Re: Symptoms of Vitamin B Deficiency

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> Symptoms of Vitamin B Deficiency and Why Vitamin Pills Are Not Enough

> by Vic Shayne, PhD ©2005

> Author, Man Cannot Live on Vitamins Alone

> Before delving into the problems of vitamin B complex deficiency and its

symptoms, it is first important to understand the difference between vitamins

that are in pill form versus vitamins that are contained within nature’s

foods. There is a world of difference †" a difference between sickness and

health. Vitamins just do not work like foods, and foods are what our bodies were

designed to use for healing, prevention and energy. There is no substitute, and

no matter how you look at it, vitamin pills are an invention of scientists, so

they are prone to cause side effects, be incomplete and lack what we need to

overcome our health problems.

> Vitamins have been sold and marketed as the “magic bullet†for all health

problems, yet food science researchers are bringing out the truth about

vitamins, minerals, multivitamins and antioxidants†" and it’s not an easy

pill to swallow. The problem is that vitamins, when not still contained in their

original food (oranges, bananas, spinach, broccoli, etc.) are merely chemicals.

Our bodies do not recognize vitamins as nutrients, because they don’t work the

same way as whole foods for these simple reasons:

> * Foods contain not just vitamins, but the co-workers (synergists) and helper

nutrients that allow vitamins to work

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> * Foods are never found in high potency, so you won’t suffer any toxic side

effects that have been proven to exist with ALL vitamin pills. As one expert

stated, “Foods never deliver toxic doses [of vitamins]. ( Hamilton , p.205)

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> * Vitamins are just a small part of what our bodies require for health and

healing. It is very often that it is the other food properties that help us

while the vitamins are secondary.

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> * Vitamin pills need other nutrients in order to work.

> For these reasons, and more, vitamin pills, despite their use and overuse, are

not turning people’s health around. They are lacking the properties of real

nutrition which can only come from eating nature’s real, whole, raw foods. The

only supplement that someone should take, therefore, is a whole food formula

WITHOUT any isolated (singular vitamin). This is an important point, because

most supplements called “whole food†are combinations of real foods and

isolated vitamins. You have to carefully read the labels to see. Look for these

words to identify vitamin chemicals on a label:

> * Pyridoxine

> * Thiamine or thiamin

> * Niacin or niacinamide

> * Palmitate

> * ascorbic acid

> * Riboflavin

> * Mixed tocopherols

> * B12

> * cyanocobalamin

> * more

> Vitamins are not foods, so instead of vitamins and minerals on a label, you

should be looking for the names of foods and herbs on the label. Don’t be

fooled by high milligrams, high potency, standardization or any other such terms

that just do not apply to real foods from nature.

> VITAMIN B COMPLEX DEFICIENCY:

> MAJOR CAUSES

> Vitamin B complex comprises a number of vitamins that exist as a family. They

should not be taken individually. In this modern era, millions of people suffer

from a deficiency of vitamin B for several reasons, chief among which are:

> * Stress: emotional, physical and spiritual

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> * Processed foods in the diet: these are not real foods and so they tax the

body

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> * Refined sugar. The average person consumes at least 140 pounds of sugar a

year which robs the body of its vitamin B stores

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> * Drugs: both recreational and prescription drugs deplete vitamin B

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> * Toxins: poisons in the environment and personal care products deplete

vitamin B complex

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> * Malnutrition. Most people are malnourished because they are not eating the

right kinds of foods

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> * Cooking. Most people do not eat enough real, raw foods, so vitamin B is

killed or so depleted that people are not getting enough of it in the diet

> DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS?

