxygen to the cells) and for making healthy red blood cells and the white blood cell antibodies that are responsible for providing immunity to certain viruses and bacteria. This means that a lack of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) may lead to anaemia and a lowered immune response, leading to more infections. - Vitamin B6 is essential for a healthy immune system
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is the key nutrient that the immune system needs to make the infection-fighting antibodies that fight illness. Without vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), the immune system would not work properly and ill health would ensue. - Vitamin B6 lowers homocysteine levels
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) helps to lower levels of the amino acid by-product homocysteine, which is linked to heart attack and stroke. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) helps to convert homocysteine into the beneficial amino acid methionine, which enables the liver in its detoxification duties.
People with depression who have low levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) experience an improvement of their symptoms when they are supplemented with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
- Vitamin B6 lowers risk for heart disease
People who have a much higher risk for heart conditions such as - stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and coronary artery disease, usually have much lower levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) in their blood. Research also shows that vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) may help to prevent hardening of the arteries, a condition called arteriosclerosis, which is a major risk factor for heart attack and in fact, people who do have much lower than normal levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) are also at a higher risk of suffering a heart attack than people with healthy normal levels. - Vitamin B6 is helps women with PMS
Many studies show that many women find relief from a number of symptoms associated with PMS, such as irritability, painful and swollen breasts, fluid retention, headache and fatigue when they are supplemented with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). It seems that vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) has a diuretic action, which promotes the elimination of excess amounts of fluid (which is one of the main symptoms of PMS). - Vitamin B6 may help people with asthma
Research shows that people with asthma may not be absorbing and using the vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) they get from their foods properly and may benefit from supplementation which could reduce symptoms such as wheezing and coughing and could reduce the frequency and severity of any asthmatic attacks they experience. - Vitamin B6 may help with diabetic neuropathy
Research shows that diabetics that experience neuropathy, which is tingling and pain in the extremities may benefit from vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) supplementation because one of the the symptoms of deficiency of this vitamin is exactly that - tingling and pain in the extremities. In addition, people with diabetes tend to have lower levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) than people without diabetes. - Vitamin B6 may help prevent kidney stones
Research shows that people that suffer from the calcium oxalate type of kidney stones may have reduced incidence and recurrence of the kidney stones forming if they are supplemented with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and magnesium. - Vitamin B6 may help reduce morning sickness
Studies show that women who experience morning sickness during pregnancy may benefit from a small supplement of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) to reduce their symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Pregnant women with morning sickness who want to try vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) need to talk to their doctor before trying it and must not exceed the tolerable upper limit. - Vitamin B6 may help with depression
Research shows that people with depression and who have low levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) experience an improvement of their symptoms when they are supplemented with vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Research also shows that people with depression who have normal levels of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) do not seem to experience a reduction in their symptoms.