Super B-Complex

 Improves brain function & lowers stress levels!

Helps with:

Prevent heart disease by lowering homocysteine levels!

Super B Complex $27.77

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The B Vitamins.... The B complex vitamins are essential for proper functioning of your nervous system, including proper mental functioning. In addition, they are necessary for metabolizing homocysteine.

You may not have heard much about homocysteine yet—but you will. Atherosclerosis (the accumulation of cholesterol and other deposits in your arteries) is actually initiated by homocysteine, a toxic byproduct of the conversion of the amino acid methionine into cysteine. When homocysteine builds up inside your cells and spills into the bloodstream, it damages arteries and reduces the integrity of vessel walls, laying the ground work for the accumulation of deposits and blockage of the arteries. Elevated homocysteine levels are likely responsible for 30% to 50% of the heart attacks and heart deaths that occur each year.

Vitamins B6 and B12 and folic acid play a crucial role in preventing the buildup of this toxic substance. Because of the interconnectedness of these three vitamins, the best approach to lowering homocysteine levels is to supplement all three.

B1 (thiamine) is essential for normal functioning of nerves, proper energy production in the brain and synthesis of a key neurotransmitter involved in memory.

B2 (riboflavin) is essential for energy production and in regenerating glutathione, one of the main cellular protectors against free-radical damage.

B3 (niacin) is an antioxidant and is involved in the regulation of blood sugar and detoxification. It has been shown to exert a favourable effect on cholesterol levels.

B5 (pantothenic acid) is involved in energy production and is considered the “antistress” vitamin because of its importance for optimal adrenal function.

B6 (pyridoxine) is extremely important for the formation of proteins and structural compounds, neurotransmitters, red blood cells and prostaglandins. It is also critical in maintaining hormonal balance and proper immune function.

B12 (cyanocobalamin) plays a critical role in proper energy metabolism and immune and nerve function. It is essential to the manufacture and normal functioning of blood cells and production of nucleic acids which make up DNA. B12 also helps maintain proper mental functioning and mood. Only tiny doses of B12 are needed to experience its benefits, but it is essential that you get enough B12 daily.

Folic Acid. Even though folic acid is not a B vitamin, it functions together with vitamin B12, and is one of the most important of these water-soluble nutrients. Like B12, it is a methyl donor that reduces homocysteine and its damaging effects. Folic Acid deficiency is the most common vitamin deficiency in the world. Studies have demonstrated that it is difficult to get an adequate amount of folic acid from food alone and the folic acid obtained from food is only 50% absorbed. As a supplement, however, folic acid is 100% absorbed.

Taking 400 mcg of supplemental folic acid, along with vitamins B6 and B12 will substantially reduce our homocysteine levels. This amount of folic acid is especially important for women of child-bearing age to guard against one of the worst tragedies a new mother can face—giving birth to a child with spina bifida or other neural tube defects. Only folic acid taken as a supplement has been shown to substantially reduce this risk.