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The B Vitamins 
by Mike Spearman, D.C., Nutritionist

B vitamins help maintain nerve function, skin, hair, liver, mouth and digestive system muscle functions.   The adrenal glands can be calmed by certain of the B Complex vitamins and perked up by other members of the B Complex.   Uneven heart beat (arrhythemia), weak heart muscle (congestive heart failure), fast heart beat (tachycardia), slow heart beat (bradycardia), enlarged heart often associated with high blood pressure, all require B vitamins in order to correct the condition without drugs.

A good way to tell if you have a synthetic B vitamins is if the dose of each of the B vitamins is each such as 20 or 50 or 100 milligrams.  In the synthetic coal tar based B complex vitamin a B1 will be called thiamin mononitrate or thiamin HCL (hydrochloride),  Thee synthetics can be in liquid, capsule, powder, or tablet form.

One well known writer, Adele Davis, a biochemist and nutritionist had this to say about B vitamins in her book "Lets eat Right to Keep Fit" written in 1954. "There are times when such tablets are of value, I have recommended their use for SHORT PERIODS (my emphasis) and haven't taken them myself.  No one knows the harm they may do, however, when used as the only source of B vitamins, especially if continued over a long period.  When they are taken together with liver, yeast, wheat germ, yogurt, and the most carefully selected diet possible, they probably do little or no harm.  In this case they may not be needed  unless your requirements are unusually high."   Here is a further quote form the end of the same chapter.  "Let us be cautious in feeling secure that a mere capsule of mixed B vitamins will supply the body's requirements." 

Written by:

Mike S. Spearman, D.C.,   Dr. Spearman practices in Hollywood, Ca.
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