GET FIT WITH BRAXTON COSBY
Alright, time to get back into the series I began a short time ago about Vitamins. As you recall, I wrote about the deficient use of vitamins in our daily diets. Most importantly, the huge discrepancy of ingesting empty calories over a period of a day (maybe in the realm of 3-40000) and missing the valuable nutrient necessary to get our bodies running and operating at a high level.
Last time I covered A and C so today, we'll tackle B.
The role vitamins play in the normal functioning of the body is huge. Recall that vitamins must be consumed and cannot be produced by the body. They help maintain our health and normal body functions, which are critical in preventing disease.
Let's take a look at Vitamin B.
Vitamin B has many forms, most of which are important for digestion, carbohydrate metabolism and skin and cell repair. The good thing is that Vitamin B in any form is easy to find and can be supplemented into any diet.
1. Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 helps in building DNA, making red blood cells, and is important for nerve cell function. Naturally in fish, red meat, poultry, milk, cheese, and eggs. You can also find it in some breakfast cereals. Teenagers should get 2.4 micrograms of vitamin B12 daily.
Optimal Intake: The current recommended intake for vitamin B12 is 6 micrograms per day. The lack of this vitamin used to cause pernicious anemia. Now, older people who have difficulty absorbing vitamin B12 from foods may suffer from forms of anemia as well. from food.