Do not forget the vitamins B
The eight water soluble B vitamins sometimes called the stress vitamins “because they are the first to go when the body is under stress. Although often collectively known as vitamin B, are actually chemically distinct nutrients which coexist in the same food and the same carried out similar physiological functions.
These functions play a key role in supporting muscle action and metabolic health in general, including converting food into energy, maintaining a healthy nervous system and the production of testosterone. The eight vitamins are:
• B1 (thiamine)
• B2 (riboflavin)
• B3 (niacin, includes nicotinic acid and nicotinamide)
• B5 (pantothenic acid)
• B6 (pyridoxine)
• B7 (biotin)
• B9 (folic acid)
• B12 (Cobalamin)
There are four factors contained in the acid complex of B vitamins, choline, inositol, lipoic acid and para-amino benzoic acid (PABA), which helps in the metabolism of fats and glucose, among other things. (more…)