Vitamin B6 Pyridoxine . Vitamin B6 builds amino acids, helps produce antiobodies that fight infection and assists in the absorption of key metabolic elements through the intestines. Builds healthy red blood cells, supports health teeth, gums, blood vessels and nervous system. Cigarette smoking disturbs the metabolism and contributes to B6 deficiency. Good sources of B6 are meats, organ meats, poultry, fish, egg yolk, soybeans and dried beans, peanuts, walnuts, bananas, avocados, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, whole grain cereal, bread and prunes.
Toxicity can cause reversible nerve damage.
Physical and mental stress depletes the body's store of B6. Vitamin B12 Cobalamin . B12 is the key element needed for proper cell division and in production of the protective covering of nerves. It is fundamental to the formation of red blood cells, growth and nervous system maintenance. Lack of B12 can lead to anemia and severe, irreversible nerve damage.