Recently I seemed to have strained one of my hip joint (don’t ask me how) and I started to experience some mild discomforting pain, which I ignored for a while as it seemed to appear and disappear at times. Anyhow I had mentioned it to my husband’s Aunt who is a nurse and she suggested that I start taking some B-50 Complex vitamins as that should help. Well I recalled that my Naturopath had also recommended that I take the B-Complex and I had actually bought a bottle of B-50 and had been taking it for a while but had stopped. I therefore started to take them again and the pain went within a day or 2. So the bottle finished after about 2 weeks and I felt all was well (as the pains had completely disappeared by then) so I just said ok I would pick up another bottle at some time in the future. Well within a week the hip pains returned!! It started off mild at first and so I made a couple of days pass and then I went and got myself a b-12 supplement, but realized there was hardly any relief! So the pains got furiously worse (to the extent that I had to seek my husband’s assistance to put on my stockings for work! By the way, helpful and supportive though he was, I discovered that men are no good with stockings!!). Anyhow I therefore immediately went back and got a bottle of B-75 Complex quickly and resumed taking them, and believe it or not, within 2 days I got complete relief! Within a day I went from being almost unable to go up or down the stairs to start running up and down! I found this truly amazing! The difference was like night and day and so it is because of this I decided to research those B Vitamins. In particular I wanted to know which one of them was responsible for the relief of my joint pain. I found some interesting facts which I would like to share with you.
Firstly, I had no idea that there were so many B-Vitamins! As much as 8 of them! And the recommendations are that they are most effective if taken together (hence the B-Complex).
These B-Vitamins are very helpful in preventing cancer; they are essential to treating depression, as well as the nervous system and so much more! They cannot be stored in our bodies, so we depend entirely on our daily diet to supply them. B vitamins are destroyed by alcohol, refined sugars, nicotine, and caffeine, so it is no surprise that many people may be deficient in these. My recommendation therefore is that if you have not yet started to take a B-Complex supplement then you should definitely start soon!
I have taken the following directly from the American Cancer Society’s web page on B-Vitamins: http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/vitamin-b-complex
How is it promoted for use?
- Vitamin B1 (thiamin) and vitamin B2 (riboflavin) help the body produce energy and affect enzymes that influence the muscles, nerves, and heart.
- Vitamin B3 (niacin) has a role in energy production in cells and helps keep the skin, nervous system, and digestive system healthy.
- Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) influences normal growth and development.
- Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) helps the body break down protein and helps maintain the health of red blood cells, the nervous system, and parts of the immune system.
- Vitamin B7 (biotin) helps break down protein and carbohydrates and helps the body make hormones.
- Vitamin B9 (folic acid) helps the cells in the body make and maintain DNA and is important in the production of red blood cells.
- Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) plays a role in the body's growth and development. It also has a part in producing blood cells, nervous system function, and how the body uses folic acid and carbohydrates.
Deficiency of certain B vitamins can cause anemia, tiredness, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, depression, numbness and tingling in the arms and legs, muscle cramps, respiratory infections, hair loss, eczema, poor growth in children, and birth defects.
Some alternative medical practitioners claim that deficiencies in B vitamins weaken the immune system and make the body vulnerable to cancer. They recommend high doses of B vitamins as treatments for people with cancer. Many researchers are studying the relationships between vitamin intake and risk of developing certain cancers.
What does it involve?
Nutritionists maintain that a balanced diet that includes 5 daily servings of fruits and vegetables, as well as grains, gives most people with all the B vitamins they need. Only small amounts of these vitamins are needed to reach the recommended dietary intakes. But many people do not eat enough fruits, vegetables, or other healthy foods to get the recommended amounts. The National Academies of Science (NAS) recommends that adults over the age of 50 take B vitamin supplements, or eat foods enriched with these vitamins, in order to prevent deficiency, which is common in this age group.
Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding need more folic acid than others. The Public Health Service recommends that women of childbearing age who can become pregnant should consume at least 400 micrograms of folic acid daily through dietary supplements and fortified foods, in addition to a diet containing folate-rich foods, to help prevent certain birth defects in their children.
- B1 and B2 are found in cereals and whole grains. B1 is also found in potatoes, pork, seafood, liver, and kidney beans. B2 is found in enriched bread, dairy products, liver, and green leafy vegetables.
- B3 is found in liver, fish, chicken, lean red meat, nuts, whole grains, and dried beans.
- B5 is found in almost all foods.
- B6 is found in fish, liver, pork, chicken, potatoes, wheat germ, bananas, and dried beans.
- B7 is made by intestinal bacteria and is also in peanuts, liver, egg yolks, bananas, mushrooms, watermelon, and grapefruit.
- B9 is in green leafy vegetables, liver, citrus fruits, mushrooms, nuts, peas, dried beans, and wheat bread.
- B12 is found in eggs, meat, poultry, shellfish, milk, and milk products.
Supplements that contain several B vitamins, usually in combination with other nutrients, are sold in grocery stores, health food stores, and over the Internet in pill form. Dosages vary by manufacturer.
American Medical Association
"Insufficient vitamin intake is apparently a cause of chronic diseases...Most people do not consume an optimal amount of all vitamins by diet alone. Pending strong evidence of effectiveness from randomized trials, it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements."
Be blessed and stay healthy!
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