what vitamin b is the best for you? there are so many different kinds of vitamin b's?

Answer 1

a b-complex vitamin, as others have said, is indeed the best way to go, because it has a combination of the b-vitamins.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
although b-vitamins ARE water-soluble, this does not automatically mean that an overdose of certain b-vitamins will simply flush itself out of your system.
vitamin B-6 (aka pyridoxine) is toxic to the body if overdose for a consistent period of time. unlike other water-soluble vitamins, excess B-6 collects in your body and begins killing the nerves in your body. my brother, who was experiencing some pain from carpal tunnel syndrome, began taking large amounts of vitamin B-6 (which is good for the nerves--as i NOW know, in SMALL doses) over a period of two or three months. after a while he started feeling extreme pain in his hands and feet but also lost feeling in them. after many visits to neurologists & specialists, doctors at johns hopkins finally diagnosed it as an overdose of vitamin B-6. having little medical documentation of this sort of thing, we basically had to wait and see, as his nerves continued dying, moving up from his hands and feet to his arms and legs, to the point where he had extreme difficulty walking.
eventually vitamin B-6 does flush out of your system, but the damage that has started takes a LONG time to slow down. my brother's condition worsened steadily for about a year. then it pretty much maintained the damage that had occurred for a good 6 months, and after that, only VERY SLOWLY, did he begin to regain feeling. since it actually killed the nerve cell bodies, which do no grow back once they die, he should never have regained feeling in his limbs. miraculously, he did. his nerves grew back. he was very blessed.

in any case, be careful with B-6. look at the information label of any b-complex you choose and make sure that it has no more than 10 mg of B-6, since the recommended daily allowance is 2 mg.

Answer 2

What Exactly Are Vitamins and What Do They Do For Us?
The word vitamin is derived from a combination of words -- vital amine -- and was conceived by Polish chemist Casimir Funk in 1912. Funk isolated vitamin B1, or thiamine, from rice. This was determined to be one of the vitamins that prevented beriberi, a deficiency disease marked by inflammatory or degenerative changes of the nerves, digestive system and heart.

If you read What are vitamins and how do they work?, you know that vitamins are organic (carbon containing) molecules that mainly function as catalysts for reactions within the body. A catalyst is a substance that allows a chemical reaction to occur using less energy and less time than it would take under normal conditions. If these catalysts are missing, as in a vitamin deficiency, normal body functions can break down and render a person susceptible to disease.

The body requires vitamins in tiny amounts (hundredths of a gram in many cases). We get vitamins from these three primary sources:


Foods
Beverages
Our bodies -- Vitamin K and some of the B vitamins are produced by bacteria within our intestines, and vitamin D is formed with the help of ultraviolet radiation, or sunshine, on the skin.
Vitamins are either fat-soluble or water-soluble. The fat-soluble vitamins can be remembered with the mnemonic (memory aid) ADEK, for the vitamins A, D, E and K. These vitamins accumulate within the fat stores of the body and within the liver. Fat-soluble vitamins, when taken in large amounts, can become toxic. Water-soluble vitamins include vitamin C (see How Vitamin C Works) and the B vitamins. Water-soluble vitamins taken in excess are excreted in the urine but are sometimes associated with toxicity. Both the B vitamins and vitamin C are also stored in the liver.

The B-complex vitamins are actually a group of eight vitamins, which include thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pyridoxine (B6), folic acid (B9), cyanocobalamin (B12), pantothenic acid and biotin. These vitamins are essential for:


The breakdown of carbohydrates into glucose (this provides energy for the body)
The breakdown of fats and proteins (which aids the normal functioning of the nervous system)
Muscle tone in the stomach and intestinal tract
Skin
Hair
Eyes
Mouth
Liver
Some doctors and nutritionists suggest taking the B-complex vitamins as a group for overall good health. However, most agree that the best way to get our B vitamins is naturally -- through the foods we eat!

Answer 3

Most people should take a multiple vitamin that contains all the B vitamins, at the very least. I take that and vitamin C, B complex, vitamin D, and if I drink too much, extra B1.

Answer 4

B vitamins are water-soluble vitamins which means they are excreted and so the body can be quickly depleted of these vitamins..
The B vitamins are a group of eight vitamins, which include thiamine (B1)
riboflavin (B2)
niacin (B3)
pyridoxine (B6)
folic acid (B9)
cyanocobalamin (B12)
pantothenic acid and biotin.
Most of the B vitamins appear to be essential in facilitating the metabolic processes that are essential for life. These vitamins are essential for the breakdown of carbohydrates into glucose, which provides us energy, the breakdown of fats and proteins, which aids the normal functioning of the nervous system, muscle tone in the stomach and intestinal tract, and healthy skin, hair, and eyes. Since these vitamins affect such important elements of your body, a source that provides them all in a single daily supplement is recommended.
And, the B's help for depression and moodiness, crying.
You need all of the B vitamins....Just buy them as a multi-vitamin with minerals in one bottle so you won't overdose.

Answer 5

All the B vitamins serve different purposes, most multi-vitamins have more than one in them, wihch one is the "best" for you depends on the purpose you're using it for.

For example... B6 can help with morning sickness when you're pregnant, B12 is required for the synthesis of red blood cells and the maintenance of the nervous system...

Some vitamin B's can be fine in their synthesized format, others are not very effective unless retreived from unfortified sources.

It all depends.

Good luck!

Answer 6

after studying nutrition for years, I have found that a B complex 100 is the best deal. Natrol and Naturemade are very good brands to work with

Answer 7

the b complex is the best it contains all the b vitamins

Answer 8

There is this stuff called B-complex and another called 150 B. Bs all do different stuff and you need um all.

Answer 9

It depends on what kind your looking for, each one helps in a certain way.

you need to be a little more specific

Answer 10

just get a B complex. then, all your bases are covered.