Water Soluble Vitamins

Vitamins are very essential for life and are of two types: Fat-soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins. Water soluble vitamins are very essential as they readily absorbed in water and also excreted out in urine. So their regular intake must be taken. Water soluble vitamins are very important and most of them are described as follows:

Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin and it is highly important. All water soluble vitamins are important due to their mediatory mechanism of certain hormones. Vitamin c is functionally very crucial for body and tissue. It is white crystalline, odorless substance with slightly sour taste. Vitamin c serum is available in market and it is used for different health maintenance purposes. Absorption of vitamin c is done through intestine by ways of specific energy dependent transport system. If intake of vitamin c is higher then absorption of vitamin c lowers.

Choline is not vitamin but it is vitamin like compound. Choline is also utilized in the synthesis of acetylcholine. Deficient Choline liver damage is unlike the liver damage caused by alcoholism. Maximum daily Choline dosage must be 700-900mg/day. Choline is also utilized in the synthesis of acetylcholine that is naturally occurring emulsifiers present in lipoproteins, cell membranes and bile. The name Choline is derived from French word chole' which means "bile". Now question arises that what is acetylcholine and what is its use? Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter and it is important neural messenger to express the emotions and do physical works. Choline is not needed dietary ingredient because it can be readily synthesized otherwise provided the food is adequate.

Vitamin b 12 deficiency symptoms could be nerve destruction, and a form of anemia. Vitamin b 12 is widely available in animal foods deficient status may be found in elderly, vegans and people with AIDS. Exclusive of dietary vitamin b 12, folate deficiency symptoms for instance megaloblasts anemia develop. Vitamin b 12 deficiency symptoms in addition can be paralysis could develop from vitamin b 12 deficiency.

All b vitamins are collectively called vitamin b complex and this vitamin b complex has many side effects. Mostly megadoses of different vitamin b are not suitable for health till it has become necessary to give overdose. Vitamin b complex has side effects like, diarrhea, weakness, numbness of foot and hand and no energy to move.

There is also a vitamin derivative of thiamine that is thiamine mononitrate. Thiamine mononitrate is taken into body but further it is again converted to thiamine dehydrogenase that is the sole enzyme to work in body for useful purposes.

Thiamine is very important in body and if it is less in body then it can cause many diseases. One of the thiamine deficiency related disease is beri beri. This disease is caused by polished rice eating. Physical function related to thiamine deficiency is fastest to show. Because of brain nerve cells primarily use glucose for energy, and this process requires thiamine. Thiamine deficiency is mostly found in poor drinking people and they develop thiamine deficiency alcoholism or undergo dementia. In thiamine deficiency alcoholism or dementia body stop absorption of vitamin b1 or thiamine.

Riboflavin is also a co-enzyme engaged in energy metabolism. Riboflavin deficiency is specified as pure riboflavin deficiency also called ariboflavinosis. Riboflavin and blood safety is also another issue as riboflavin deficiency can cause anemia. The bone marrow shows erythroid hypoplasia. The peripheral blood shows anemia, a normochromic type, in which the reticulocyte count is decreased.

Vitamin b3 is very important and deficiency of vitamin b3 can cause the disease pellagra. Niacin side effects can be in the case if niacin is in the excessive quantity in body and causing toxicity. Niacin side effects are Flushing of skin (niacin flush), Itching, Nausea, Liver damage

Pyridoxine or vitamin b6 are beneficial and also called vitamin b6 as a blood thinner. Pyridoxine hydrochloride and pyridoxine phosphate are important constituent of vitamin b6.

Folic acid or folate is highly required for nourishment of body and especially during pregnancy. That is why foods high in folate must be cooked at low heat and folic acid deficiency can cause Spina bifida in newborn child.

Vitamin b12 is found in small intestine and the spleen. Over dosage of vitamin b12 injections is very toxic and vitamin b12 can be found as vitamin b12 shots, vitamin b12 liquids, vitamin b12 patches and many other forms.

Biotin is very useful production, biotin deficiency can cause hair and nail problem. Biotin for the hair is best to be taken as Dac foundation formula biotin. Biotin shampoos are available in market as well