> Once your body has been deprived of the vitamin B complex due to reasons

stated above, it begins to show symptoms (signs) of altered, diminished or poor

health. This is because the vitamin B complex (within foods, not vitamin pills)

is responsible for such a wide variety of activities, including cellular

differentiation, transmission of nerve electricity, health of nerve cells, heart

pulse rate, muscular contraction, digestion, brain function, thought processes

and energy production. Without adequate vitamin B complex from foods, you can

experience one or more of any one of these symptoms:

> * mental problems

> * heart palpitations

> * heart arrythmias

> * fibrillation

> * indigestion

> * chronic fatigue

> * chronic exhaustion

> * paranoia, vague fears, fear that something dreadful is about to happen

> * nervousness

> * ADD (attention deficiency), inability to concentrate, irritability

> * feeling of uneasiness

> * thoughts of dying

> * easy agitation, frustration

> * inability to sleep (insomnia)

> * restlessness

> * tingling in hands

> * tingling fingers and toes

> * rashes

> * crying spells, inability to cope

> * soreness all over

> * and so much more.

> CHRONIC VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY

> Vitamin B deficiency can sneak up on you, because it doesn’t have to create

serious health problems right away. In fact, medical researchers have discovered

that very often there can be no detectable signs according to scientific

instrumentation, that you are experiencing a deficiency. For example, “memory

impairment due to vitamin B12 deficiency can precede blood symptoms of

deficiency by years. Evidence that vitamin B12 deficiency accounts for some

cognition deficits in older people comes from a study that revealed abnormal

short-term memory in more than two-thirds of clients with pernicious

anemia…The researchers recommend that a diagnosis of senile dementia should

not be made, even in the absence of anemia, until vitamin B12 status is

determined biochemically.†(Hamilton, p. 476) This means that it is possible

that certain mental disorders can be directly attributable to vitamin B complex

deficiency, and it is easier to first start

> replenishing stores of vitamin B complex than to begin treating difficult

mental illnesses with drugs, therapy or psychological counseling.

> When vitamin B deficiency becomes chronic (long-lasting), other problems can

occur, including troubles with your adrenal system. The adrenal glands serve

many purposes, but in relation to this topic, they are the back up system for

making energy. When there is a chronic lack of vitamin B complex then the

adrenal glands are called upon to produce quick energy by injecting certain

hormones like adrenaline into your system so that you can cope with life. If

this goes on for a long time, then the adrenal glands become impaired or worn

out, leading to even more health problems.

> WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP YOURSELF

> There are a number of things you can do to prevent and overcome vitamin B

complex deficiency:

> 1.      Stop taking vitamin pills and switch over to NutriPlex Whole Food

Formulas products. The three most recommended to support you are: BFood Complex,

AdrenaPlex and SuperGreens PhytoFood. These products are made only of foods and

not parts of foods or isolated vitamins. They won’t add to your problems the

way vitamin pills can, and they are not toxic the way vitamin pills can be.

> >2.      Stop eating refined sugar. Click here to read all about refined

sugar and its bad effects from researcher Appleton, PhD.

> >3.      Stop eating artificial ingredients. Read all labels on your

foods and if there are names of chemicals, don’t eat them. (Read the

author’s book, Illness Isn’t Caused by a Drug Deficiency. Switch to organic

foods.

> >4.      Reduce stress through a regular exercise program, meditation,

counseling and/or hobbies

> >5.      Stop drinking coffee; switch to organic decaffeinated coffee or

organic green tea

> >6.      Eat more vitamin B-containing foods †" oats, barley, wheat

bran, avocado, salmon, Brazil nuts and others.

> >7.      Be patient. It took a while to create a vitamin B deficiency, so

it takes a while to reverse the problem; with severe cases it can take a year or

so, with milder cases it can take just a few days.

> >8.      If you have a friend or relative with a mental or emotional

disorder, think of the possibility of a vitamin B complex deficiency and then

make suggestions for adjustments in their diet and take appropriate whole food

formulas.

> >9.      Always coordinate all of your health and treatment plans with

all of your practitioners.

> >10.  Avoid toxins in your life. This is a serious issue that causes more

health problems than people commonly realize. (See the author’s book, Evil

Genius in the Garden of Eden †" how toxins make us sick and corporations profit

from our illness).

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