This Vitamin helps to form collagen which helps produce new tissues. Iron is more efficiently absorbed when Vitamin C is present. The common American diet is low in Bl causing problems such as aggressiveness, depression and headaches. Tests on children show they are able to learn better when they have Vitamin B1. It is easily lost from food and from the body.
Studies show niacin prevents mental disease and lowers high cholesterol.
Rats who were low in this acid failed to grow, had graying hair, hemorrhaging and malfunctioning adrenals. Infants fed formulas low in B6 had epileptic seizures which eventually led to coma. When given B6 they returned to health. This acid helps the enzyme that makes DNA duplication possible. Deficiencies cause the baby's growth to slow and can lead to miscarriage or birth defects.